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slippery slope! She's pretty happy with the performance, though.otolith said:
Jacko, have you got the whole system?
I have the middle and back bits, so not the Y pipe or cats, I paid £425 for Cobra Store, excellent service as the original bends for the rear section were well out, send me replacement bits which fit fine.They can be a mare to fit if you do it yourself, best sent in to an exhaust place, I had issues joining the Y pipe (original) to the mid section (new) as the Y pipe has studs built in and they were rusted solid, had to cut them off with an angle grinder and drill the remainder out, if you replace the Y pipe as well you should be ok, as long as the cats come off ok.
She's just paid £700 from Cougar Store for Y-pipe, middle and backbox, very helpful people and they've thrown in FedEx delivery free of charge. Was posted yesterday when stock arrived, tracking system says it will be here today. Taking it back to the MOT garage tomorrow to get it fitted and the MOT sorted. They're a good local place and they've been really fair in the past, so don't expect to get ripped off for fitting.
No doubt the insurer will want a few quid extra for it, but shouldn't be a big deal.
No doubt the insurer will want a few quid extra for it, but shouldn't be a big deal.
MacW said:
Might as well chuck on some HFC's while you're at it. They'll be under the car with the spanners out anyway...
Only if you want the CEL to stay on permanently.You'll need an Uprev (£400 ish) to re-flash the ECU and turn it off. In addition to £400 for the HFCs. Not a cheap upgrade!
Well, it's quieter than it was with a blowing exhaust, but it sounds bloody lovely! SWMBO loves it, and the insurance cost was token. Only downside was the amount of time it took the garage to get the old system off - I should have thought to tell them we didn't want it and it was fine to cut it up.
otolith said:
Well, it's quieter than it was with a blowing exhaust, but it sounds bloody lovely! SWMBO loves it, and the insurance cost was token. Only downside was the amount of time it took the garage to get the old system off - I should have thought to tell them we didn't want it and it was fine to cut it up.
Glad you guys are enjoying it, I love the standard Z noise, but modified it realises the full potential 
Mitz and the guys at Cougar Store are brilliant, have used them for the whole of my Z ownership and wouldn't go anywhere else for my bits now.Dynamic Turtle said:
MacW said:
Might as well chuck on some HFC's while you're at it. They'll be under the car with the spanners out anyway...
Only if you want the CEL to stay on permanently.You'll need an Uprev (£400 ish) to re-flash the ECU and turn it off. In addition to £400 for the HFCs. Not a cheap upgrade!
Now De-Cats on the other hand...They should ideally have an Uprev done (you may as well fit a plenum spacer at the same time too), but you can get the O2 spacers which trick the CEL and don't trigger the light on your dashbaord. Come MOT time though, they have no chance of passing
The sound they make, especially during hard acceleration is well worth it though. You are right about it being costly though, the fuel bill increase due to my right foot seeing more action is amusing!
morgs_ said:
As far as I'm aware that is incorrect. The HFC/Sport Cats are designed so they are still road legal (ie will pass an MOT) and thus don't trigger the CEL as they are still within tolerance.
I think this depends on the car; I had HFCs, Y-pipe and a Blitz centre section & backbox and even with O2 spacers my CEL occasionally came on (although infrequently).Animal said:
morgs_ said:
As far as I'm aware that is incorrect. The HFC/Sport Cats are designed so they are still road legal (ie will pass an MOT) and thus don't trigger the CEL as they are still within tolerance.
I think this depends on the car; I had HFCs, Y-pipe and a Blitz centre section & backbox and even with O2 spacers my CEL occasionally came on (although infrequently).Gassing Station | Japanese Chat | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff