pre-cats

[Mr Footlong]

Ben, wrong thread???

[Shoppinit]

Oops. Thanks.

[rossi46]

I'll get back to you on that one, my car went catless today, and on Monday I am doing 1400 miles in it in three days.

Amar, wondering if you were pleased with the Milltek catless downpipes ? Happy with the way the car drives/sounds etc ?

Cheers

[bilko1]

Afaik everyone's happy going catless except VOSA

[Mr V10]

I've got a Milltek resonated catback and full Milltek catless DPs. The sound is perfect, there is no drone whatsoever and is as quiet from the exhuast as any brand new standard family hatch at motorway speeds, however, when I put my foot down one of DK's mates in his B8 S4 said he heard me then saw me take off, and he was about two car lengths behind. So loud when you want it to be and quiet when you don't, perfect.

I had it mapped and the downpipes done at the same time so I can't comment on the power of the downpipes alone but like York, I couldn't go back to a standard plus as it would feel very slow. Mihnea has transformed the car, if you slip it into fourth and push the pedal 1/4 the way down it is unbelievable. It is punch you in the kidneys quick now, before it was just quick.

I won't be putting cats back in and have no plans to sell the car so if anyone wants my old cats to gut (40k on them), make me an offer. I don't know any friendly MOT testers, but I'm sure it won't be hard finding one.

I can post graphs of my car with/without cats unmapped. It had less lag and more power.

[chunky79]

well i have gutted my 2nd down pipe now ready for changing on sat. I too will have a pair of gutted down pipes for sale.

[Mr V10]

Mine aren't gutted, just standard cats with 40k on them.

[chunky79]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH, mine will be gutted. Lets just hope i can change them ok first though

[rossi46]

[quote="Amar"]I've got a Milltek resonated catback and full Milltek catless DPs.

I won't be putting cats back in and have no plans to sell the car so if anyone wants my old cats to gut (40k on them), make me an offer. I don't know any friendly MOT testers, but I'm sure it won't be hard finding one.

Cheers Amar, sounds like you're pleased with the outcome.
Just to be clear, when you say your car now runs ' resonated catback + full Milltek catless dp's ' that's to say your main cats are still in place right ? I was under the impression that the Milltek downpipes specifically removed just the precats, (not the main ones),and so you should be OK come MOT time?
The reference to never intending to replace your cats implies the main ones (especially if finding a friendly test staion will be needed) - Maybe I'm not understanding correctly.
Pleased you've found the right balance between sound/performance

[JCviggen]

I was under the impression that the Milltek downpipes specifically removed just the precats, (not the main ones)

That's not the case as far as I am aware, the downpipes with the pre- and main cats are a single piece, the connection to the exhaust is after the mains.

[Mr V10]

Both my pre and main cats are in my garage, along with the 30 BHP they zap.

[rossi46]

Wow - Really surprised that runing zero cats would ever be described as being ' ...as quiet from the outside as a standard family hatch'.
Nice one!

[rossi46]

That's not the case as far as I am aware, the downpipes with the pre- and main cats are a single piece, the connection to the exhaust is after the mains.[/quote]

OK, Thanks for that

[chunky79]

Amar needs a nice mot man. That's why I'm just gutting the downpipes as I can't be arsed in swapping every year.

[rossi46]

Agreed - I want the best balance between the car running as best as possible, whilst wanting to remain legal etc. Will be interesting to hear how you tomorrow - Good luck