FRED - My 182 de-cat has arrived...

[fizzy_drink]

...what do you want to know? (diameters etc).

Oms.

 

[Fred@BTM]

internals please!, post some pics up, i want to see the quality!

 

[fizzy_drink]

Okies... coming in a few minutes.

 

[fizzy_drink]

Here you go chap.

I've uploaded the original full-resolution pics for you. They're huge, and will take a while to download, but that way you can see the detail hopfully.

9 pics in total.

Pic "9" shows the diameter at the narrowest point.

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/1.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/2.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/3.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/4.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/5.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/6.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/7.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/8.JPG

http://www.forumphoto.co.uk/gallery/182decat/9.JPG


Let me know if you need anything else.

 

[Frasers Cup]

what big hands you have oms....

 

[fizzy_drink]

You ain't seen my hands round the bottom of the pipe yet.

 

[Fred@BTM]

and how much did you pay????

 

[BenR]

anyone say 1.9" lol

 

[fizzy_drink]

and how much did you pay????

£64 inc p&p.

I guess yours is bigger and better?

 

[Lagerlout]

Good Grief. For a piece of pipe with a couple of flanges!!

 

[Djw John]

That seems a tad small for a 2 litre car!! Will that not take away almost all teh benefits of having a decat in the first place?

 

[Justin]

my one looks quite a bit wider than that.. might be the pics..

 

[Fred@BTM]

£64 inc p&p.

I guess yours is bigger and better?

I was about to say i wouldn't of paid more the £20 for that!

that welding OH MY GOD, how shite (they've got the gas cranked up a bit too far there!)

ours is much better yes, but then again it costs a lot more!

 

[Rob Clark]

what big hands you have oms....

not to mention grubby fingernails ! didnt yer mam ever tell ya to scrub em every nite b4 bedtime ?

 

[Fred@BTM]

picture 2, its like a spot on an ugly kid

all ours look like this http://www.shortshifter.com/exhaust/images/SUE36DTM_WELD.jpg (thats average TIG, i couldn't find a better pic!)

 

[Englebert]

But if it's just a pipe then why are you doing a sooper dooper expensive one?

 

[Gweebs]

sooper dooper de-cat = expensive

 

[BLUNTY]

Forget about mines bigger than yours whats the car like with the De-cat on

 

[fizzy_drink]

picture 2, its like a spot on an ugly kid

LOL... it looks like an ulcer doesn't it.

:S

Based on the pictures, do you think it will hold together?

 

[BLUNTY]

Does It Come With Lifetime Warrenty

 

[fizzy_drink]

^^

I never checked!

 

[Jays172]

where's it from?

 

[rory182]

blueflame, yes lifetime warranty.

 

[rory182]

That seems a tad small for a 2 litre car!! Will that not take away almost all teh benefits of having a decat in the first place?

you ever cut a cat open?! just having a straight through pipe makes a massive gas flow difference, they're like big sponges inside.

 

[frizz]

welding looks cack on that pipe mig for monkeys, not even polished internals. very poor.

 

[fizzy_drink]

^^

Does all that stop it doing it's job though?

I'm interested because if so, I'll just return it.

 

[Djw John]

you ever cut a cat open?! just having a straight through pipe makes a massive gas flow difference, they're like big sponges inside.

Yeah I know but if a pipe is too small then it will restrict gas flow. If it restricts it enough then it could drop it down to teh sam eflow as through a regular cat in theory. Id want a decat that is at least the same bore as teh rest of the system!

 

[7MAT]

Oh my god what are you lot like on this forum – worst than old women!

Who cares if the welds don’t look pretty it’s a link pipe – as long as it works OK and does the job!

£45 for a de-cat or £120 for a de-cat with pretty welds? The choice is yours.

 

[Lagerlout]

Don't know much about welding do you?

The way I see it, it's £65 for a decat that will proabably fall to bits in a few months. lol.

 

[TheJesus]

Don't know much about welding do you?

The way I see it, it's £65 for a decat that will proabably fall to bits in a few months. lol.

on that note dont buy a BB tuning one either then, I've been through a couple of the b******s... thankfully the 2nd one only cost me a tenner... and what a waste of a tenner it was! Powerflow did a nice one for me.

 

[7MAT]

Don't know much about welding do you?

The way I see it, it's £65 for a decat that will proabably fall to bits in a few months. lol.

I don't think a company like Blueflame would offer a lifetime guarantee on a product if it wasn't built to last.

It would be commercial suicide.

 

[mrfuzzyfelts]

Not being funny, but who cares about the welding on it???? U dont see it, its more than strong enough for an exhuast!

and it does the job fine...

 

[rory182]

Matt Black would post a couple of pictures like below if you said de-cat.

 

[fizzy_drink]

Yeah I know but if a pipe is too small then it will restrict gas flow. If it restricts it enough then it could drop it down to teh sam eflow as through a regular cat in theory. Id want a decat that is at least the same bore as teh rest of the system!

The rest of the system should be the same bore?

I thought it tapered down to 1.9" in order to connect to the next part of the system?

I'm not changing the back boxes, therefore the de-cat needs to fit the OEM system - so a flange 1.9" in diameter is required isn't it?

 

[Fred@BTM]

it'll be fine oms, but you wouldn't catch me fitting one to my car!

 

[Djw John]

Ah I thought you would be putting a full system on an dusually teh aftermarket ones are bigger than 1.9" I thought! Give it a bash and see!

 

[Chris n nic]

Matt Black would post a couple of pictures like below if you said de-cat.

lol same as whats on mine....works a treat!

Chris

 

[The Hoff]

Pah...inch is nothing, but my gf begs to differ. Im interested to see if it adds any performance Oms, and if the light on dash pops up. LMK.

 

[frizz]

Not being funny, but who cares about the welding on it???? U dont see it, its more than strong enough for an exhuast!

and it does the job fine...

i do as i am a sheetmetal worker and tig welder if its not as good as mine then its s**t.:rasp: .if we only had a pipe bender i would be knocking them out all day may get one and see if our machine shop can make the bits.

 

[BenR]

pipe bender for a straight peice of pipe