cat woes

greenninja · Post by **greenninja** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:35 pm

Hi guys,

I have had my lude 6 months now and its been great (i have done more miles in 6 months than the car had done in the last 11 years lol). I noticed a rattle pulling away so took it to work and got it up on the ramp. My cat has broken apart which sucks as mr h wanted £720 inc vat for a new one. I ordered one from euro car parts for fifty quid and its about 3 inches too long. This is the only one they list for my car. Luckily there is no o2 sensor after the cat so i gutted mine and got all of the broken bits out. The car drives fine although slightly smelly :)With an mot due in jan i was wondering if anyone can recommend somewhere to source a cat from ?

Cheers

Steve

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:40 pm

Pick up a second hand one from a breaker on here would be my advice - they're not something that usually fails, so I wouldn't worry about it being second hand.

greenninja · Post by **greenninja** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:45 pm

I popped to my local breakers yard but no preludes. Do other honda cats fit ? I would prefer a new cat tbh as mine only has 27k on the clock and was suprised it had failed. Can anyone recommend a high flow / aftermarket one.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:50 pm

JDM's;
http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/cars-br ... 13845.html
http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/cars-br ... t2858.html
UKDM;
http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/cars-br ... 12776.html

(Don't know if there's a difference in the cat between JDM/UKDM on 5th gens???) They'll be able to confirm though.

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:03 pm

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/wiki/in ... eCAT_sizes

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:10 pm

nickb · Post by **nickb** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:28 pm

Just 2 weeks ago I got a sports CAT supplied and fitted from here http://www.infinity-exhausts.co.uk for £150

The sports CAT is small so they fabricated extra pipe work to make it fit in the existing gab. I'm no expert but it looks a nice tidy job and I can really feel the difference of a sports over normal CAT.

greenninja · Post by **greenninja** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:56 pm

Cheers for the replies guys, i will look into them

greenninja · Post by **greenninja** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:00 pm

That wiki post was a big help,i see now euro car parts had sent me a 99+ when mine is a 97 auto.

Scott560 · Post by **Scott560** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:27 pm

hmmm, I think this just happened to me (got sold wrong size cat).

My old cat got blocked a few weeks after a track day, so I stuck a decat on for 40quid from ebay. MOT a year later I knew id need a cat. Got one for 50quid from ebay, only to be told its ~2 inches too long by the garage.

Cheapest option in the end was to get the garage to cut ~2 inches out of the exhaust, and use a long adjustable clamp/sleeve to join it. That way I can still use my cheap cat, and slide my exhaust back to use the decat if i can be bothered...

Chap at the garage was very reasonable about resolving it for me, but i guess some places wont be so mindful or thoughtful...