advice on 2lt vauxhall

[ian c anderson]

Hi

Could i have some advice please.Vauxhall 2lt on carbs what is the life of the exhaust with cat bit of an open ended question but i am told they are over £800 to replace any other info on the vauxhall would be gratefully recived as i weight up the best 7 for me to buy.

Many Thanks

 

Ian

[Harry Flatters]

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm talking sphericals here. As far as I know provided the car is pre-SVA then the cat can be discarded (with a bit of re-tuning) in favour of a normal 4-->1 or 4-->2-->1 system. My '95 VX originally had a cat but there ain't one there now and it's been thru MOT 3 times with no problems.

 

If you need to discuss VX's, you can try me on 020 8642 0162 (office).

 

Steve

 

 

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[Nick Woods]

Strictly speaking it needs to be kit-built to get through an MOT without an emissions test, although a lot of MOT testers dont know that unless you tell them . It will have to say 'kit built' on the reg document as well and they'll need to see it for proof.

 

If its not kit-built then there will be a set of emissions limits it has to meet (they have a bl**dy great book with them all in) and you may or may not be able to acheive this without a cat.

 

Anyway, I thought you needed injection for catalysts so that the fuel flow can be moderated properly although I'm quite prepared to be proved wrong on this.

 

Nick

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