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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 04:36 PM
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Anyone running a totally emission legal long tube setup? I am in Rhode Island and need to retain the cats until it is 13 years old. State laws can suck sometimes. i am lookin to get long tubes but i havent seen any pics or ideas with longtubes and cats. If anyone has them parts to do it let me now.

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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 05:05 PM
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long tubes are illegal everywhere im pretty sure. the only way to make them as legal as possible is to have cats and mufflers.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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i have arh longtubes with their catted Y pipe. All depends on how they check your car for inspection
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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slip the guy a 20
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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didn't know such a thing was around..................
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 03:36 AM
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there isnt, LT's are illegal. Most states/people just dont care like they do here.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 06:37 AM
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I think they are illegal because the cats are relocated. I have never had them check here though.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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the moving of cats are not really the big deal, but the cars here have to be put on a dyno and run like its a normal driving cycle and the emissions has to pass for the entire time.

The last time I got mine inspected it was on the dyno and they brought it all the way up to 65 to make sure the exhaust was still within the limits. While I think this is excessive, its the new system here in Rhode Island. Was wondering if the longtubes and cats will pass this type of test.
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Technically Lt's are illegal in all 50 cause they move the cats from their original position. Around here most don't know that or care cause you pass as long as you have them along with the other visual stuff required and are not throwing codes. If they do a sniffer test a 0 or negative overlap cam with a good tune should pass.
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