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    can anyone tell me if my vl should start if i remove cat back to exhaust,it wont kick,it now only has extractors on it to nothing but it should start but just be loud shouldnt it ??????????lol

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    you would probably ahve to half block the exhaust outlet to get some backpressure for it to start but i dare say a stock engine wouldnt like idleing....

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    would a cat of a vn be ok if they have one as i got a vn up in paddock that does run,prob depending on size of pipe right?

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    as i posted b4
    Quote Originally Posted by VL Berlina 5speed
    yah a vl will run with out the cat, i drove with my cat and exhaust sytem off to work and fited it that night, sounded like a rotatry turbo (horible),
    think it kcikd out flames coz my old man said it was flashn and bak firing when i revd it, lol not good 4 it but it was my old motor so im not botherd now

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    PS i have xtractors to and it was fine

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    cheers i had plug for internal fuel pump unplugged lol ran with it in funny hey lol thx all

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