cat removing

[belly]

ive found another place that will do a de-cat pipe but theyve had a look and reckon it will be near £250 ish because they will need to make up a new flange because the cat is so close to it!!!! but one of the chaps there suggested if i remove it they can cut it open and remove all the innards so is the cat easy to remove? and does anyone know where i can get a second hand one ? would rather chop that one up and keep a failsafe im hoping that doing this along with a filter should free the breathing up before i get the van re mapped

[coconut]

iirc the cat slide out past the subframe and you dont need to drop the frame
as for a 2nd hand one, dont know!! cant you just smash the internals of yours out

[sparkyork]

do you need these for mot's then? im new to deisels so not sure.

keep us posted cos ive got same van and might end up copying what you get done!! are you getting it rolling roaded as well?

rich

[MrMPuk]

do you need these for mot's then?

No, not on diesels.

[belly]

cheers coconut i think it should come out quite easy its just getting to the flange bolts that look a pain underneath the egr gubbins ? as for mots nope not required had a 306 hdi de catted with a single box stainless system for five years never a prob and has made a huge difference to it mostly much better free reving if that makes sense but that was easy as it was a inline sort of cat! the connects one bolts pretty much onto the turbo so it has a big cast flange and im thinking the canister outer skin is quite thin metal so if i cut it open i would like a spare just in case i cant weld it back together very well to do a custom pipe i would need a flange maching up, as for rolling road i wasnt going to bother as the plan is only to put a panel filter in drill the airbox add a direct cold air feed to that de-cat it then take it to martin at vantuner for a re-map although if i really wanted to there is loads of room to re position a larger intercooler in front of the rad, as the factory intercooler position must suffer from heat soak but ive got to stay practical as its my van that i earn my living with just wanted a bit better fuel and performance to match what it should be when its not got a roofrack and ladders on does anyone know a good van breakers around the hampshire area

[Guy88]

would it be the same as the focus

[belly]

i did think that but i cant find a de-cat for a focus diesel and i rang a few places and just got the why its a van i dont know if the exhaust route or bulkhead is the same on a focus though need to find a tdci focus and have a look quite happy to get a spare and cut it out though ,just need to find a connect breaking localish so i can have a look first

[Guy88]

i did think that but i cant find a de-cat for a focus diesel and i rang a few places and just got the why its a van i dont know if the exhaust route or bulkhead is the same on a focus though need to find a tdci focus and have a look quite happy to get a spare and cut it out though ,just need to find a connect breaking localish so i can have a look first

try v4ner on here

[MinorMatt]

There are loads and loads of local breakers around Soton/Pompey...

Not sure if they leave the cats on in most places though

[belly]

can you give me some names and i can ring around ! i know car ones but not many van ones

[MrMPuk]

http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction ... =0&y=0&M=0
http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction ... lts=&ssm=0

[belly]

cheers tried most of them no tdci connects ive not tried silverlake though as i cant lol

[MrMPuk]

cheers tried most of them no tdci connects ive not tried silverlake though as i cant lol

What about a Focus? Why can't you try Silverlake?

[belly]

i think there could be a market for a dedicated van breakers on the southcoast used to work there as a lad had a heated row with the owner never been back sinse shame as its handy and quite local if not a tad expensive

[MrMPuk]

i think there could be a market for a dedicated van breakers on the southcoast used to work there as a lad had a heated row with the owner never been back sinse shame as its handy and quite local if not a tad expensive

Ring them and see if they've got one, I'm sure someone could go and get it for you.