Who's Running No Cats in MA?
 

Hi, I posted this up a while ago, and I am posting it again. I am in the process of buying a set of kooks headers with a off road y-pipe. I am going to be running no cats. I can get a sticker no problem with out them, but has anyone ever gotten pulled over and a ticket for no cats? What can they do if you have no cats? Thanks, and go PATS! Ryan

I don't know about in MA but in NY if they want to check no cats they can give you a 1k fine for every peiece of emissions equipment you are missing. So that would be a 2k fine for no cats probably the same or simliar in ma. :eek2:

I don't know anyone that actually runs them.

I hope MA isn't the same because my car is gonna be missing the EGR, AIR, and the Cats!

as long as you dont throw a code, and your car isnt absurdly loud, you'll be fine... most shops are too lazy to actually crawl under there and check. ask around for people that live near your town to get a reference for a nice and lazy shop. i know a good one in danvers, but thats a little far from you.

Haven't had any on my car in about a 3 years,and i've had no problems
BTLFEDSS

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i want to do the same thing i have long tubes and a catted y right now but i would like to do without them....stickers seem to be an issue for me though as i got 3 violations last year and it is killing my insurance, i had a buddy at a dealership get me one but every shop told me they wouldnt even look at it because it had altered exhaust

In CT i never ran them except when i had to go through emissions, we have DMV cops that will check and if you are without, automatic fine and immediate inspection required.

Thanks for the replies guys. There are two WICKED LAZY shops that are soo close to me, 1 in Charlton, and 1 in Oxford. As long as your not throwing a code, and your lights work you got a sticker :jest:

Could you put some cutouts in the header? That would be some loud ass shit, and if you put them high enough on the header they'd be hard to see without putting the car on a lift. You could run open cutouts all day with a catted Y behind it. When they pull you over everything looks stock, but when you open them up you'll have the performance of a ORY. IT might be really hard to do, I'm not sure...just throwing out ideas.

Would a cop actually look under my car??????

It's not the Cats but the Loudmouth that gets you in trouble :judge:

Damn that's going to be a loud setup. LTs, no cats with a loudmouth? You might want to spend a few extra and get a magnaflow or something along with that.

I was probly gonna put a borla or magnaflow "resonator" on it instead of the loudmouth "resonator"

Yes, it has happened to a friend of mine. Rare, but it happens. Just keep the cats and save yourself the trouble and the smell... Get high flow cats that only restrict ur hp by like 3-5... its not a big deal. Im goin h-pipe with hi flow cats and bullets. I think it'll sound really nice. If i dont like that then ill get 1 chambers.

No offense, but I'd edit out those shop names.

You never know whos googling stuff, and youd be surprised at how many hits this site gets.

IMO, if you have an in with a shop, keep it to yourself or PMs. I'm sure nobody wants to get screwed. They take this stuff seriously now...

Other than that, your car is going to be loud as fack, with an ORY and Loudmouth. I get away with my LTs, ORY, and Hooker. But its still loud as hell. You have to pick and choose your spots. It really depends on the local PD, and how lienent the guys are out on patrol.

Try LT's, ORY, and GMMG. loud and stinky, but I love it.

I pull the cat's out for the track, but I might look for a good highflow setup instead.

Oh ya it is.

OK here;s the deal It is a federal offence to take cat's off of a car that was born with them. I do not have them and I run during race season A loud mouth with a dynomax bullet. When I go for inspection the dynomax stays on and I put my stock SLP cat back on. All my exhaust sounds are in my sig. I say If your not an idiot and go beating the car around town you'll be all set. Because It can get retarded loud. The police hate that even though there Harley is louder not there cop harley the one in there garage. I'm actually think i'm going to go with a true dual set up with borla xr1's I think it's quieter than my loudmouth.