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manny

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• Mar 9, 2006

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hi all, i'm posting this for my son. he took his 1988GT to get a safety inspection and it failed the mechanic said he needs to have his cats and the air pump. funny thing is that i have an older mustang also and took it to the same shop and i passed, with out my cats and air pump. what gives . we thought that his car would'nt need these items for a safety inspection. unfortunatly he does'nt have those parts any more, what can we do?

 

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mustangdave

My rearend needs a stud and two nuts.

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• Mar 19, 2006

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Call the DMV: I was told you won't even need an inspection sticker for a car that old. If you notice at car shows, many do not have them.

 

93 teal terror

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• Mar 19, 2006

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Im curious also as to the deal with that new law that took effect in january....I need to get mine inspected but I really dont wanna put the cats back on so I was just gonna wait and see if they send me a notice in the mail

 

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mustangdave

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93 teal terror, you MUST have cats on for your inspection. They will not do an emissions test on a car before '98, but should do a visual inspection; any factory emission equipment removed and you fail. Besides, modern cats don't cost much h.p., maybe two or three so there is no reason to remove them.

 

93 teal terror

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• Mar 20, 2006

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mustangdave said:

93 teal terror, you MUST have cats on for your inspection. They will not do an emissions test on a car before '98, but should do a visual inspection; any factory emission equipment removed and you fail. Besides, modern cats don't cost much h.p., maybe two or three so there is no reason to remove them.

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Depends with an aftermarket catted h pipe....my car went from 14.3 to a 15.1....granted there are a lot of factors that can vary but still thats a huge gap with everything else the same. It would help if the aftermarket h-pipe i bought was mandrel bent though

 

bynummustang

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• Mar 20, 2006

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Just have the cat covers in place... like me. I'm in Pittsboro NC and my guy just passes me...

 

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mustangdave

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• Mar 21, 2006

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I had an 86GT and installed a BBK manrel bent h pipe with cats and gained nothing and lost nothing in the 1/8th. mile. I also tried running open pipes with stock cats before installing the BBk unit and it slowed down 1/10.

 

93 teal terror

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• Mar 21, 2006

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mustangdave said:

I had an 86GT and installed a BBK manrel bent h pipe with cats and gained nothing and lost nothing in the 1/8th. mile. I also tried running open pipes with stock cats before installing the BBk unit and it slowed down 1/10.

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Just depends....your h pipe is mandrel bent and 2 1/2", mine is not and 2 1/4"....so mine does consume quite a bit of hp and tq. more than 2 or 3 hp. and really cats are kinda a mute point anyway...the car passes the emissions test either way, the hydrocarbons are just higher than if it had cats...but its still within the passing range. The only thing it wont pass is the visual.

 

RMODEL65

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• Mar 21, 2006

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definitely get a set of converters to bolt on and a pump the lincoln mark7 is basically a mustang would probably easier to find i dont know if the h pipe would be the same smog pump should be though

 

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• Mar 22, 2006

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Just leave a $20 bill on the dash when he inspects it.

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~K

 

1994Vib.RedGT

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• Apr 15, 2006

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my inspection place dosent even look under the car