I have read a few posts about the cats on the Countach causing fires. Have many of you replaced the cats? How may have had fires? I almost bought some test pipes to replace them but I love the sound of my CT the way it is. If I can safely keep the stock setup I'd rather stick with that. Or do I have a ticking timebomb here?

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Ray G.

best way to keep the sound ......ask RAYMOND ....he has the best info for your problem...

As I know the cats can clog with age, you can replace them with new race catalysts with 200 cells/inch. You simply open the old cats housing and replace the core/monolyth (the cat itself) or you can buy ready packed cats and weld them into the place the old where.

200 against 400 cells monolyth


Ready to weld in cat:


http://www.sportkat.ch/Prospekt.pdf
http://www.brainkat.net/


The fire was caused by too much heat which made the fibreglas and carpet of the trunk burn. I installed an additional insulation above the muffler.

Here before, you can see the heat the muffler with the race cats produced:


Here the insulation:

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When Frank Sinatra got his Miura S in 1970, he said: “If you wanna be someone, buy Ferrari - If you are someone, you own a Lamborghini”.

Obisouly the great Raymond is right ,..the biggest fire hazard on any CT is the cats! get those things off the car ASAP, or have them replaced with a more moderen cat..redesign the system if at all possiable. The way the cats sit on top of each other is a terriable design flaw. I think Lambo should be held responsiable for any CT that went up in flames becuase if this careless design.

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It would sound better without them anyway right?
Loose the cats and always have a fire extinguisher on board any valuable car..
especially an icon.

You'd gain some more hp without the cat, too.

Wow, this thread was brought back from the dead. I ended up buying the Larini test pipes through Chad. Haven't installed them yet. Tried doing it myself but I just can't reach in there enough. I'm going to leave it to the professionals.

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I'm wondering about the sound ,and if there is a (even small) gainh in hp...

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