Octavia vrs decat

jimvrs · 01-06-2006, 09:11

Hi all, I was hoping some of you could answer me a couple of questions.

I am due to have a custom re map in august. The car currently has a cai, samco tip and intercooler waterspray fitted, and now I am looking at the exhaust, which brings me to my first question.

1. Has anybody had any success with de cating the standard exhaust, or do I have to go down the miltek/blueflame etc, route?

2. Also is it a good idea to uprate the fuel pump before the re map?

I am looking/hoping to get around the 220 to 225 bhp mark and then i'll probably leave it there(wife,kids,mortgage,beer fridge to stock up etc etc)

Oh well thats it, hope to get somebodys 2 pence worth anyway! cheers

SkodiRS · 01-06-2006, 09:45

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Originally Posted by jimvrs

Hi all, I was hoping some of you could answer me a couple of questions.

I am due to have a custom re map in august. The car currently has a cai, samco tip and intercooler waterspray fitted, and now I am looking at the exhaust, which brings me to my first question.

1. Has anybody had any success with de cating the standard exhaust, or do I have to go down the miltek/blueflame etc, route?

2. Also is it a good idea to uprate the fuel pump before the re map?

I am looking/hoping to get around the 220 to 225 bhp mark and then i'll probably leave it there(wife,kids,mortgage,beer fridge to stock up etc etc)

Oh well thats it, hope to get somebodys 2 pence worth anyway! cheers

1) the downpipe and cat are a single unit...you'll have to cut the cat out and replace with a sleeve....remember cat is mandatory come MOT time. ColinD has/had a decat of this manner...I think. The decat will give some gains....bigger bore dp and sports cat definately gives more torque.

2) no need to uprate fuel pump just for a remap...for bigger turbo it is recommended.

You should get the output from the mods you have with the remap.....I did without the waterspray and with a Milltek dp/sports cat.

jimvrs · 01-06-2006, 09:54

Thankyou Sir.

The de cat pipe in question is a replacement down pipe on fleabay at the moment. It looks like it is interchangeable.
The main reason I am looking into it is that my exhaust is good, condition wise seems daft to skip it if I can help it( i.e put stainless sports on when it rots),
And I work in a garage with ramps, so changing the pipe annually shouldn't pose much of a problem.

EddyH · 01-06-2006, 10:11

Just be sure to go with a map that disables the post cat lambda sensor so you don't get the emissions light on.

jimvrs · 01-06-2006, 15:53

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Originally Posted by EddyH

Just be sure to go with a map that disables the post cat lambda sensor so you don't get the emissions light on.

Will do mate. I was thinking of a custom code map because I have heard good things and they are fairly local to me. It seems as though I may need to talk to Sarah

SkodiRS · 01-06-2006, 16:14

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Originally Posted by jimvrs

It seems as though I may need to talk to Sarah

FYI...Sarah works for Awesome GTI now.....but you can get APR code from there.

EddyH · 01-06-2006, 16:43

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Originally Posted by SkodiRS

FYI...Sarah works for Awesome GTI now.....but you can get APR code from there.

Yep, that's right. You need to speak to Mike or Emma at JBS/Custom-Code.

jimvrs · 01-06-2006, 19:21

will do! thanks once again chaps. Are JBS chesterfield based or am I wrong?

P.S Eddy did we meet up once for you to have my spare grill????????

EddyH · 01-06-2006, 19:38

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Originally Posted by jimvrs

will do! thanks once again chaps. Are JBS chesterfield based or am I wrong?

P.S Eddy did we meet up once for you to have my spare grill????????

Yes they're in Chesterfield and highly recommended by me.

Yes that was me at Doncaster train station.

jimvrs · 01-06-2006, 20:16

Cheers Eddy..........remap sorted then! and a phonecall to make

Lummox · 01-06-2006, 20:30

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Originally Posted by EddyH

Yes that was me at Doncaster train station.

Holding a single red rose? News paper under right arm? Banana in a shopping basket?

Am I on the right 'track'

EddyH · 01-06-2006, 20:33

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Originally Posted by Lummox

Holding a single red rose? News paper under right arm? Banana in a shopping basket?

Am I on the right 'track'

More along the lines of Jim saying he'd be the guy in the yellow Octy vRS, so you were close I suppose.

jimvrs · 02-06-2006, 09:16

Didn't we use pink carnations?

EddyH · 02-06-2006, 09:23

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Originally Posted by jimvrs

Didn't we use pink carnations?

Yeah, but I didn't want to tell everyone.

01-06-2006, 09:11	#1
jimvrs Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: rotherham, south yorkshire Posts: 347 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Octavia vrs decat Hi all, I was hoping some of you could answer me a couple of questions. I am due to have a custom re map in august. The car currently has a cai, samco tip and intercooler waterspray fitted, and now I am looking at the exhaust, which brings me to my first question. 1. Has anybody had any success with de cating the standard exhaust, or do I have to go down the miltek/blueflame etc, route? 2. Also is it a good idea to uprate the fuel pump before the re map? I am looking/hoping to get around the 220 to 225 bhp mark and then i'll probably leave it there(wife,kids,mortgage,beer fridge to stock up etc etc) Oh well thats it, hope to get somebodys 2 pence worth anyway! cheers __________________ "Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does"..............(simpsons movie 2007)

01-06-2006, 09:54	#3
jimvrs Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: rotherham, south yorkshire Posts: 347 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Octavia vrs de cat Thankyou Sir. The de cat pipe in question is a replacement down pipe on fleabay at the moment. It looks like it is interchangeable. The main reason I am looking into it is that my exhaust is good, condition wise seems daft to skip it if I can help it( i.e put stainless sports on when it rots), And I work in a garage with ramps, so changing the pipe annually shouldn't pose much of a problem. __________________ "Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does"..............(simpsons movie 2007)

01-06-2006, 10:11	#4
EddyH Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 4,902 Thanks: 41 Thanked 26 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Octavia vrs de cat Just be sure to go with a map that disables the post cat lambda sensor so you don't get the emissions light on. __________________ EddyH Audi A6 Avant 2.7 TDI Audi A3 2.0 TDI Sport

01-06-2006, 19:21	#8
jimvrs Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: rotherham, south yorkshire Posts: 347 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Octavia vrs de cat will do! thanks once again chaps. Are JBS chesterfield based or am I wrong? P.S Eddy did we meet up once for you to have my spare grill???????? __________________ "Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does"..............(simpsons movie 2007)

01-06-2006, 20:16	#10
jimvrs Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: rotherham, south yorkshire Posts: 347 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Octavia vrs de cat Cheers Eddy..........remap sorted then! and a phonecall to make __________________ "Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does"..............(simpsons movie 2007)

02-06-2006, 09:16	#13
jimvrs Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: rotherham, south yorkshire Posts: 347 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Octavia vrs de cat Didn't we use pink carnations? __________________ "Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does"..............(simpsons movie 2007)

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