Who's Running No Cats in MA?
01-23-2007, 05:25 PM
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how could you get a sitcker with out cats.. ive had a hard enough time getting a sticker and i HAVE cats... granted i had the SES light on for a good while. but still. and for what its worth, no cop will ever get on his knees and look under your car for cats. it just wont happen, at least here. i mean, unless ur exhaust smells like a barrel of gas, in which case just say u have an exhaust leak or somethign. im running a LM and i get on it all the time, not to mention being pulled over equally as much and not once has a cop ever even hinted that my exhaust is too loud. at teh same time, why bother? just run cats.. i could see if u take it to the track every other day, but its your daily driver right? just get some pacesetters and a catted y and call it a day. u wont get 100 hp by just removing the cats (on your car atleast). idk, take my advice with a grain of salt.
01-23-2007, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by delinquent543
how could you get a sitcker with out cats.. ive had a hard enough time getting a sticker and i HAVE cats... granted i had the SES light on for a good while. but still. and for what its worth, no cop will ever get on his knees and look under your car for cats. it just wont happen, at least here. i mean, unless ur exhaust smells like a barrel of gas, in which case just say u have an exhaust leak or somethign. im running a LM and i get on it all the time, not to mention being pulled over equally as much and not once has a cop ever even hinted that my exhaust is too loud. at teh same time, why bother? just run cats.. i could see if u take it to the track every other day, but its your daily driver right? just get some pacesetters and a catted y and call it a day. u wont get 100 hp by just removing the cats (on your car atleast). idk, take my advice with a grain of salt.
I don't get it
Now,I'm not for or against Cats but in higher hp cars they do hurt performance.Then again alot of people run those abnoxious Loudmouth catbacks too.I'm a fan of a quiet exhaust
01-23-2007, 07:12 PM
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i run them and have had two cops get under my car to see, one hubbardston cop and one statie on route 2....or maybe i just have bad luck???
everywhere i go they tell me to turn around its too loud, i have longtubes texas y pipe and edelbrock catback, i have heard much louder and i get a hard time
i think if you get an ******* cop who knows what he is looking for you might catch a fine, another buddy of mine got a nice fine for not having them on an lt1 car in templeton ma as well, cops seem to be real strict out here with loud exhaust, then on the other hand i have had cops tell me it sounds great so go figure
everywhere i go they tell me to turn around its too loud, i have longtubes texas y pipe and edelbrock catback, i have heard much louder and i get a hard time
i think if you get an ******* cop who knows what he is looking for you might catch a fine, another buddy of mine got a nice fine for not having them on an lt1 car in templeton ma as well, cops seem to be real strict out here with loud exhaust, then on the other hand i have had cops tell me it sounds great so go figure
01-24-2007, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mrgto
Off a stock car? negative. 
This spring I'll dyno it w/ the cat's out and we'll see, I'll have a new tranny and stall by then so it might effect the #'s a little.
01-24-2007, 09:05 AM
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the problem with LS-1s is that even if a cop looks under the car you cant see them anyway. they are right off the manifolds. its near impossible to see them when the car is on the ground.
makes me wish i had a 4th gen lol. you can see i run no cats from 100 yards away....
makes me wish i had a 4th gen lol. you can see i run no cats from 100 yards away....
01-24-2007, 11:53 AM
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My car has gutted cats. We'll see how it goes when I try to get a sticker in March. My car has a big *** muffler but it's still kind of loud. I go easy on the gas when I see cops and so far I haven't had any problems.
The gas station I go to has been pretty lax about inspecting my other vehicles, and they like American muscle cars so I'm hoping they don't bust *****.
The gas station I go to has been pretty lax about inspecting my other vehicles, and they like American muscle cars so I'm hoping they don't bust *****.
01-25-2007, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
Thats why were are short power 
, a little different setup with all the money i **** away on this car, i should have a twin turbo buy now Last edited by pdd; 01-25-2007 at 01:20 AM.
01-28-2007, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by pdd
hey now....i made 440 rwhp SAE through 4.10's with a 226 230 cam ,those cats and big 305 18 DR's
