sports cats. advice and thoughts please.

[l33mr2]

ive been toying with the idea of having a sports cat on my 2.
now i know they exist but as to where i can get hold of one i dont know.
can anyone give me any info on them and has anyone had or got one on their car?
cheers
lee

[Chris]

I'd save your money mate. Really not worth it.

[l33mr2]

I'd save your money mate. Really not worth it.

how come its not worth it? guessing the price for the power gain. i beleive you get just as much power from this as a decat tho.

[mr2ninja]

SARD, HKS, CATCO, VIBRANT and I think there is a couple companys that make them but they are all universal 3" high flow cats taht are made to be welded! I'm also planning to get one for my MR2 and flange it so that it's removeable, I hate the smell of exhaust fumes !

[Chris]

I'd save your money mate. Really not worth it.

how come its not worth it? guessing the price for the power gain. i beleive you get just as much power from this as a decat tho.

Yep, I doubt there will be any power gains at all. Total waste of money. All a sport cat is, is a cat with the centre section of the cat removed. So if you imagine, cat material a gap and then cat material. The amount of extra flow gained will be most probably near non.

You normally fine that messing with exhausts on NA cars acheives a power loss as opposed to gain. Without real supporting mods it is truly pointless.

[Chris]

SARD, HKS, CATCO, VIBRANT and I think there is a couple companys that make them but they are all universal 3" high flow cats taht are made to be welded! I'm also planning to get one for my MR2 and flange it so that it's removeable, I hate the smell of exhaust fumes !

De catting a turbo is another matter....Very much worth it. I presume you cannot just de cat with the emission laws in the US?

[mr2ninja]

Yea, there are pretty strict specially here in California !

[Race Idiot]

It would be nice if someone made a downpipe with a high flow cat in it, then at least I wouldnt have to faff about so much at mot time though.

Sard do make one but it costs a bomb and nobody has any info on it.

Also youve got to remember the us cars actually have two cats, wheras ours only have one.

[lockys96]

i ran 570hp with a sports cat

[mr2ninja]

It would be nice if someone made a downpipe with a high flow cat in it, then at least I wouldnt have to faff about so much at mot time though.

Sard do make one but it costs a bomb and nobody has any info on it.

Also youve got to remember the us cars actually have two cats, wheras ours only have one.

Hummm....... I always thought USA MR2s had 1 CAT and 1 resinator!