black cat Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 where is it from??.. is it important??... cars been de-cated is this why its coming out??.. how much can i expect??.. its flying out as i boot it, is it ok to get my hand in there and pull it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 i think it's just used for silencing mate, just pull it out if it's coming out anyway. is your car full de-cat or just half? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 yep, reach in there and pull it out, wear some gloves tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 the wadding in my rs turbo came out, janpseed system, there was absolutley laods of the stuff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 think the wadding out of my HKS is scattered all over the UK now - oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black cat Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 fully decated.... why is that different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 the wadding is the stuff which does most of the silencing in your exhaust. as you loose it your back box will become louder. I think its just a combination of fibre glass and a fireproof cotton type material. Maybe best to either block up the hole which it is coming out of or try to pull out the rest of the stuff because there can be some long strands that can trail behind your car if it comes out in big pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 fully decated.... why is that different just wondering if it was defo the silencing stuff or whether the cat might have something in it (don't think it does though ) as i said before, just pull it all out mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black cat Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 the wadding is the stuff which does most of the silencing in your exhaust. as you loose it your back box will become louder. I think its just a combination of fibre glass and a fireproof cotton type material. Maybe best to either block up the hole which it is coming out of or try to pull out the rest of the stuff because there can be some long strands that can trail behind your car if it comes out in big pieces. so what your saying, is that iam gona look like a right tit if it starts hanging out the back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnyB Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Ha ha, I did this to my mum's old Clio. As a consequence of living in Jersey with our 40mph speed limit and her driving the car very slowly for years, the car never got booted. I got my hands on it one day and floored it and a huge and very impressive cloud of black smoke suddenly appeared behind me. I thought I was doing her a favour giving it a clear out and it was good entertainment so I kept accelerating, slowing, accelerating etc until the smoke had stopped. I drove to meet a friend and was mortified to find I had been dragging several meters of this stuff around for the last couple of miles! Cost me 30 quid in the end and a telling off from my mum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Not a HKS exhaust by any chance is it black cat? Seems a common occurance (certainly with the older HKS models). Yeah wear some gloves and pull as much out of there as you can. It probably means that the internal baffles in the back box have disintegrated, it'll probably be louder and you may want to look at getting a new one soon (although I went about a year after shooting all the wadding out the back at Elvington I believe ). Decatting it won't have made any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black cat Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 dont really know what the rear box is, however the rear can has been fabricated to a new section of stainless which is bolted to the decat pipe. will this wadding only in the rear can make a difference to performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 so what your saying, is that iam gona look like a right tit if it starts hanging out the back... Been there, got the tshirt. It'll get nice and noisy too probably Worst case I saw of this was may neighbours when it ravelled itself around the exhaust and acted as a heat conductor to the boot. This then melted paint, the interior liner and a nice dress. Bit close to the fuel tank too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 will this wadding only in the rear can make a difference to performance. nope, not usually. its primary purpose is noise and resonance control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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