Cherry bomb backbox

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benji1232
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Re: Cherry bomb backbox

Post by benji1232 »

smit-corsa wrote:i have a corsa b 1.2 sxi year 2000 and was wondering if it is illegal to cut out the middle box and weld a straight bit of pipe on in its place?
its not illegal to do that only illegal to decat as it O_o up the emishons from the car altho they do sound like a tin can if you cut them out i mot loadsa cars with midle box cut out but unless they O_o up on emishons cant fail em
dinglec20xe
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Re: Cherry bomb backbox

Post by dinglec20xe »

matty101 wrote:duno about price but yeah u mean de-cat it.

not sure if its illegal but your car would fail its mot on emmissions.

not the middle box you wouldnt, if you cut the cat out then yes ;) the middles box is a noise reducer
CorsaEdi
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Re: Cherry bomb backbox

Post by CorsaEdi »

i have a 1.2 16v corsa b i have a cherry bomb backbox no center box and ive de-catted it sounds good very very loud a real roar i de-catted it last week after mot and it passed mot with cherry bomb on and with center box out i have made it so i can put my old cat on for next mot so no worrys about mot i would recomend. ill try get a vid up on here see what you think.
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CorsaEdi
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Re: Cherry bomb backbox

Post by CorsaEdi »

uploaded video bare in mind cold start so not as loud as it is when warm lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA2-CUEEk-o
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dans241091
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Re: Cherry bomb backbox

Post by dans241091 »

might be a bit late now but basically an exhaust system as long as its not over what the copper thinks is loud you shouldnt get pulled an if you do i think theres a amount of decibals u gt to be under before u can be done inn anyway and as long as the emmisions are still ok its perfectly fine
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