Removing the cat

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Removing the cat

Post by pistol supercharged pete »

hi ya every body
my first post with a reason now

i am removing the cat next week on nights at work
going to take out the cat cut off the flanges and weld in a straight through pipe and put it back in
now i want ot know i take it that i do not need ot ajust timeing and will not muck up the car and there is nothing lese i eed to do other that remove the cat?

i htiugh it would be easier for me to do it at owrk that pay 200 quid for someone else to do it, i do it for free, and i take it the way iam doing it is all okay??

cheers guy
pete
(it is for my mk1 supercharger)
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Re: Removing the cat

Post by Lauren »

Yep just remove it Pete, it will do no harm at all.

You do not need to adjust anything.

HTH
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cheers lauren

is mark doing an americain order soon i am after a dizzy cap and maybee son leads (prefferably both in blue)

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yes if i can get enough orders, there was little interest when i last asked.

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Re: Removing the cat

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you want to be spraying it with that rust/bolt loosener for about a week before..

you might need a blow torch and or cutting equipment..

depending on the amount of rust :D

good luck!
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Re: Removing the cat

Post by pistol supercharged pete »

cheers mark
let me know when you are ordering next - drop me a email cheers

and i have already started spraying the bolts with wd but we have plent of tools at work to get it off:)
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