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Im under the impression that the RE does not have a cat.
It looks like it has been cut as it has a rough edge.
Should this pipe be blanked off or should it be left open?

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nudge??

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normally fits to the airbox, its a restrictor pipe, cut it off excaust and plug it up smile.gif

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Interesting, I've just chopped the cat out of the exhaust on my '04 RE, was wondering about the other pipe was that connected to the exhaust.

Just to confirm, is the advice to get rid of it and blank it off at both ends?

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take off the pipe from the exhaust weld up the hole it leaves and block the pipe off sorted

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woll wrote:

take off the pipe from the exhaust weld up the hole it leaves and block the pipe off sorted



Nice one, thanks smile

I'm guessing the after-market pipes don't even bother putting the hole there!



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dont think they do mate

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cat pipe runs from expansion to cat (up by the headstock RHS) then into airbox.. you need to bung/fill/cover/seal both expansion and the airbox. looks like someone has swapped front pipe and just left the rest!.. Mine is bunged from where it leaves the pipe and hidden away so if I ever need to put standard front pipe back on I can without having to refit all the cat etc..

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woll wrote:

dont think they do mate



I spoke to the guys at 'Adrenalin-Pedstop' today, as Woll rightly said, the aftermarket DEP front pipe for the 2004 onwards model doesn't have a fitting for the cat pipe, it comes with a kit to bung the hole in the airbox where the pipe was.



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Cat pipe now chopped and welded over, associated pipe work removed and airbox hole sealed.

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element wrote:

cat pipe runs from expansion to cat (up by the headstock RHS) then into airbox..




The bit at the headstock is a reed valve to prevent exhaust gasses getting back to the airbox. The cat(alytic converter) is in the fat part of the expansion chamber.

By the way - if you remove the cat from the exhaust it contains platinum and could be worth something!*

* Disclaimer... this might not be totally accurate or true! :)

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Nice work iomdtr - mine didn't look half as good after I'd finished. Guess I need to learn to weld better! :)

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People buy/collect old cats and strip them to sell the insides because they are made with precious metals so yeh ur right there...

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element wrote:

People buy/collect old cats and strip them to sell the insides because they are made with precious metals so yeh ur right there...



My next door neighbour has a cat. i'm looking after it while he's away.....



Make me an offer wink

 



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