CA Emission Laws

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RenDawg408

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I was told by a friend of mine that I can get away with taking off 2 of my cat's without affecting emission laws here in Cali. Is this true?

 

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bdcardinal

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no its not true. the only legal midpipe is the stock midpipe with all 4 OEM cats.

to expand: although the car might pass the tailpipe inspection, if the shop and smog technician are competent they will fail on visual. heres a little list of other things that are not legal in CA: adjustable fuel pressure regulators, breather filters, timing adjusters, long tube headers, any midpipe other than stock for 96+, aftermerket fuel rails, non approved throttle bodies and plenums, non approved CAIs, non approved MAFs, different supercharger pullies(smaller than stock), boost controllers, MIL Elims, aftermarket fuel controllers, stand alone computers, non approved fuel injectors, non approved shorty headers, dont know of any 4.6 turbo systems, non approved superchargers, running a return style fuel system on a 99+ stang. im sure there are more, but i cant think of any right now.

 

Bornstanger

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wow, way to take the balls off of cars cali

 

Beau

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you can still get away with fun stuff

 

95CobraStang

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1990StangLX said:

you can still get away with fun stuff

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yeah, a lot of shops are pretty lienient...where ive been, at least

 

Seraphitia102

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California's only like this because the car population here is among the highest in the world. The 405 and 110 freeways are the worst on weekdays, and I saw (rated on America Online) that Los Angeles ranks the worst in traffic nationwide.

 

Donw35

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When I bring my stang in for smog inspection they allways look under it.

 

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Duane123

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Seraphitia102 said:

California's only like this because the car population here is among the highest in the world. The 405 and 110 freeways are the worst on weekdays, and I saw (rated on America Online) that Los Angeles ranks the worst in traffic nationwide.

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California is like this because of our green leave eating Democrats up in Sacrament and Frisco.

 

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bdcardinal

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its like that because people got tired of not being able to breathe in the LA area.

 

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Duane123

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True

 

Beau

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who needs LA anyways?

 

tomustang

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1990StangLX said:

who needs LA anyways?

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the fruit pooters

 

Beau

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tomustang said:

the fruit pooters

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what the hell is a fruit pooter?

damn newbs

 

twogts4us

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Buncha tree huggers...and LA is still full of smog.