Sports Cat...

[kirton]

.. What is there to choose from?

 

[Rob's172]

if its for your 182 dont bother

the cat on them are already as good as you will get!

so it's decat or std

(172's cats are not and benfit from sports cats)

 

[kirton]

ah I see. Thanks for the advice m8. I don't think I want a decat, as I can't be botherd with the hassel come MOT time and the light on the dash.

 

[Rob's172]

^^ yer same here, ive got a sports cat for my 172, but it'll only be as good as ur std 182 one

 

[Justin182]

I had a Janspeed sports cat. Never really noticed a performance difference other then maybe it was more free reving... but then with the std it seemed torque'ier.... so no idea.

It was too loud for me anyway and caused my emissions light to come on so sold it.

 

[kully]

needed one to incorporate the 182 manifold and 172 exhaust ,without the worry come M.O.T time .

 

[thecremeegg]

 

[kirton]

^ lmao!

 

[7MAT]

if its for your 182 dont bother

the cat on them are already as good as you will get!

so it's decat or std

(172's cats are not and benfit from sports cats)

Not strictly true, the standard cat on the 182 clio may be 200 cells, the same as say a Janspeed sports cat but thats about it.

The actual cat length on the original 182 cats is twice the length compared to the Janspeed, it also weighs some three to four times as much.

Even though both claim to be 200 cells the cell structure on the Janspeed is larger.

The trouble with the Janspeed sports cat and the reason people say there is little or no change in performance when fitted is because of the terrible design of the piping diameter where it connects to the rest of the system. And then to make matters worse they then added the senor plug there.

To get round this problem I recently had my old Janspeed sports cat re-manufactured at Mark Fish Motorsport. Performance wise I can't tell any difference from my previous GDI de-cat pipe, with only the noise being a wee bit quieter.

Although not really a cheap option. But now I'm 100% legal again!

 

[Fred@BTM]

sport cats - sorry, but go hug a tree!

 

[rsclio182]

^^^^lol:lolup:

 

[SBV116]

sport cats - sorry, but go hug a tree!

my silenced decat is going in the bin over the winter! straight pipes ftw!

 

[kirton]

I don't want it to sound loud tho.

 

[D1CKY]

I have a decat stainless exhaust system and no lights light up on dash.

And had it on for months

Dunno what i've gained from it though

 

[Fred@BTM]

I don't want it to sound loud tho.

well either say you like Graham Norton or fit a decat, your choice!

 

[Reyes]

Beat me to it

 

[kirton]

I don't want it to sound loud tho.

well either say you like Graham Norton or fit a decat, your choice!

Aye, a do actually, canny funny show!

 

[Justin182]

Cant say you dont want NOISE on here !! You either want to sound like a chav or your a jobby jabber.

 

[john lloyd]

i fitted a yozza decat to my btb system yesterday and im quite please, on idle its the same and its only really under load is it any louder.

not as loud as some systems i have ran with decats on previous cars im pleased and the yozza was a great fit.

 

[kirton]

Is anyone running a decat and a miltek back section? If so any chance of a vid or audio clip?

 

[JAY172]

ive hads a k-tec sports cat which is a janspeed for over 3 years and had no trouble with warning lights or passing mot's.

 

[john lloyd]

correction to my last post, once its all nice and hot at motorway speeds 70-80 even using cruise control it is a little louder than i would like, thankfully the missus has a new clio diesel so any motorway journeys we use that, but worth considering. normal town driving de cats are ace, lot of motorway miles? dont do it. just my opinion though.

ps still no dash lights.

 

[kully]

ive hads a k-tec sports cat which is a janspeed for over 3 years and had no trouble with warning lights or passing mot's.

i've got the same , also no probs so far after 18 months

 

[ajb1986ajb]

how loud are sports cats? ive had to get a whole new cat-back & cat converter - went for standard exhaust because it will hold its re-sale value (also ive had a sports exhaust before, too much trouble with boy racers & the old bill).....would a sport cat be a lot noiser than the standard cat?

& does anyone know whether the KTR or JanSpeed cats are quieter?


(i know someone said JanSpeed make both or something but they look different: JanSpeed, KTR)

Thanks