Hehe

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1996 ST205 UK

I have a JDM Caldina engine in mine with no egr......

I think you can re-test the car as a non cat is because vosa dont have the emission data for imported cars. As a result they cant prove the car has a cat in the 1st place. Also, with the car having been sold in a foreign country, the car wasnt supposed to meet uk laws. Kind of makes you wonder why they test is as a uk car 1st.

thats my understanding of it, stupid like if you ask me.

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Toyota Celica GT4 ST205
Toyota Celica GT4 ST185

Both Steve and Mike have UK ST205's with JDM non-egr engines but they both either run or plan to run cats so we can't put this theory to the test. Logically the second option of a non-cat test should only apply to JDM chassis. Maybe Mike ahould test the theory with his non-cat 3" system?

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1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

Don't see that it would ever pass without a CAT. Its a late 1996 UK Car - its going to be in the VOSA book. Especially now it won't have the EGR system in place.

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1996 ST205 UK

yea, Im guessing its the jdm chassis that is required. Having a jdm engine wont make a difference to them, the reg plate says the car is uk spec.

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Toyota Celica GT4 ST205
Toyota Celica GT4 ST185

The not rules are odd in these cases

I believe emissions requirements are calculated on min(chassis age,engine age)
So if you fit a pre cat 185 donk into a 205 it should be tested to 185 standards providing you can conwince the tester that the engine is older - engineers report etc
It also means you can fit a shiney low emissions eco boost ford donk (for example) to your old Anglia and stick two fingers up at the tester as he has to do a smoke only test on it

Berk downpipe anyone ??



with flex piece

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Apparently hugely expensive?

Tim @ TBDevelopments does something similar, worth a looksee

Hi,

What you think about this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-MagnaFlow-2 ... 3cb8d47c22

What you think about this 200cpi cat? It ok for celica gt-four st205? I live in Finland and I definitely need catalytic converter. It is too big or to small? How much horsepowers it can handle?

I have purchased something very similar and will be having it welded into my exhaust - plan is for 370ish BHP.

No idea if it will work yet - or get through our emissions test as the car is still being built.

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1996 ST205 UK

Hi again. I bought a cheap downpipe from ebay. And I think it fits very well. But now I need to put some exhaust heat wrap on it. How much I need that wrap? It's 15 feet enough?

yeah Tim built some of the best down pipes the 3s has seen.

I fitted a fair few of them and they were stunning quality... better built than my Aussie pipe by a country mile

I think I bought 10m and just went to town with the heat wrap, you'll be surprised how much you need. Make sure you secure it well too!

Ive made the mistake of only getting halfway down the pipe to find ive run out of bandage

Marcus

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Toyota Celica GT4 ST205
Toyota Celica GT4 ST185

Hi,

i has a 200cpi one for sale in april if you are interested in

i would not wrap the downpipe, let the air cool the steel and konvection is a number from temp. of 400°C and higher

greetz

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street legal?.....perhaps in tschibuti