Decat or Freeflow???

[GCB]

I believe you have to do re-mapping after decat

 

[moranor@axis]

you dont have to on the e46 it has a 5% adaptation... so it should be fine for a decat...

 

[Michael]

I would de-cat did it to my 318ti much smoother all i needed was a small silencer in place of the cat didnt need any mini cat or dummy cat

 

[Gdogg]

Does anyone know where I can go in Cape Town to do a de-cat and any other modifications to my E46 330i steptronic?

 

[Bemused]

Powerflow in the Southern Suburbs did both my X5 and 325. The 325 cost was R500 and the X5 needed two foolers as well so it came to around R2300 IIRC. Both run perfectly, no warning lights and no funny exhaust sounds or droning. In fact, both sound crisper and nicer to me. Definitely not noisier and there's no droning at any speed or throttle setting either.

 

[ChrisBrand]

+1 Powerflow

 

[ryanetz]

i just decat my 318ti about 10mins ago. . . they put a silence box where the cat was...

Is it normal that my car is smoking white after they do it ? Even my exhaust is white inside.

 

[moranor@axis]

i just decat my 318ti about 10mins ago. . . they put a silence box where the cat was...

Is it normal that my car is smoking white after they do it ? Even my exhaust is white inside.

quite often there is stuff in the new bits that has to burn off... should burn off after a few hours of driving... if not you have a problem...

 

[ryanetz]

i just decat my 318ti about 10mins ago. . . they put a silence box where the cat was...

Is it normal that my car is smoking white after they do it ? Even my exhaust is white inside.

quite often there is stuff in the new bits that has to burn off... should burn off after a few hours of driving... if not you have a problem...

i hope so. . .. it never did smoked before

 

[Smartiesman]

Smoke break
:roflol:

 

[moranor@axis]

you should have seen all the smoke when i had the free flow fitted i almost jumped out with the extinguisher :rollsmile:

 

[riyaadahmed]

I had decat and software done 2 months ago.Big improvement of performance.I say decat:thumbs:

 

[Smartiesman]

How would you know if your car had been decat or not?

:fencelook:

 

[Tlvivo]

so are we saying decat is better money wise or performance wise?

 

[kabal]

so are we saying decat is better money wise or performance wise?

both

 

[moranor@axis]

so are we saying decat is better money wise or performance wise?

both

completely depends on the car if its an M3 decat is definitely the way to go e46 323/328i have a pretty bad exhaust so then a a full system makes sense...

 

[ryanetz]

my 318 has a very "tinish" sound to it... after the decat.... is this normal in 318's or what can i do to improve this?

 

[Karthik]

so are we saying decat is better money wise or performance wise?

both

completely depends on the car if its an M3 decat is definitely the way to go e46 323/328i have a pretty bad exhaust so then a a full system makes sense...

You didn't quote 325i , so I'm glad lol , need to take out the cats on my branches still hmmm :fencelook:

 

[abmi0000]

Some clown (won't mention names) quoted me R3500. Sicko! I wanna get it done soon.

 

[moranor@axis]

so are we saying decat is better money wise or performance wise?

both

completely depends on the car if its an M3 decat is definitely the way to go e46 323/328i have a pretty bad exhaust so then a a full system makes sense...

You didn't quote 325i , so I'm glad lol , need to take out the cats on my branches still hmmm :fencelook:

the duel system on the 325i and 330i is pretty good with a decat