Exhaust Help!

[tyler1400]

i have a later engine with cat in mani, and i want to get rid off my middle silencer.

i keep hearing about decat pipes but i wont need one off these will i??

im bit unsure what i need :/

Thanks in advance

[mangojace]

If you have the cat in the manifold you'll need a manifold without a cat?

[tyler1400]

sorry i mean i want a "race tube" but i been told i need a decat pipe and race tube, but will i need a decat pipe because it wont decat it?

[mcjacko1987]

no you wont need 1. you just need the sports manifold (wich will have de-cat) and just get a centre pipe to get rid of silencer

[rick_VTR]

no you wont need 1. you just need the sports manifold (wich will have de-cat) and just get a centre pipe to get rid of silencer

he didnt say he wants to de cat it he just wants to remove the centre silencer.

you just need a straight through race tube for a mk 2 mate.

[mcjacko1987]

posted just a lil late there. no you do not need a de-cat just to use the race tube. will fit straight onto your downpipe.
if you want to de-cat it you need a sports manifold (4-2-1, 4-1) mate

[mangojace]

sorry i mean i want a "race tube" but i been told i need a decat pipe and race tube, but will i need a decat pipe because it wont decat it?

im confused by that? It doesnt matter if you have a race tube or not mate if you still have a manifold with a cat on its not going to decat it!All you need is a new manifold :)

[tyler1400]

so any centre pipe will do, i got told one runs from the decat pipe to backbox and other from mani to bacnbox? :S :S :S :S

[mcjacko1987]

so any centre pipe will do, i got told one runs from the decat pipe to backbox and other from mani to bacnbox? :S :S :S :S

no your set up is:manicat-downpipe-centre pipe with silencer-back box

so what your after is: manicat-downpipe-centre pipe no silencer-backbox?

if so just a racetube will do no need for anything else.
in long shot tho if you ever want to de-cat it get a 4-2-1 manifold or 4-1

[mcjacko1987]

there are 2 types of set up
your is manicat-downpipe-mid pipe-back box

mine is the older one manifold-downpipe-cat converter (or de-cat)-mid pipe-back box

my mid pipe also has a silencer which i want rid of lol.

so im imagining there are maybe 2 lengths of mid pipe. 1 for mine that runs to the cat and 1 for yours that runs to the downpipe???

[tyler1400]

yea i want a mani at some point, but at the moment i just was rid of the middle silencer to make it abit louder!

I think there is two lenghts of mid pipes??

Anyone tell me?

[mcjacko1987]

yea i want a mani at some point, but at the moment i just was rid of the middle silencer to make it abit louder!

I think there is two lenghts of mid pipes??

Anyone tell me?

im guessing so as like i said mine goes to the cat. yours goes to downpipe.
but yeah to get rid of ya silencer just get a race tube. there is no need at all for you to de-cat it to have this on.

[mcjacko1987]

the one i would need:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Saxo-1-6i-SPORTEX-PERFORMANCE-EXHAUST-RACE-TUBE-/230616247520?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35b1ccace0#ht_905wt_905


the one you would need:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saxo-1-1-1-4-09-00-on-Sportex-Exhaust-Race-Tube-/290589450549?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43a87b2135#ht_2202wt_905


as you can see 2 lengths we was right haha

[rick_VTR]

the MK2 set up is Manifold, then Cat and down pipe which is on piece, then either one pipe to rear silencer or 2 pipes making the centre section, i have a piper cat back sytem which consists of centre sect with silencer then the second part of the centre pipe then the piper back box.

[mcjacko1987]

ahhhh is the cat in the downpipe on mk2s? i always thought they where in the manifold?

[tyler1400]

cheers anyone! so can i change the downpipe and get rid of my cat or is it one build peice?

mcjacko1987 just noticed where your from, we should get a meet going sometime!

[mcjacko1987]

cheers anyone! so can i change the downpipe and get rid of my cat or is it one build peice?

mcjacko1987 just noticed where your from, we should get a meet going sometime!

think its a full manifold to decat it still mate.
i go the stockport meet on thursdays you ever been there? and my cars off the road at the mo. had an operation last week on shoulder so cant drive and just before i had it car failed mot so gotta sort that first :D lol

[tyler1400]

naw never been to it, might have to pop down sometime

[mcjacko1987]

naw never been to it, might have to pop down sometime

its a belter. not just saxos but allsorts, evos skylines, scoobys, few saxos and corsers etc. about 60+ turn up threwout the night. its on every week

[f13sta]

who ever told you that you need a decat pipe they were talking about the early saxo's/ vts's
it all changed in early 2001 the cat went from under the car to in the manifold.
so pre 2001 (mk1, very early mk2's or vts's ) yes you need a de-cat pipe to get rid of the cat but there is no center silencer iirc.

so to get rid of the center silencer of a mk2 you'll need a 'race' tube wich runs from the downpipe/cat to the backbox. and to get rid of the cat on a mk2 you'll need a whole mani/downpipe

[mcjacko1987]

who ever told you that you need a decat pipe they were talking about the early saxo's/ vts's
it all changed in early 2001 the cat went from under the car to in the manifold.
so pre 2001 (mk1, very early mk2's or vts's ) yes you need a de-cat pipe to get rid of the cat but there is no center silencer iirc.

so to get rid of the center silencer of a mk2 you'll need a 'race' tube wich runs from the downpipe/cat to the backbox. and to get rid of the cat on a mk2 you'll need a whole mani/downpipe

even so the early ones (like mine) you dont need a de-cat to have a racing tube do you? mines early phase 2 but same set up as phase 1 (cat under the car. mines de-cated, but i still have the bloody mid silencer (which i want rid of soon)

[f13sta]

even so the early ones (like mine) you dont need a de-cat to have a racing tube do you? mines early phase 2 but same set up as phase 1 (cat under the car. mines de-cated, but i still have the bloody mid silencer (which i want rid of soon)

just saying that u don't need a de-cat pipe to get rid of the silencer yo need a race tube.

[mcjacko1987]

just saying that u don't need a de-cat pipe to get rid of the silencer yo need a race tube.

ahhhh right. thought you was meaning the race tube wouldnt fit a normal cat lol. i was saying it because the ends on the cat and the de-cat pipe look the same lol :y:

[skitts]

Answer to your question get a racetube and it will have no silencers