Hi im new to this and im lookin for a sports cat for my 1.8 8v ive seen lots of them but not sure what to go for whats best a 100 cell hi flow or a 200 cell sports cat can any one help Ta...........
if used in conjunction with other mods - free flowing exhaust, air box mods, bored TB etc could be worth it. Otherwise money probably spent better elsewhere
1.8 8v? We talking Mk2 here? Doesn`t even need a cat... (unless it`s one of the odd-ball K-platers out there)
Odd ball My mk2 is a late 91 on a J plate and log book engine code starts PF 206 and the manual states that it need a cat I'm still lookin for the best cat to get. Thanks
No, honestly, you`re fine, you don`t need one! Catalytic converters didn`t become compulsory until 1st August 1992. My old Mk2 was a J-plate, first registered in June `92, so just sneaked in, and didn`t have a Cat fitted. They were a dealer option from early `91, I believe, but were massively expensive, and very few people were eco-concious enough to fork out. And, as Wez says, a sports cat on an 8v will gain you precisely zero. Much better without...
I`m assuming you don`t currently have a CAT anyway? It could still fail the MOT on emissions, but this won`t be due to the lack of a CAT. It`d just need a proper setting up if this was the case.
The car came with a cat and I'm putting a new exhaust on stainless steel with a 4 branch manifold. So if it had one on the car to start with so I'll have to put one back on then right or wrong my head is up me @r with it all. Ta.
Yeah, wrong... Looks like someone was eco-concious enough to tick the option box after all! The new system will be a lot cheaper if you get rid, and will be less restrictive too.
