You still have the catalytic converter still on the car? Wondering how the smell is around the car. I keep seesawing back and forth to get the full delete.
Huskies,
I went back and forth about the cat as well. I did things a tad backwards and ordered the Rawtek with a high flow cat, had the cat cut out before it was installed (so I have the cat to put in later if I want), and the smell is not bad. While in the car, I can’t smell the exhaust at all. I’ll smell it if I reverse and go through my exhaust with my windows down, or step out of the car after I shut it off. If you remember how school bus exhausts smell, that’s what a completely decatted and deleted tdi smells; like childhood memories
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The cat will possibly be put back in further downstream on the exhaust if/when I decide to put the cat back in.
Reason why: when the time comes for a new cat (~150k miles?), I don’t trust any old exhaust shop to unbolt my downpipe from my turbo, remove a cat, change the cat, and bolt it back up without causing any leaks. That will make for a longer job which is more money, and possible hiccups. Placing the cat right at the bottom of my downpipe (when the pipe starts to run parallel to the ground) will make it an easy job for future changes; jack the car up, cut the cat out, replace, weld, and done- quick and easy. No need to touch the turbo. There are probably easier ways but this seemed cost effective for me and issue-free cat changes. To be honest, so far, I have no want to put the cat in yet. It just sits in my garage in case the time comes
Happy modding, cheers.
Deeds
