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Old 09-02-2006, 01:26 AM
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I have a 2000 Formula WS6, im just wondering if anyone knows whether or not long tube headers are legal in California...
Old 09-02-2006, 01:48 AM
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illegal.
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yup, illegal. Anything that will move the position of the cats will be illegal. JBA and I think pacesetter and edelbrock make shorties that are legal. You can check the CARB site database www.arb.ca.gov i think it is.
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california is gay that way with all their smog things... thats gotta suck to live there
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No Long Tubes? I don't know what I would do without mine.
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i have a question...how is it that Cali has all these SICK cars and custom choppers and all that but headers are illegal???

I dont get it
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theres a lot of things i dont get, biggest thing that i dont understand is how you can pass the sniffer but fail on visual does it really matter what i have done to the car as long as it passes the sniffer
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Originally Posted by ThirdGenLS1
theres a lot of things i dont get, biggest thing that i dont understand is how you can pass the sniffer but fail on visual does it really matter what i have done to the car as long as it passes the sniffer
. +1
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i just saw something on some channel last night about california getting even strickter with the emissions crap.. i wonder what its gonna be , i already think its rediculous with the rules already made.
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yeh were hug by the nuts here... im even having problems deciding what to do
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why dont you just do it anyways? tell them to lick on it.... i know i know if they even suspect something theyll check it out. im totally comfortable ruining the air for my children. i want to go fast NOW. natural selection will weed the ones that cant adapt anyways
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do it anyway? Know what the fine is for emissions violations in Cali is? They don't fine you $10 and let you walk...

anyway, long tubes are illegal everywhere not just Cali, they just happen to be more strict than most places on checking for it.
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you can get long tubes that are legal here in texas..just gotta put a catted Y on it and you should be fine, you're allowed to move the location from original. and no i dont have any idea what the fines are but thats why i said "i know i know if they even suspect something theyll check it out"
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Screw California laws. Screw California everything, including the women... literally.

Longtubes aren't illegal, my car is registered! :-D
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Originally Posted by jermzz
Screw California laws. Screw California everything
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just to the original poster.... there's a difference between heads and headers

running LT's with thousands of other cars in cali and have no problems... **** did i mention i have heads and cam ...just like everyone else too
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Originally Posted by jermzz
including the women...

:-D

I am always told that they have so many gay's in SOCAL that the ratio of woman to man is insane

Another myth busted I guess.
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Originally Posted by jermzz
Screw California laws. Screw California everything, including the women... literally.

Longtubes aren't illegal, my car is registered! :-D


Amen my brother from another mother!




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