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Mar 25, 2009 | 10:10 PM

kdick91

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Pass 'visual inspection'

I may live in the strictest town in Texas as far as emissions go but what can I do to pass a visual inspection with an ORY? I don't want cats, they are too expensive and finding a cheap, catted y-pipe that performs JUST as good as an ORY is near impossible. I was thinking to weld these in the y-pipe. http://www.frozenboost.com/product_i...4dc11f7f10267a
They would pass a visual, but I'm looking at the QTP y-pipe and I have no clue where those would go. Think I can get away with just one in the I-pipe? I keep blowing up the threads here, but I'm piecing my exhaust together right now and I have to get it right the first time. Lol. Never enough money!

Thanks in advance!

Mar 26, 2009 | 07:46 AM

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I doubt it will pass the visual with just one but two of the "non" cats it should pass. You could always do a hammer mod to the non cats on one side to make them tuck right

Mar 26, 2009 | 06:31 PM

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theoretically speaking, you could always pull the shells off some old cats and weld them on. that way it would look like you had cats.

Mar 26, 2009 | 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sroach20

theoretically speaking, you could always pull the shells off some old cats and weld them on. that way it would look like you had cats.

I was thinking of doing that when I get an ory

Mar 27, 2009 | 12:29 AM

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get it smogged in a different town?

Mar 27, 2009 | 11:18 AM

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get it smogged in a different town?

has to be inspected in the county it is registered in. unless you are a student, military, etc..

Mar 27, 2009 | 05:14 PM

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Well, I talked to a welder and he said the metal on the cat is too old and has too many heat cycles to weld properly to much of anything. I told him my ORY was going to be stainless and he said that the materials won't weld together and if they did, it would not last long at all.

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Mar 27, 2009 | 11:15 PM

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ive welded stainless heat shields to mild steel pipe to make a fake cat. Its not a big deal, it may not be the thing to do if you were building a bridge. Tell your welder to take off his skirt and put on a set of pants.