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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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without buying a catted ORY and just a regular y pipe? i just bought some pacesetters and from what ive been told without the cats when i go in for inspection im screwed.

is there anyway to pass w.o. having to dish out 300 for a catted Y?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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your screwed unless the place doesn't look underneath
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for 1996+ models we use the OBD port to read emission related codes thrown by the computer. If your car isn't extremely loud and isn't throwing a code (get rear o2's deleted!) it would pass like as if it was stock. If your car is loud, most likely the inspector will fail it because he will then look under the car and check for them
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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Run cat shells on the Y, since they dont sniff it, shouldnt be an issue.
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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how does this work exactly, just connect a stock cat to the ory?
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BizZzatch350
Run cat shells on the Y, since they dont sniff it, shouldnt be an issue.

yea, you can always empty the cats. BUT, in the inpector class they say your not suppose to pass anything that you think is too loud or obnoxious
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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it all depends on the inspector dueing the inspection
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 05:42 PM
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lol, where I get my inspection.. they do nothing but check your lights! When you pull up, a guy immediately takes off your sticker and puts on another.

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must be nice lol
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Originally Posted by bmxer8699
how does this work exactly, just connect a stock cat to the ory?
you take the shields off the cats and weld them on to your y-pipe. it gives the illusion that you have cats.
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get it tuned, and hope they dont look under it.
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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I used to get my stickers in the mail back when I lived in San Antonio. It was about 10 bucks more than going to the inspection joint but it passed every time!!! You guys need to make better friends...try talking to the guys that run the inspection joints in your area. Find a hole-in-the-wall mechanic shop that does inspections and bring his favorite beer. Damn you guys make this too hard.

BTW-Since I am military and stationed out of state, no inspections required HA!

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well if you in the houston/katy area i think i know someone who might be able to hook you up with a sticker. send me a pm if your in the area. and scott, i didnt know you did inspections now too. hows the jeep running? what kind of exhaust did you end up with?
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well if you in the houston/katy area i think i know someone who might be able to hook you up with a sticker. send me a pm if your in the area. and scott, i didnt know you did inspections now too. hows the jeep running? what kind of exhaust did you end up with?

yea i do inspections, i hear your an inspector too. how many people passed in your class to become one? 5 out of 50 in mine

jeep runs gooooood, i can lift the front end up w/ half throttle. i bought a bigger rear end soo i can stomp on it (not installed yet though)and i ended up using a borla muffler i got from byron
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Originally Posted by TXjeepTJ
yea i do inspections, i hear your an inspector too. how many people passed in your class to become one? 5 out of 50 in mine

jeep runs gooooood, i can lift the front end up w/ half throttle. i bought a bigger rear end soo i can stomp on it (not installed yet though)and i ended up using a borla muffler i got from byron
how many people were arrested in your inspection class, even though they were warned about a background check?
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haha 2 were arrested in mine, and i took my class at pearland, which i hear is a lot less strict than north houston rosland. i was 1 of about 6 ppl to pass, but they only took 20 ppl at a time. i was the only one there that passed it first try though.
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pm me and you wont have this problem ........
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Most of the time they dont look underneath. Just make sure you get cat codes deleted and you have no SES light.
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Originally Posted by TXjeepTJ
yea, you can always empty the cats. BUT, in the inpector class they say your not suppose to pass anything that you think is too loud or obnoxious

Yep, thats why I always keep my Borla capped when I go in for inspection, car has cats and passes on the sniffer but I don't want it to bring any more attention to the car than need be. Thats one reason why Borlas are nice on F-cars, even with no cats and Long Tubes, if I ran the full plate, car wasnt louder than a stock car with a cat back.
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