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law on decat pipes?
- Thread starter Tizer
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Yep. Although I think it's VOSA who do the test, not the police themselves.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
they are for "off-road and show use only" iirc
about 60% of 172/182 owners on here have them...must be a lot of show/track cars!
your car will not pass an MOT without a cat, just depends if you can find a friendly place to test...or you cna be arsed to swap the cat back over and buy a new fitting kit every time ideally
about 60% of 172/182 owners on here have them...must be a lot of show/track cars!
your car will not pass an MOT without a cat, just depends if you can find a friendly place to test...or you cna be arsed to swap the cat back over and buy a new fitting kit every time ideally
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
you're right...manslaughter is the better option.
much better than a producer
much better than a producer
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
they are easier to come across that you would think mate!
R
rich[182]
Been thinking about getting a decat for a while but no-ones ever been able to post a link to a website that gives a definitive answer that cannot be disputed by anyone
I've decided that despite wanting one I simply can't be arsed with the hastle.........all this talk about insurance companies, police, MOT's, VOSA etc,etc and spending £30 to swap over ever MOT then £30 to put decat back on, all for a couple of bhp on a N/A engine
The cat on the 182 is quite good anyway, surely the wiser option would be matched inlets
I've decided that despite wanting one I simply can't be arsed with the hastle.........all this talk about insurance companies, police, MOT's, VOSA etc,etc and spending £30 to swap over ever MOT then £30 to put decat back on, all for a couple of bhp on a N/A engine
The cat on the 182 is quite good anyway, surely the wiser option would be matched inlets
Just to clear it up having a decat IS NOT NECESSARILY ILLEGAL. Legally all cars post some point in 1992 iirc had to come with a cat from the factory, however cars DO NOT have to have a cat by law thereafter, it is only legally required that the manufacturer fits one. It does have to pass an emissions test but if it can manage to do this with a decat (that is unlikely tbh but I have seen it happen with a few Mk1's) then its perfectly legal.
I know the end result is the same, but surely it isn't actually the lack of a cat that's illegal? I thought it was the resultant emissions problem? In other words it's not illegal as long as your fumes are ok? I may be wrong, and I'm sure a decat makes them not ok anyway.
I don't think it matters much with the 182 anyway. I'm fairly sure the insides of mine are sprinkled up and down the M6 Toll
Toytown exhaust system when all is said and done.
EDIT: cross posted.
I don't think it matters much with the 182 anyway. I'm fairly sure the insides of mine are sprinkled up and down the M6 Toll
Toytown exhaust system when all is said and done.EDIT: cross posted.
Ph-Quick, Escort Cossie
Big LOL!If i got pulled over and they wanted to do a test id let him do it and whilst hes down there id give him abit of decat in the face and drive off
ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
Can be used by insurance to void your policy, guy on pistonheads impreza was written off and he got zero payout
You might be superised with the new MOT legislation garages don't want to loose there licences.
Yeprich[182];2805587 said:
Megane coupe 1.6 16v
You can remove a cat and pass an MOT, you dont have to have one just pass the emissions test. Which a good nick 2.0 16v should do tbh.
However it is illegal not to have a cat post 1992, construction and use regs, you can get pulled and fined. They could even crush your car lol
Best bet is just remove all the inners of your cat, its cheaper and it still looks as if you have one. Then if vosa pull you, chances are your going on your way without issues. If they still doubt you they will do a test, if you pass that i doubt they would carry on further investigations and take your cat apart.
However it is illegal not to have a cat post 1992, construction and use regs, you can get pulled and fined. They could even crush your car lol
Best bet is just remove all the inners of your cat, its cheaper and it still looks as if you have one. Then if vosa pull you, chances are your going on your way without issues. If they still doubt you they will do a test, if you pass that i doubt they would carry on further investigations and take your cat apart.
I spend a whole afternoon with my mates gas analyser trying to get it to pass just for an experiment, failed misserably
Megane coupe 1.6 16v
Wrong, it does. Construction and use regulations like i have said
Megane coupe 1.6 16v
Was this only one car? It was probably a sh!tter.
Seen much more juicy cars pass with decats tbh
R
rich[182]
#27 posts and still no link to any website categorically stating the facts is good enough for me to stand by "it aint worth the hastle", no disrespect to anyone but it just seems like everyones got their own opinion on the issue thats derived from hearsay, speculation, assumption and chinese whispers etc :S
If it's clearcut one way or the other, surely theres somewhere that can clear it up, end of ?
If it's clearcut one way or the other, surely theres somewhere that can clear it up, end of ?
Megane coupe 1.6 16v
2 sport cat sites saying its "the law"
http://www.ikonautomotive.co.uk/sports_cats/main.htm
http://www.jetex.co.uk/website/sportscatalysts.php
I dont know what ammendment it was to the road vehicles construction and use regs so its basically impossible to find.
http://www.ikonautomotive.co.uk/sports_cats/main.htm
http://www.jetex.co.uk/website/sportscatalysts.php
I dont know what ammendment it was to the road vehicles construction and use regs so its basically impossible to find.
If you're that bothered to find which ammendment to the Road Vehicles Act is was then click on opsi.gov.uk
Clio 182
my 182's emissions light has gone off since i changed my plugs, and thats a decat - no idea if that relates to the actual law on the emissions though? As far as I'm aware, you can have a decat aslong as it passes - although thinking about it, the car would have much higher emissions than standard, which is how cars are taxed, so maybe not.. when all's said and done though, they aren't going to take a car away to find out - a notice is all you'd ever get
100% correct. By law car manufacturers have to fit them from the factory but as soon as it has left the factory it doesn't matter if it has it or not as long as it passes an emissions test. It does seem kind of stupid but thats the way it is.
Really the best bet is to have a nice J-Reg Clio that doesn't need to meet the lower emissions
Very heavy going you could look through amendments for days.
Found something strange I never knew though;
From the Road Traffic Act 1991:
20.—(1) Section 144 of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (which removes the requirement for third-party insurance or security where £15,000 is kept deposited with the Accountant General of the Supreme Court) for "£15,000" there shall be substituted "£500,000".
You don't need to have third party insurance if you deposit half a million! But up till 1991 that was only £15K!
Never heard of that before, 15K and you were OK to drive any car you owned. Half a mill's a fair bit off the lottery jackpot dream garage though.
Nothing specific about cats yet.
E92 M3,172 track car
My 172 only just passed with a 200 cell sports cat' and that was after 20 minutes of trying. My car is by no means a shitter.
