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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #15 on: 12 December 2009, 22:36:05 »
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secondary air injection.

Blows air into the exhaust manifolds during warm up to help the catalytic converters warm up more quickly.

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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #16 on: 12 December 2009, 22:38:36 »
My car "should" have two catalytic converters but i decided they were expensive & could cause the car to stop/limp mode?, fail mot on emissions....
    So i breaked 'em off. No condoms on my car! 8-) :D
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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #17 on: 12 December 2009, 22:40:46 »
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My car "should" have two catalytic converters but i decided they were expensive & could cause the car to stop/limp mode?, fail mot on emissions....
    So i breaked 'em off. No condoms on my car! 8-) :D


Forgive me for sounding being ignorant, but I thought cat equipped cars had to have them fitted to pass the MOT? :-?
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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #18 on: 12 December 2009, 22:42:17 »
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My car "should" have two catalytic converters but i decided they were expensive & could cause the car to stop/limp mode?, fail mot on emissions....
    So i breaked 'em off. No condoms on my car! 8-) :D


Forgive me for sounding being ignorant, but I thought cat equipped cars had to have them fitted to pass the MOT? :-?

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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #19 on: 12 December 2009, 22:45:50 »
Ah, gotcha now :y ;D
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« Reply #20 on: 12 December 2009, 22:59:14 »
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My car "should" have two catalytic converters but i decided they were expensive & could cause the car to stop/limp mode?, fail mot on emissions....
    So i breaked 'em off. No condoms on my car! 8-) :D


Forgive me for sounding being ignorant, but I thought cat equipped cars had to have them fitted to pass the MOT? :-?

Don't quote me but....

I don't think cats were compulsory before 2000 so if you have a 1990's car you can 'de-cat' the car by fitting a straight through down pipe.

I am not totally sure of the cut off date. My 1972 Range Rover emission test is 'no excessive visible smoke from exhaust' (or something like that). The MOT takes half as long as it does for the Omega  ::)

If you look at your last MOT emissions results you should be able to tell if the criteria require a cat to pass.
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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #21 on: 12 December 2009, 23:03:18 »
Yes a de catted car won't pass the emissions test come mot time.
    As the old saying goes it's not what you know but who.....nuff said. 8-) :y
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« Reply #22 on: 12 December 2009, 23:06:38 »
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secondary air injection.

Blows air into the exhaust manifolds during warm up to help the catalytic converters warm up more quickly.

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Something you don't have  ;)

All the better for it. Sounds great 8-)

I can't say my Senator sounded better or performend any better when the cats were sat in the shed & my stainless de-cat pipes were fitted. It was a lot easier to fit/remove on that cat though.  :y  :y  :y
Thats because it was a better car altogether Andy. :y :y





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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #23 on: 12 December 2009, 23:07:41 »
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I am not totally sure of the cut off dat .....

K reg! All Most cars Kreg onwards require cats for an MOT test .... unless you know someone  :y  :y
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« Reply #24 on: 12 December 2009, 23:08:32 »
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My car "should" have two catalytic converters but i decided they were expensive & could cause the car to stop/limp mode?, fail mot on emissions....
    So i breaked 'em off. No condoms on my car! 8-) :D


Forgive me for sounding being ignorant, but I thought cat equipped cars had to have them fitted to pass the MOT? :-?

Don't quote me but....

I don't think cats were compulsory before 2000 so if you have a 1990's car you can 'de-cat' the car by fitting a straight through down pipe.

I am not totally sure of the cut off date. My 1972 Range Rover emission test is 'no excessive visible smoke from exhaust' (or something like that). The MOT takes half as long as it does for the Omega  ::)

If you look at your last MOT emissions results you should be able to tell if the criteria require a cat to pass.
I think its earlier,around 1993. ;)
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« Reply #25 on: 12 December 2009, 23:09:32 »
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Thats because it was a better car altogether Andy. :y :y





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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #26 on: 12 December 2009, 23:10:22 »
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I think its earlier,around 1993. ;)

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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #27 on: 12 December 2009, 23:12:58 »
Stick the pipe up another car that's just passed...sorted! 8-)
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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #28 on: 12 December 2009, 23:13:02 »
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My car "should" have two catalytic converters but i decided they were expensive & could cause the car to stop/limp mode?, fail mot on emissions....
    So i breaked 'em off. No condoms on my car! 8-) :D


Forgive me for sounding being ignorant, but I thought cat equipped cars had to have them fitted to pass the MOT? :-?

Don't quote me but....

I don't think cats were compulsory before 2000 so if you have a 1990's car you can 'de-cat' the car by fitting a straight through down pipe.

I am not totally sure of the cut off date. My 1972 Range Rover emission test is 'no excessive visible smoke from exhaust' (or something like that). The MOT takes half as long as it does for the Omega  ::)

If you look at your last MOT emissions results you should be able to tell if the criteria require a cat to pass.
I think its earlier,around 1993. ;)
Anything after 1990 H reg had to have cats fitted
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Re: 3.0 v3.2
« Reply #29 on: 12 December 2009, 23:18:51 »
i'd take the 3.2 due to the DBW stuff, the 'go' pedal is so much lighter to the touch, the old cable driven ones need a fair bit of weight on them.
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