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Old 10-24-2006, 02:24 PM
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Will true duals pass california smog if i run dual cats? I looked through the true dual sticky and didn't see it addressed. Thanks
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no, its illegal as far as I know
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Unless you're camming, you will pass the sniffer. You will fail the visual though. This is why I'm on the fence with headers in the first place but I think I'll go through with it.

I find it to be ironic that while it is a federal law that you cannot remove or alter the stock location of catalytic converters, only CA and a couple other states in certain counties give a damn.
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if you keep stock manifolds with stock cats, you have a chance. If you put on lts with aftermarket cats..no.
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CA blows.
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Nope. TSP duals/No cats/no egr/no air/LT's= 110% fail!
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ya you will need a hookup or an extremely leanient smog ref to pass
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I hate how if you pass the sniffer, which is what's most important, the damn visual can fail you. If your car is efficient, who cares about what it looks like?
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I think all CA guys have the same puzzeling thoughts! Me included!!:scratch:
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Thast why guys you get to know the right people... and get around that smog BS.




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