Thread: 2.2 TDCi (Puma) CAT Delete

If anyone knows a place in Melbourne that'll do a CAT delete and custom pipe, please let me know. Contacted a heap of joints with no luck.

So after reading this thread I think I'm sold on the de-cat route for our next upgrade but have a question for other puma owners, what did you do with the old heat shields? Is it no longer necessary with the cat gone and better exhaust flow? None of the off-the-shelf options seem to have any brackets for the heat shields (Allisport/Alive etc), but I see in some of the custom jobs posted here folks have added brackets for putting them back ... Is this to "hide" the fact the cat is missing or is shielding still required?

Cheers

Looking at doing a cat delete on my 2016 2.2. I see that some people had to do one or more of the following (cut the bracket, cut the pipe, raise engine, drop transmission cross member) in this thread.

Does anyone have the easiest method to get the down pipe out as of late? I’m hoping to not cut anything, but not against it if makes things much easier.

Had anyone found any exhaust shops in Melbourne willing to do this? And any recommendations on brands of exhaust? I’ve reached out to Demand Engineering in the UK, but that looks like it’s going to be pretty pricey.

Thanks

I had to get in there for servicing

I needed to drop the trans cross brace to wiggle it all out.
To get the cat assembly out requires the bracket to be cut. A saws-all works well.
Can be welded back together upon reassembly.

Thanks. Annoying it needs to be cut, but I guess it is what it is. Waiting to see what options I have for cat delete and at least free flow centre section.

I managed to get mine out by undoing the engine mount and using a jack to slightly lift things, there was literally mm in it … but it was bloody hard work and wouldn’t want to do it again.

So you didn’t have to cut the bracket? Only the pipe below the cat?