gsr 341
Member Since: 15 Jan 2011
Location: north wales
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finally fitted my de-cat pipe last night that i bought from twisted performance some time ago .
after attemting it a few weeks ago , and the 15mm socket spinning on the turbo flage nuts , bought 3 new nuts and gasket from landrover .
then bought a nut removal set , but decided to have a go with a proper 15mm hex socket as opposed to the multi spline one i first used , so top tip , use the correct hex socket first time should come off fine with a quick spray of plus gas 
was supprised just howm much you have to remove to fit the replacment pipe , had to drop the gearbox cross member , front prop shaft, and most of the exhaust system to get the cat section out .
reassembly was not that straight forward due to the replacment section being just over 1mm bigger than the old pipe , which was allready a snug fit ,and slightly oval too , but had to much of the car in pieces to wait to ring up for a replacment pipe , so persevied with a sanding wheel and a feh hammers , gently perswaded the pipes to join up .
once car rebuilt fired her up to cheak for leaks ( all good and sealed  ) the difference in sound is remarkable , and defently reves freer when static, then the road test may just be the placebo effect of new parts , but defently seams to pull much smoother from slightly lower revs , and noise in the cabin , unaffected but sound nice from outside
car is fitted with the highet tune pete at BAS said was possable on a D3 manual , with alisport intercooler , over all , not blown away with the build quality and fit of the decat pipe , but very happy with the results , so what mods next then 
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 10th Jul 2012 9:30 am |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
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Good call. I did the same upgrade 2 years ago: Allisport IC, BAS remap and deCat. It really makes it a very different beast and well worth doing. 
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| 10th Jul 2012 9:49 am |
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