Next I thought I would tackle the cats.... put the rear of the car up on ramps, removed the back bumper, then the heat shield on the drivers side which gave good access to remove the silencer. All good due to having replacements stainless bolts and brass nuts on the joints, other than having to drop the engine down by undoing the engine mount, so the the 2 silencer mounting bolts can be removed upwards, I put them back the other way around 👠once that was out I got the drivers side cat out, and had a real struggle with the pre cat Lambda, had to heat the mount up with a small torch then use a pair of stilsons with a steel bar for leverage. It came out 👠the other one came out ok, not sure if spraying them for the last 3 nights with WD helped or notðŸ™
I then cut that one down with an angle grinder, although I cocked it up as thought it was 35mm when in fact it's 45mm... so will need to get them both off again st some point to slice off the other 10mm... anyways I then removed the other cat, didn't have to remove the other silencer, but did remove the passenger side heat shield for better access. Once the second cat was off it was the same deal as the first, the pre cat lambda was stick solid and needed heat and leverage to free it up, but it eventually undid 👠the other lambda was worryingly loose.... probably the wire clips holding it in place... anyway cut that one down by the wrong 35mm (😂) and the set about refitting it all.
As you can imagine with an additional 10mm it did t go on easy, but it did go on, so once I had figured out how to get a big more play from the loom with the lambda connectors it all went back pretty well ðŸ‘
Initial impressions are it's a lot louder 😂 and I probably won't be bothering with a Gundo hack 👠car doesn't really feel any different which was expected, but the additional noise is quite addictive.
I've definitely got a blow from the drivers side silencer flexi that will need attention.
