No emissions legal headers and catted y-pipe for my '98?
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No emissions legal headers and catted y-pipe for my '98?
There are no CARB certified headers and catted Y setup available (to the best of my knowledge) for that car.
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Well, I went down to the shell gas station down the street from me that also do smog and asked them about the subject. He said it doesn't matter if I have long tubes as long as there are cats located somewhere in my exhaust set up, so its gonna be up to the State you are in.
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As stated above, federal offense to move cats, but not something that is enforced really. I have TSP carted y-pipe with magnaflow cats with pacesetter LTs. Just do it.
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not sure whats better because i have lts but something like these http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EDL-65732/
those are more expensive than pacesetters
those are more expensive than pacesetters
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LT's are illegal because you move the cats. But I live in TN and the county I live in does emissions testing. To give you an example I had a 98 T/A with LT's and TSP 3" X pipe system with O2 sims in the rear. You know what I pass the test cause the car wasn't throwing the SES light but I failed the part where they look for the cat under the car cause it didn't have one. So I got a 3" In and out cat and gutted the inside and took it back to get tested and I pass. They say as long as you have a cat on there you will pass. But maybe when you get another car tested or you have a friend go test one go with them and just ask the question but don't let them know you will be doing it.
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I believe the shorties must also have a CARB number to be legal, also. Maybe that's only in the state of California as shorties without a CARB number are still illegal there if memory serves correctly. CARB number is 100% certain legal in all states though if you're hellbent on being safe. Edelbrock's make shorties with a CARB number, though you won't see much gains from them unless you go FI or spin the motor really high to warrant the mediocre scavenging shorties provide.