EP3 exhaust nightmare!

[Loxy]

I already have a dc sports manifold with de cat, it's very loud so im going to try quite it down by having a sports cat welded on. Can u get the piper sports cat on its own?
iv seen tegiwa one for a dc5 for cheap but don't know if it will work

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[Cbezz]

I'm currently running the Piper manifold with sports cat and Mugen cat back exhaust and find this to have a pleasant deep sound and only marginally louder than standard. This combination all bolts together without having to cut off flanges and messing about. The Piper sports cat is available separately and you can buy extra flanges to make it fit your current system. I purchased my Piper stuff from Larkspeed as they were a lot cheaper than anyone else at the time, even Piper's own website.

 

[biff-typer]

I'm currently running the Piper manifold with sports cat and Mugen cat back exhaust and find this to have a pleasant deep sound and only marginally louder than standard. This combination all bolts together without having to cut off flanges and messing about. The Piper sports cat is available separately and you can buy extra flanges to make it fit your current system. I purchased my Piper stuff from Larkspeed as they were a lot cheaper than anyone else at the time, even Piper's own website.

so a piper sports cat will bolt straight to my dc sports manifold and spoon cat back? just want to be 100%
also what sort of gains isit compared to de cat?

 

[Cbezz]

so a piper sports cat will bolt straight to my dc sports manifold and spoon cat back? just want to be 100%
also what sort of gains isit compared to de cat?

I can't accurately comment on another system only my own. If the DC sports manifold bolts directly to the spoon cat back and there isn't a section to unbolt were the cat should be then the manifold would have to be cut and welded to take the cat. If it does come with a section you can remove then I couldn't say if the flanges would mate or the Piper sport cat would be of the right length to fill the gap. You could get the Piper cat and then get extra flanges from piper so your other sections can be altered to match it... if you know a good exhaust shop or just get the piper manifold as well as sell your DC one. As regards to gains, a decat pipe will be of less restriction than any kind of cat so you would lose a few hp by fitting one. The point of the sport cat is that it is less restrictive than a normal cat, nearly as good as a decat, but doesn't require messing about and is 'legal' come MOT time. I say 'legal'... it will pass the emmisions tests but they have been illegal (for a garage) to fit a sport cat since 2010 as they don't comply with EU standards. Not all garages know this fact, as I found out, so unless your good at welding you'll have to find one that isn't bothered. It's also illegal to have a car with a decat but seeing as you have one your probably not bothered about that :lol:

 

[biff-typer]

I can't accurately comment on another system only my own. If the DC sports manifold bolts directly to the spoon cat back and there isn't a section to unbolt were the cat should be then the manifold would have to be cut and welded to take the cat. If it does come with a section you can remove then I couldn't say if the flanges would mate or the Piper sport cat would be of the right length to fill the gap. You could get the Piper cat and then get extra flanges from piper so your other sections can be altered to match it... if you know a good exhaust shop or just get the piper manifold as well as sell your DC one. As regards to gains, a decat pipe will be of less restriction than any kind of cat so you would lose a few hp by fitting one. The point of the sport cat is that it is less restrictive than a normal cat, nearly as good as a decat, but doesn't require messing about and is 'legal' come MOT time. I say 'legal'... it will pass the emmisions tests but they have been illegal (for a garage) to fit a sport cat since 2010 as they don't comply with EU standards. Not all garages know this fact, as I found out, so unless your good at welding you'll have to find one that isn't bothered. It's also illegal to have a car with a decat but seeing as you have one your probably not bothered about that :lol:

** probably get the sports cat fitted then as the manifold is a bit close to the anti roll bar so I suppose I could have it directed slightly different. Cheers for info