Originally posted by Ben Purnell
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what year do you need a cat for
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Originally posted by Paul RS View PostIts the mid 1992 onwards Sapphires that have CATs in the UK (The ones with Green cam covers), until then they had no CAT and red cam covers.
Pretty sure all Escort Cosworths had a CAT factory fitted.
Who needs cats for mot
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Originally posted by JHS View PostI thought most european countries had them from '89... Pretty sure the sapphire cossies from '89 and onwards have cats apart from Italian ones. Doesnt surprise me that UK has different rules though, you guys always have it easier with these things
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Originally posted by COZZFATHER View Postfrom my memory ginges date sounds about right but and its a big butt,the powers that be had to let the manufacturers have time to shift pre cat early 92 cars and i think if me memorys correct the date then shifted to 1st jan 93 in the uk.
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Originally posted by Monster View PostThat's right, according to the old rules
But now, if a car came from the factory with a CAT then it must have one fitted, all Escort Cos' came with a CAT as std
if yer daft enough to tell the tester who lets face it is probably cluless about cosworths that a pre 93 car came with a cat and have taken it off then theres no hope
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not forgetting that a cat is just a box on the exhaust system an any car before 1 aug 1992 will have less stringent emissions tests then your cat for the early cars can just be an empty box for all the difference it needs to make.
plus youve still got the engine swap exemptions you can use if the new engine is a 1992 or before block.
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Originally posted by warrenpenalver View Post
plus youve still got the engine swap exemptions you can use if the new engine is a 1992 or before block.sigpic
Team S.T.A.M.
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but the mot manual emissions test section hasnt been changed to remove the older engine exemptions, so there is already direct conflict within the rules in the manual itself if the interpretation is as you say.
Hence why there will have to be some revisions or advice notes in the coming months if the changes are to function as VOSA intended.
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