cat on a k-reg

[leecat]

i have 1.2 nova and the cat has just starting rattling since i lowered it 40mm, ow one person has told me the cat is knackered because it is rattling but another has told me it is fine but the stupid thing is annoying me so bloody much and if i take it off it wont pass emmisions i got told to so any ideas or am i doomed to buy a new cat!!!!!!! please help id prefer to take the cat off but if i have to illl buy new one pm me with responses please!!!!!!!! cheers!

[2litreturbo]

dont need a cat on a K reg. Replace it with a straight section.

[mikeyredtop]

its not a legal requrement but might fail its emmisions, u can get a centre piece to replace it of a pre cat model for pennies, my brother got his 4 bout 20 quid i think all inculsive...

[2litreturbo]

just turn down the mixture! job done

[mikeyredtop]

u cant do that on a 1.2i

[2litreturbo]

yeah you can. it can be done on any car.

[mikeyredtop]

of course but its not easy on a 1.2i ule need to ramap the ecu, i suppose u could let some air in after the throttle butterfly, altering the stochimetric ratio....but then the lamda would correct that, so its not easy!

[Mel]

i have an old exhaust piece with the cat on it from a 1.2i K reg thats sitting in the garden doing nothing..want it?

[AnThoNYnOvA]

bash fuck out of the cat :twisted:

[2litreturbo]

hows that gunna work? if you break the plates inside, it could block the exhaust totally there the car will be fubar!

[Philsutton]

just go down scrappy an get a centre section off a 1.2 carb nova for about ?5

[stiller_uk]

U don't need a cat, my nova's a K reg and i aint got a cat.

Apparently none of the nova's are listed on the Ministary Of Transport as needing a cat.

[Adam]

I have also got a question instead of starting a new topic. Do all 1.4SRi have a CAT, i know they are all multi-point injection and some have a cat, but do all of them have one. And am i right in thinking that all cars manufacutred after 31st July(i think was the month), 1992 need a cat to pass the MOT.
Well K reg was 1992 so do some K reg 1.2i/1.4sri need a CAT fitted(MOT purposes) or do people just replace them with a straight through centre section and pass the MOT.
Cheers

[Will]

U don't need a cat, my nova's a K reg and i aint got a cat.

Apparently none of the nova's are listed on the Ministary Of Transport as needing a cat.

yes thats true so even tho technically its from august 92 onwards in the case of nvoas they cant be tested udner cat regulations cause they are not listed on the system for cat tests :D

[Adam]

So none of them need CATS, ok thats exactly what i wanted to hear cus i am hoping to get an SRI for a first car in a few months.

Cheers Will :D

[Will]

you got it, if you got a cat bin it or..... act replacer pipe, job a good un :D

[Adam]

A CAT restricts power dunnit, so if the CAT is binned the power should increase. On a 1.4SRi the standard BHP is around 80BHP, with the CAT.

Would your insurance company wanna know if you binned the CAT.

Cheers again Will

[Will]

82 bhp standard SRI



Would your insurance company wanna know if you binned the CAT.


No because you brought it like that and didnt know any different :lol:

[Adam]

So, basically the 82bhp standard SRI is robbed of power by the CAT.

And you should tell the insurance company cus it increases performance but
" i don't even know what a CAT is mate" LOL :D

[2litreturbo]

"it was like that when i got it!!!" :wink: