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1988 - 16v With Cat?
Topic Started: Sun Mar 2, 2008 7:47 pm (731 Views)
CrysAk
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had a look under the car today and noticed not only is there 1 box (minus the back box) but also a CAT??

why would of this been fitted?

will it cause any problems when i take it off to get the new (non cat) system fitted?
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Are there three boxes?
All cossies that didnt have CATS have three boxes, ones with CATS had two on each of the downpipes...
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Mar 2 2008, 06:54 PM
Are there three boxes?
All cossies that didnt have CATS have three boxes, ones with CATS had two on each of the downpipes...

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4-2-1-cat-box-backbox
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The first box isnt a cat, the cats were only on the downpipes, im sure of it..
Only in 1991 or 2 the cats were added, most 1990/1 cossies had a CAT, they were optional from the start of production but only became as standard something in the the 90's...

I doubt you will have a CAT, as the first box isnt a CAT...
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looks like a CAT O_o

ill take a pic tomorow, swear its a cat lol :P
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The CAT is the one with the two cylinder type objects on the downpipes...

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there can be only one ;-)
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the easy way to tell is to look at you knob (the one next to the ignition module) and read what it says

vin number will help too
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Mar 2 2008, 09:09 PM
the easy way to tell is to look at you knob (the one next to the ignition module) and read what it says

vin number will help too

:P you beat me to it.
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Mar 2 2008, 08:09 PM
the easy way to tell is to look at you knob

alright, no need for name calling :P lol

i thought the cat converter was that small rounded box jsut after the pipes ? O_o
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Nope^^^
Its in front of that if you have one...

But i doubt you have which is good!


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yeah its on the ELZ knob.
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ahh, so what does that little box do O_o, on my 1.8 i have that small box, then two additional boxes then a backbox ... im confused lol

qucik google image search brings up these as CAT converters

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