Decats

Oh right, you wouldn't happen to have any pics would you? I'm pretty sure I could do tem for less than that if the demand was there.

Cheers Mick.

AndyS wrote: Exactly Jamsie. They are illegal for use on the public highway. In other words it's a bit of usless junk that's likely to get you a fine as well as lightnening your wallet for something of little value anyway. The seller of this "snake oil" is relying on buyers believing they need this bit of kit to "improve" their car. If you want the few extra hp that a decat & the associated rechip may give you just buy a more powerful car!

Thanks for your opinions....

It would be nice if you had seen one of these "pieces of junk" before making your comments though. I have sold MANY of these to SX owners, whose cars WILL see around 15-20 bhp increase, I admit that it wouldn't be as high as this in a BMW as they don't have a turbo on them. I haven't made any false claims as to what they will do to improve your car nor have I said that they are legal, to the contrary I have just stated that your car WONT pass an MOT with one and they are for off road / track use only. I would appreciate it if you could have at least contacted me before making comments such as this. Oh, and I had one fitted to my Nissan for over 3 years without any problems...

I was hoping that if there was enough interest I could do them at a reduced rate for club members then also sell on ebay.

Guess this forum isn't as friendly as some others I have been on (non BMW), don't feel to have been made welcome at all.

 Thanks Mick

AndyS wrote: mickstreet wrote: You more than likely would fail an MOT with a decat fitted. On the 200sx it was quite an easy job to swap the original cat back in for MOT time then swap it back after. Not sure what it would be like on a BMW? Anyway, they would be sold for "track use only". The tone of your post is quite clear, run around with a decat & only put the cat back in to pass the mot. So the car is illegal for road use. Not only does this leave the owner open to prosecution, it could well invalidate their insurance unless they tell their insurance company (& who's going to do that when they've just made their car illegal). That affects other people if there's an accident. I for one don't want to find myself trying to claim against some chav boyracer who suddenly finds his insurance cancelled because he wanted another few bhp. This is a friendly forum but you didn't come on to make friends. You came on to flog stuff. Big difference. You claim a 15-20bhp increase on a 200bhp SX but admit it may well be lower on a BMW. Let's be honest here, you haven't a clue what, if any, difference it will make on any BMW. No R & D, no research of any kind except to see how much you could flog a metal tube filled with wire wool or whatever. Whilst a decat may have a place on a proper competition car where performance is measured against a stopwatch or other competitors, on the public road or on a track day it's pointless.

Thank you for your comments.

I have been a member on the SXOC website for a number of years and have made many friends. Due to family reasons I sold my Nissan and bought an E46 330 touring. Naturally I joined the BMW OC as I had with my 200sx. I DIDNT come here to "flog" stuff, I joined to take part in discussions on the forum, attend meets and hopefully given time to give advice and receive advice when I required it. I really don't see how you can make judgements against me when you don't even know me? Guess its a case of "my post count is higher than yours...."

Anyway, I really don't want this to turn into a slanging match so mods, as I started this post, feel free to close it. If there are any other replies I won't reply back.

Oh, I also won't be making any "illegal, useless, and pointless" decats (but I suppose you guessed that already).

Thanks Mick.

Webdunk wrote: mickstreet wrote: Webdunk wrote: Does it not mean you'll fail your MOT? You more than likely would fail an MOT with a decat fitted. On the 200sx it was quite an easy job to swap the original cat back in for MOT time then swap it back after. Not sure what it would be like on a BMW? Anyway, they would be sold for "track use only". Ah... that's what I thought - although I thought for certain older motors (pre 1970-something?) when cats weren't a legal requirement, this could be OK? I think Supersprint make a pipe which does show gains and adds a little something to the sound... @jamesboi - if the car's properly set up then I don't think the emissions are a prob. How come you're getting so many pulls tho? You been noising up the polis?

Hi, Pretty sure it around G/H reg that cats came into force. That would make it about 1990?