What exhaust setups do you guys in CA have? Due to the retarded regulations I'm at loss as how to plan out my setup.

 

keep your stock y-pipe, exhaust manifolds (if you have LT's). if you get caught or if its time for smog put your stock stuff back on. or you can find yourself a good smog shop . its cheaper to keep your stock stuff

 

See sig.
I pay alot come smog time

 

Do you think I would be alright getting it smogged with LTs as long as I pass the sniffer?

 

pacesetter offroad long tubes, pacesetter offroad y-pipe, tsp rumbler y-back.

you wont pass the sniffer. even with cats installed they are much further from the engine with LTs and therefore are not hot enough to really do anything.

i wouldnt mod a car in cali with smog in mind. mod it how you want and worry about it later. otherwise dont bother.

 

That's the exact setup I was thinking of going with... just it would be real nice if I could pass the damned sniffer.

 

Yeah they have it right, do what you want and save all parts. Do the old switch-a-roo.

 

CA has regulations?

 

I have shorties, stock cats and slightly bigger Y-pipe. My set up is not worth the money. Gains are minimal. I would go LT's and ORY and just drive nice around cops and pay for smog later. But of course you might want to get in close with someone who can help you before you go that route.

 

i have pacesetter longtubes with pacesetter o/r y pipe running through slp lm1 with CME....



had my hood pop at a movie theater for the first time last month ... officer look at my motor and said .."looks stock"... bricks were definitely discharged though as i thought he was going to noticed my lt's.. but i always able to sell him by tell him my exhaust came stock in some 01 and 02's SS camaros so the CME is factory

 

why pop the hood? i thought the state ref was put on standby due to our 3rd world economy.

 

They do this to see something that they know nothing about. I was asked one time if I was running nos, lol. Then he asked if I had a cone filter, haha. I told him my car came from the factory with the exhaust and that I could prove it with the window sticker, so he just let me go.

 

No they re-instated the ref stations a couple weeks after they closed them if I remember correctly.

 

Man just go for it. It will be well worth it. Cops won't bother you as far as noise for the simple fact that these cars have v8's. Just drive cool around them.

 

one night i left a light at maybe quarter throttle shifting at 2500 rpm, not even that loud. but it was right as a cop pulled out of a gas station right behind me and followed me for about 2 miles. even followed me to the taco bell then finally took off.

thats the closest call for me since i installed my setup. i fear the day i get pulled over for whatever reason and they start to question my car.

 

edlebrock victor long tubes with tsp duals....

 

^ true.. 2 of my friends got state ref' last month... as far as him popping my hood he asked me about a intake ... i told him its a slp lid, not sure if he was looking for some long chrome tube like if he thought he asked a scion owner to pop the hood...

anyways he honestly was profiling, he picked me out as im pulling into the movie theater, just my luck, right infront ... at the end he told me i cut a car going into the movies so i got slapped with a fail to yield on a left ... .....

gran turino was good though!

 

lol, someone needs to share with me where they get "smogged" and I'll go with some LTs...

 

pacesetter long tubes pacesetter y pipe... high flow cats !A.I.R. and SLP LM1 on my LT1. cops never think twice about the noise... and i found a friendly smogger. JUST DONT GET CAUGHT PUNCHING IT..... will you believe i got caught racing a mustang and the motorcycle cop let me go?? said he wasnt in the mood for street racers.... he was looking for drunk drivers. mentioned nothing about the exhaust.

 

do it after you pass a smog... then you have 2 years to find one.