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Old 01-03-2005, 12:49 AM
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I've seen California smog legal supercharger kits. Why can't we get a smog legal turbo kit for California? Seems like lots of people would buy them.
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i was under the impression that the only thing about turbo setups are that you prob should not run cats, due to the extreme heat that is produced by the turbos and manifolds, and it will eat right through cats. if you can figure that problem out, you might be golden, but i dunno, i could be wrong.
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I herd that the STS will be carb legal pretty soon. Its put past the cats so I dont know why it wouldnt be legal in cali.
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Originally Posted by 2000 Tran Zam
i was under the impression that the only thing about turbo setups are that you prob should not run cats, due to the extreme heat that is produced by the turbos and manifolds, and it will eat right through cats. if you can figure that problem out, you might be golden, but i dunno, i could be wrong.
What about factory turbo cars? They come with cats, matter of fact my TT 300ZX had 4 of them on it. They well off the car real quick.
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its because you modify the exhaust i thought is CA you cant touch the exhaust or youll fail the visual even if you have cats, with a SC you can keep your stock exhaust hense the carb legal.
you can have cats with a turbo system no problem



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