Pre Cat Removal

[Gazza]

well another 4 hours and still no luck i dont know what they useed on mine but i cant even turn it a bit :evil:

going to have to go to the garage tommrow see if they can do it notsure.gif

how much would a new pipe be ?with out the precat in it ?

 

[Mark Dj]

Not sure mate notsure.gif , probably better getting a second hand one. It's going to have to come off anyway. Just ask a local exhaust garage to free it off, then nip straight home and pop it off again and then your on a roll :wink:

 

[Gazza]

yea will have to do that hopefully tommrow i will have it sorted notsure.gif


the other thing is i have messed up the tread on one of the 3 bolts that hold it to the manifold can you replace these or is a new manifold ?

 

[Mark Dj]

Probably need a new manifold notsure.gif , they should have come off pretty easy. Just try your best or once you have it fitted back up ask the garage to fit it :wink: . Good luck mate

 

[Gazza]

it looks to me like just a piece of threaded bar in it.the nut goes on but will not tighten up notsure.gif

the exhaust doesnt sound like its blowing notsure.gif

 

[Mark Dj]

Try a new nut, or try one of the others and see if it nips up :wink: . When I did my Pre Cat I was wrestling with my centre section trying to free it rofl.. . I was out of breath and aching

 

[Gazza]

i feel like that but i havent got mine off

 

[Mark Dj]

i feel like that but i havent got mine off

Don't give up though :wink:

 

[Gazza]

just took it the garage and they will do it for £30 20.gif

so at around 2.pm i will have no pre cat 20.gif

 

[Mark Dj]

Very good . Keep us up to date with your progress and don't forget the pictures :wink:

 

[Gazza]

all sorted its off

im well happy with it it pops at around 4000 revs it's great.

also seems to have got rid of the flat spot when you change gear and accselerate hard

 

[Mark Dj]

Ah good man, did it take you long to remove? I had blisters for a few days after removing mine . Glad you like it, and it does get rid of the flat spots

 

[Gazza]

i never did it mate garage did the whole thing for £30 was happy to pay that.

 

[Mark Dj]

, you cheat rofl.. . I thought that was just to loosen the pipe off for you. Ah well good job done

 

[Gazza]

na that was it all in i thought why take my own time when they can do it for £30

 

[Mark Dj]

Bargain mate, that was well cheap. I would have paid that to get mine done

 

[Gazza]

mate rates that was but still it's all done and i love it now

 

[LeeSRI]

Just finished doing mine and fitting side skirts on.

It has taken me 3 hours to get the bloody thing off and 10min to put iyt all back togther, with a lot of scraches and aches but the car is so much beter just need the center pipe now

 

[Mark Dj]

Just finished doing mine and fitting side skirts on.

It has taken me 3 hours to get the bloody thing off and 10min to put iyt all back togther, with a lot of scraches and aches but the car is so much beter just need the center pipe now

Nice to hear that Lee mate. No more flat spots for you either, nicer sound to the exhaust also . Good job done!

 

[Gazza]

Just finished doing mine and fitting side skirts on.

It has taken me 3 hours to get the bloody thing off and 10min to put iyt all back togther, with a lot of scraches and aches but the car is so much beter just need the center pipe now

well done mate was going to my own but after 8 hours i couldnt get it apart

yea im going for the centre section remus one.