De-cat or not?

[dazling84]

Hi- I'm trying to make up my mind about whether or not to de-cat my Clio 182.

I've got a twin back box powerflow exhaust with a centre section 'powerflow silencer' before the CAT itself.The cat I have on at the moment is a 'none genuine' and looks a bit restrictive. Would a de-cat be too noisy on this set up?

I don't want it to be so loud to the extreme I wake the entire neighbourhood up first thing in the morning. Ie, Nice quite(ish) sound at idle and more powerfull noise at full throttle.

Anyones advice would be much appreciated

 

[JackJack]

Id lose the powerloss system first before you start messing with the cat look on ktecs website at the exhausts they have on there or talk to fred@btm about a yozza.

 

[xoldog400]

de-cat it.

 

[Joe R26]

No-one can really answer this tbh without hearing your exhaust. It depends how loud your exhaust is already. Yes it will be louder with a decat but the only real way to determine weather its too loud or not is to try it.

 

[dazling84]

Cheers guys!
TBH the original powerflow exhaust is quiet IMO-not loud or anything that would cause any bother. Only reason I'm keen to de-cat is to get rid of the CAT which doesnt seem to fit properly(slight exhaust blow from it)
Obviously I wouldnt want it to be LOUD if I removed it- Guess the only way is to try it!

 

[OiNK]

Milltek + decat FTW

[video]http://tinypic.com/r/2aam1vn/7[/video]

 

[dazling84]

Cheers for the video link Oink.
Has your Milltek got twin back boxes or a centre silencer on it?

 

[OiNK]

Twin boxes yes, no silencer, it is straight through all the way from the manifold. Actually sounds much nicer in the flesh than that vid, Cro-Clio can confirm that