sunset350z Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 If i could get them back they'd be on the car straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriank Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I just took my decats off and went back to standard CATS, and honestly i think there is a big difference. The car feels more willing to pull low down, but a LOT LESS urgent in the high rev range. Luckily im fitting the BERK sports CATS shortly, otherwise id be putting the decats straight back on! Go for it with decats mate, they make the car pull a lot better high up, and make it sound so much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyn888 Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 think i am swaying towards resonated cats to give it a bit more top end power and extra grunt to my K2 not bothered about removing/adding the cats come MOT time had to do it once a year with my old car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriank Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Berk CATS now on, and love them. Similar sound to the DeCATS, but with the ability to MOT test anywhere. Swapped them myself, but on a ramp, easily doable with the right tools. If you have a friendly MOT tester tho, de-cats give a very similar result for a lot less money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejan Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 recently change from K1 to a K2 and its a bit quiet for my liking but the K1 was a bit loud was thinking of getting resonated decat pipe (ichiba or kinetix) to give it more of a growl but i ve read it can suffer heavily from loss of torque but other like adam from Z1 disagree with this? i had my ep3 civic decatted and torque actually increased with the better flow also will the car run lean? with my civic i had to get some sort of engine management when i decatted the car oh and i am too tight to get a sports cat Do it! I swapped my original cats (all original exhaust) to decat pipes from ebay (89pounds+pp), they have some damping, and I could swear it pulls better in 3-4,5k rpm range, maybe some loss under 2k rpm, but not sure... The sound is a little louder, a bit more raspy, but otherwise still good for everyday use. But when you step on it...oooooohhh, best spent 89pounds in years! But my engine check light did come on after 2days, reset it yesterday, so far it is off (code P0420 and P0430 - Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold ). But I have bought PC dongle for 30€ couple of months ago and it takes 1 minute to reset the light. Anyone knows, how long does it take for ECU to set itself back to normal? I think a couple of minutes, but could be wrong.... About MOT...I know a guy... and i have to do it every 2 years... oh, I have a 04 sunset.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 recently change from K1 to a K2 and its a bit quiet for my liking but the K1 was a bit loud was thinking of getting resonated decat pipe (ichiba or kinetix) to give it more of a growl but i ve read it can suffer heavily from loss of torque but other like adam from Z1 disagree with this? i had my ep3 civic decatted and torque actually increased with the better flow also will the car run lean? with my civic i had to get some sort of engine management when i decatted the car oh and i am too tight to get a sports cat Do it! I swapped my original cats (all original exhaust) to decat pipes from ebay (89pounds+pp), they have some damping, and I could swear it pulls better in 3-4,5k rpm range, maybe some loss under 2k rpm, but not sure... The sound is a little louder, a bit more raspy, but otherwise still good for everyday use. But when you step on it...oooooohhh, best spent 89pounds in years! But my engine check light did come on after 2days, reset it yesterday, so far it is off (code P0420 and P0430 - Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold ). But I have bought PC dongle for 30€ couple of months ago and it takes 1 minute to reset the light. Anyone knows, how long does it take for ECU to set itself back to normal? I think a couple of minutes, but could be wrong.... About MOT...I know a guy... and i have to do it every 2 years... oh, I have a 04 sunset.... ZMANALEX has some ace non foulers for sale too for anyone throwing a CEL. He has plenty to sell too! Best PM Alex and the light will hopefully disappear forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 recently change from K1 to a K2 and its a bit quiet for my liking but the K1 was a bit loud was thinking of getting resonated decat pipe (ichiba or kinetix) to give it more of a growl but i ve read it can suffer heavily from loss of torque but other like adam from Z1 disagree with this? i had my ep3 civic decatted and torque actually increased with the better flow also will the car run lean? with my civic i had to get some sort of engine management when i decatted the car oh and i am too tight to get a sports cat Do it! I swapped my original cats (all original exhaust) to decat pipes from ebay (89pounds+pp), they have some damping, and I could swear it pulls better in 3-4,5k rpm range, maybe some loss under 2k rpm, but not sure... The sound is a little louder, a bit more raspy, but otherwise still good for everyday use. But when you step on it...oooooohhh, best spent 89pounds in years! But my engine check light did come on after 2days, reset it yesterday, so far it is off (code P0420 and P0430 - Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold ). But I have bought PC dongle for 30€ couple of months ago and it takes 1 minute to reset the light. Anyone knows, how long does it take for ECU to set itself back to normal? I think a couple of minutes, but could be wrong.... About MOT...I know a guy... and i have to do it every 2 years... oh, I have a 04 sunset.... So you use dodgy MOT facilities? Great news on an open forum! With regards to your engine lights your ECU will probably be going into a limp mode as the ECU will attempt to "throttle". To make best use of any intake and exhaust mods your gonna need a reflash of the ECU or a piggyback ECM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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