craigyp

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having a decat down pipe fitted soon and a remap.
but the garage want 150 plus vat just to put it on!!!!!
the question is could i get this done at my local garage? at a fraction of the price a few days earlier and still drive it till the remap???
cheers

osborne

i had mine on for months before i fitted the new ecu an had it mapped with no problems.

tiny gsy

yes you can drive it with the decat on before mapping. If you`ve got a set of basic tools you just as well fit it yourself too mate its not difficult

AlanPPP

iTrader: (2)

Mine's had a decat for years without a remap and it's fine! As long as you stick with octane booster you will be fine.

craigyp

iTrader: (5)

oh brill!!!!
will it need new gaskets???? or the old ones will be fine???????????????

tiny gsy

you probably should replace the gaskets, but I didn`t when I did mine

craigyp

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where can i get em from m8???????

tiny gsy

not sure, I`d say anywhere local that does exhausts should have them, or a dealer or ebay if not

D-an-W

iTrader: (1)

You might get a CEL light on which would be the downsteam O2 sensor complaining the CAT isn't working. This should be sorted in the mapping though.

Are you also de-catting the Up-Pipe (Assuming it's the Newage WRX we are talking about)?

craigyp

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yah new age m8
got told not to bother wi up pipe as it not make a difference unless i want 350 plus bhp

Jolly Green Monster

iTrader: (4)

Agree the octane booster would make it safe but best in this situation to just drive it off boost.. if you add booster and want it mapped without it will make the job of mapping it to fuel without booster difficult/guess work, and probably end up with an overly precautions map as a result.

Simon

scoobyjay7

just to add there is no problem with you fittint a de-cat with out re-map
I think i read on here at some stage if you keep on or below 1.0 bar there will be no prob
I have had a full de-cat fitted for over a year now but kept it steady untill i can raise the rest of the money for my re-map