The European cars just simply have a longer muffler, that is just as wide as the
muffler & cat combo together. I also believe you can get straight pipes to put
in in the place of the cat, so called test pipe. The only thing you should check
up on, is how the tail pipe will match up to the body, if you move the muffler
in the cat elimination process.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

LAWS HOME wrote:

> Before I rip this thing off and so something stupid...can the cat be removed
> and the muffler be directly to the header flange? It looks like these are
> the same size on both ends. My concern is that the offset on the muffler
> inlet my not get by the exhaust pipes. The muffler I have is a bosal from
> the BD. The reason I'm asking is, I don't have an 11mm box end to remove the
> cat-muffler bolts and a socket wont fit in there. I would just like to know
> if anyone has tried this, it also looks like the hanger strap will still
> work only farther out on the muffler. ( I haven't any inspections to be
> concerned with)