172 Cup: Cracked Exhaust / Cat

[adrian.clarke]

Hi,

The other day i rolled over a curb coming out of a car park. It was dark and turned out to be bigger than expected - my mistake.

I've cracked what i believe to be where the manifold connects to the cat - please see photo below.

I've been told by a local mechanic that he can weld this together for 30 Euros, if I remove the exhaust. Is this a pretty easy task to remove the section? is there anything in particular that i should be aware of?



Thanks in advance,

Adrian

 

[Fred@BTM]

you will need a new fitting kit, they cost about £20 from Renault

they can be horrible to remove, have a friend nearby to help!

 

[Harbinger]

you will need a new fitting kit, they cost about £20 from Renault

they can be horrible to remove, have a friend nearby to help!

£18 from Wolverhampton Renought at the moment, and +1 complete b*****d slut things to remove, you'll probably find the bolts are rounded off / melted and won't fit in the sockets, you might need some good mulgrips to grab the Manifold side of the bolt and a variety of tools for the Cat side, my source of this........... Yesterday. took me 3hrs to decat the car, if you have a grinder and a long extension lead just zip the bolt in half and be done with the **** of a thing, will save you hours of swearing and shouting at it, Lamda is also another b**ch to get out, but nothing a vice and club hammer won't fix, by hand it will never come out.

 

[adrian.clarke]

Thanks Fred, I'll give it ago this weekend.

Alternatively, I have a KTR decat pipe i could put on instead (http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2034&appid=2).

I'm scared to do this as it is already bloody noisy with a KTEC supersports stealth - how much worse do you think it would get, bolting on the decat?

Cheers

 

[Harbinger]

Decat just makes it sound more raspy, well worth it, yesterday I went hammering down the Heathrow Tunnel, was like being in Nascar lol

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Decat just makes it sound more raspy, well worth it, yesterday I went hammering down the Heathrow Tunnel, was like being in Nascar lol

Nascar ey?! Got a misfire?

 

[Harbinger]

Sounded like it in the narrow tunnel, the bit between epic and f**k whats wrong, such an echo in there, but no all runs sweet as a fresh pussy for time being anyway.

 

[adrian.clarke]

Ok i'll take the risk and put the decat on then! It'll give me something to do whilst waiting for the garage to finish welding.

Cheers!

 

[Harbinger]

Do it, you'll love it, just make sure you have a new fitting kit for the bolts first.

 

[Fred@BTM]

and buy a genuine fitting kit, not a gypo one that a lot of people sell

 

[adrian.clarke]

I don't suppose you have a Renault part number for the fitting kit do you? It would save me trying to explain it in French (waving my arms about and pointing). Thanks

 

[R-Sport.]

Thanks Fred, I'll give it ago this weekend.

Alternatively, I have a KTR decat pipe i could put on instead (http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2034&appid=2).

I'm scared to do this as it is already bloody noisy with a KTEC supersports stealth - how much worse do you think it would get, bolting on the decat?

Cheers

Good luck with that lot- I have the same ^ on my race car & work swear they can hear me coming 9 miles away-

S

 

[.GAZ.]

Decat and Ktec supersport:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G5AoiP4goNY

Sounds superb IMO.

 

[Nickwillyhams]

and buy a genuine fitting kit, not a gypo one that a lot of people sell

Gypo, haha!

 

[adrian.clarke]

Well. My exhaust just snapped where the crack was (see photo). Strapped it up and driven 40km with my car sounding like a panzer tank.

So I have a new problem - France is useless, and i cannot get a hold of this exhaust fitting kit until the middle of next week as none of the garages (tried 3) have them in stock. Is it not possible to reuse the bolts already in place? Do they definitely need renewing?

If so, i'll need to find alternative transport next week whilst i wait for this to arrive.

Cheers

 

[Harbinger]

You might find like I did, the the bolt ends were melted, rotten and just generally fucked mate, they've been on for 9+ years exposed to the French Alps they will be in the worst condition ever.