16V_1600
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Right, I have been looking through the portfolio of receipts from the previous owner that I got with the car when I bought it, and this exhaust:
Was custom made by ASCAR exhausts in Sheffield and is a cobra item
Description from receipt:
cobra sport s/s system custom built to vaux corsa with cat bypass pipe to rear silencer with twin motro bike can trims 
The total cost............
£355.00 
My question is, I am binning this exhaust as I hate it in favour of a normal system (not custom) like Magnex etc.
With the exhaust being custom made, would a ful Magnex cat back system offer up to the cat bypass pipe or would I have to buy a stock cat?
Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm not sure.
Also, if the car is a 2000 model and has a "cat bypass" pipe then surely this is an MOT failure?
Thanks for any help.
Help me rid this car of the awful exhaust 
[Edited on 16-12-2007 by 16V_1600CS]
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16V_1600
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bump 
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16V_1600
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the first thread that has stumped the whole of CS?
Nobody knows? 
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dan_c4rsa
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cat bypass is probably a decat have a gander underneath.
doesnt mean its a failure, depends on emissions.
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Dave A
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why not just go back to ascar (now exhaustsuk) and get a different tailpipe or backbox?
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
why not just go back to ascar (now exhaustsuk) and get a different tailpipe or backbox?
I preferred the idea of a off the shelf system, but that would probably be the cheaper option. The exhaust was fitted in 2003 and has passed every MOT since with no emission problems.
Just when I read "cat bypass" I thought the CAT wasn't there and wondered how it passed the MOT. Will have a word with exhausts UK and see what they can do.
cheers
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