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02-07-2012, 02:52 PM
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I was looking into doing long tube headers but I keep reading that you have to get rid of cats. In VA there pretty strict on having cats and I was just wondering if I could do Long tubes with cats. I was looking at BBK headers but from what I understand you can do it.
02-07-2012, 02:53 PM
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02-07-2012, 03:12 PM
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02-07-2012, 03:50 PM
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as long as they don't do a sniff test in VA then you should be fine passing with gutted cats. either way you'll need a tune after the LT's to tune out the rear 02 sensors (which will be throwing codes) and to adjust the air/fuel ratio. you'll be running rich right after they're installed.
02-07-2012, 04:40 PM
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i did that for awhile, back in 83-84. that'll at least make them visible, but you can still hear the exhaust hitting in them. kind of an echo.
with todays cats, it's not worth removing them. with the fines if caught, it's even less worth it. it's only a matter of time before they actually start fining people for removing this stuff with the current budget crisis going on......
with todays cats, it's not worth removing them. with the fines if caught, it's even less worth it. it's only a matter of time before they actually start fining people for removing this stuff with the current budget crisis going on......
02-07-2012, 10:41 PM
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02-07-2012, 10:53 PM
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to me, it's just not worth the risk, especially with todays technology, and high flow cats......what're ya gonna gain? .00125 of a second in the quarter?
now, since there's some on this board that think i just like to argue....and sometimes i do.....and that i just like to troll, blablabla.......i'm not. i'm just offering advice, and my opinion.
it is absolutely not worth the risk of them trying to impound my car(worst case) or slap me with a huge assed fine, just because i want to be cool and take the cats out.
oh yea....and fords rule, chevys suck. that should cover all the bases for my ankle humper.
02-07-2012, 11:07 PM
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they do here in nj too. i used to be one of them as previously mentioned. but also here in nj, they've been deploying mobile inspection stations, complete with computer hook ups, and tail pipe sniffers. the sniffer WILL tell them that there's no cat, even if they don't look.
to me, it's just not worth the risk, especially with todays technology, and high flow cats......what're ya gonna gain? .00125 of a second in the quarter
to me, it's just not worth the risk, especially with todays technology, and high flow cats......what're ya gonna gain? .00125 of a second in the quarter