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It's actually pretty cheap considering how much insight you can gain from it. If you have an engine or turbo issue, this can pick it up before you have a big mechanical failure that would cost even more to fix. If you don't want to pay though, you can always just do a quick and dirty physical analysis yourself. Drain the oil and run a magnet through it, you should get almost no pickup of ferric fragments in "healthy" oil. Cut open the filter and then the filter element, see if there are obvious flecks of metal in the filter. Anything like that is a bad sign. However, I would bet that your car is probably fine. The fact that it was still running, and just seemed to be down on power is a good sign. |
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Today I went to a shop to decat the sportcat with a drill and we failed.
I may try at another shop with a torch or something really hot. |
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You might just want to go with a catless DP. They're pretty cheap compared to catted DP's, and you'll probably have a tough time getting all the cat material out cleanly without damaging the external pipe.
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If you're not tuned (and want to stay that way) it's a little annoying since you'll have a CEL on your dash. Also annoying if you live someplace where emissions testing is mandatory. If my sportcat ever blows I'll just get another. They're worth it to me since there's no smoke, smells, or CEL. Personally, I also think they sound better than straight pipes.
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Ah sorry, I misunderstood. I agree, why waste time and money drilling when you can just buy a straight pipe for next to nothing.
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I also think a catted DP sounds better.
Catless is loud but sounds a bit like an exhaust on the S55.. not a very pleasant note from the videos I have seen. But I just figured out I could try the sound with this pipe and see if I like it or not, but the work to remove the material is too much. I may just buy a catless DP or a catted DP. Is the sound the same between catted DP's, assuming they are the same cell rating? I really like what the akrapovic catted DP sounds like in videos. I wonder if a cheap DP like the Active Autowerk will produce the same sound and will perform the same. |
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I ordered ER catless downpipes but right after I did, a shop that I know well told me they could gut the sportcat for not much of a cost (~a hundred bucks), so instead of throwing away the pipe, I gave it a second life. What they did is cut it open from the side, pull all the material (wasn't easy at all!), polish the inside to make it smooth then weld it back together. I blurred the pics because the shop didn't want to be recognized if I post pics online. You can see on the picture that the first cat was a complete mess, and the second almost good but the exterior was also partially melt and stuck to the pipe. So it was not an option to leave it there. I emailed x-ph.com (where I ordered the ER downpipe) to cancel my order, as it wasn't shipped, but they don't answer my emails. Worst case scenario I end up with two catless downpipes and will have to sell one of them. |
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I installed the (now) catless akra downpipe for a week but the smell was horrible. So I added a 200 cell instead of the resonator. I was afraid that it would muffle the sound but it still sounds good to my ears. Smell is a bit better, but not quite as good as stock (as expected). Catless downpipe + reso delete + 200 cell cat (instead of the resonator) + stock muffler. No burble map : Happy now Last edited by Oktom2; 01-09-2021 at 06:48 AM.. |
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Cool update, but that doesn't sound like a "no burble" map to me. Do you mean OEM burbles?
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Which 200 cell cat did you purchase and what are the dimensions?
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