Tas
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Registered: 11th Dec 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: MG ZR
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Pros and Cons please guys
also how much am i looking to pay
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Chris C
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Registered: 2nd Jan 05
Location: Hemel Hempstead
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Con is you need to change it every year for your mot, which i found can be a complete pain in the arse
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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pros - er... none, unless you have a turbo, or a highly tuned car, or maybe an engine conversion.
cons - noise, fines, mot swapping, sounds shit, costs money for no power gains.
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Chris C
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Registered: 2nd Jan 05
Location: Hemel Hempstead
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yeah ask stavs about the noise issue, i think his was only off for a day or two !
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Tas
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Registered: 11th Dec 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: MG ZR
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so theres no power gains
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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ive de catted my saxo, improved performance and a much better exhaust note was my reward, smells like your going to be driving something with a bit of power when you start it in the morning as well 
worth the £50 i spent.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r
ive de catted my saxo, improved performance and a much better exhaust note was my reward, smells like your going to be driving something with a bit of power when you start it in the morning as well 
worth the £50 i spent.
How can something "smell" like its got power?
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ed
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slash
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Registered: 30th Jul 06
Location: South Wales
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mines decatted, little faster pops flames pretty cool i think.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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quote: Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r
ive de catted my saxo, improved performance and a much better exhaust note was my reward, smells like your going to be driving something with a bit of power when you start it in the morning as well 
worth the £50 i spent.
How can something "smell" like its got power?
He probably means the smell of petrol out of it which i get on mine, hate the decat sounds crap and has made no difference at all
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L30 SCT
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Registered: 27th Nov 05
Location: aberdeen
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realy mate what your wanting is a racing cat. decats are shit, i have had them on most of my cars and unless you can change it over for an mot yourself it aint worth having.
like someone said above you would only get a noticable gain from a tuned engine.
[Edited on 27-12-2006 by L30 SCT]
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K5-KYL
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Registered: 5th Aug 05
Location: Cowdenbeath, Fife
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had one on my old sport with a full system aswell.
didnt know if there was a difference after the exhaust cos it all got put on at the same time, but was very very loud indeed.
person that bought it changed it for its MOT recently. ive noticed it doesnt sound as loud just now with the cat back on.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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Robin what you on. The decat definately made a difference on my 106, firstly I had a magnex silenced one so the noise of the exhaust didnt actually change at all but the exhaust was overall better flowing and there was a noticeable difference. The new one has no silencer and does the same job, twinned with my cat back system it sounds great.
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
Location: Devon
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no power gains...and a sh!te raspy sound....
as for the saxo cat comment, saxo's have a very restrictive cat to start with...so they will se an imporvement
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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Perhaps the same applies with 106s but ive never heard of them not giving gains on any car really. Thought they would help wherever a cat is involved.
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davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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mine made a noticeable difference in performance
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