"Catman" > wrote in message
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> Malcolm Osborne wrote:
>> My 156 2.0 TS is of 1999 vintage, with 275 000 Km on the clock.
>>
>> I'm sure the catalytic convertor in the exhaust system provides little
>> more than back pressure these days. A replacement would be too expensive.
>>
>> Our local regs do not insist on these things (though most new cars do
>> have them).
>>
>> Has anyone removed their cat convertor - replacing it with a straight
>> piece of pipe? A slight bit of power boost may result.
>>
>>
>
> Not on a 156 that I know of, but it certainly used to quite common over
> here.
>
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So what happens when you go for an MOT then ? Fail / hurried replacement
of cat ??

Dave S...