Question about Cats in California
Question about Cats in California I would like to try and get my car to pass smog legally. The car has a relatively stock 2003 6.0L motor with Long tube headers and no cats. My smog guy might look the other way at my LS6 intake with no egr.
I was looking at this Cat on ebay and it says at the bottom of the ad:
OBD 1 and OBD 2 APPROVED!
EPA 50 State APPROVED
*Not legal for use in California OBD2(96/up)
Why is this not for 96/up? I wonder if it's a 3-way?
I also looked in the summit catalog and every Cat they sell is not for use in CALIF?
I was looking at this Cat on ebay and it says at the bottom of the ad:
OBD 1 and OBD 2 APPROVED!
EPA 50 State APPROVED
*Not legal for use in California OBD2(96/up)
Why is this not for 96/up? I wonder if it's a 3-way?
I also looked in the summit catalog and every Cat they sell is not for use in CALIF?
Last edited by ls1bud; Sep 17, 2006 at 03:53 PM.
Ok, well, I guess I am a ***** for thinking about running a cat by your guys standards. Well, the fact is, I really don't want to get a big ticket or have my car confiscated for not having a cat. The cops are geting crazy these days with souped-up cars. I have heard of check-points in the area and and don't want any problems.
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Yeah, there were two checkpoints on Friday night, I saw one ahead of time on Rosemead blvd, and an the way back, I took Sanata Anita looking mainly to avoid teh traffic (I was with the family in my wifes mercedes) and still got stuck on one (two in one night on two parallel busy streets). They had many ricers pulled over.
Anyway the reason why they are legal, is that california cars after 96 are all ODBII, and cali laws state that you cant have the cats in a non stock (OEM) location,k hence this is why LTs and mid lengths are illegal. I believe there are also laws about hi flow and changing cats out before the car has 100K miles.
Stupid laws if you ask me. Here we are, attempting to keep the exhaust somewhat clean, and they go and pass laws like that. No wonder they make so many people say F cats. I removed them on my 383 IROC with TDs back in 93/94 but ended up putting in a Y pipe catted set up afterwords. Now, Im getting old, to where I wouldnt run w/o cats, but thats just me.
Anyway the reason why they are legal, is that california cars after 96 are all ODBII, and cali laws state that you cant have the cats in a non stock (OEM) location,k hence this is why LTs and mid lengths are illegal. I believe there are also laws about hi flow and changing cats out before the car has 100K miles.
Stupid laws if you ask me. Here we are, attempting to keep the exhaust somewhat clean, and they go and pass laws like that. No wonder they make so many people say F cats. I removed them on my 383 IROC with TDs back in 93/94 but ended up putting in a Y pipe catted set up afterwords. Now, Im getting old, to where I wouldnt run w/o cats, but thats just me.
