We dont get sniffed down here in Va (where I live anyways)
I passed inspection with a cutout before the cat... (any cutout is illegal)
I'm just worried a cop will pull me over, but the muffler dood said he'd
just put a pipe throught the existing cat, that way it'll look like its
still there....
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Tim Berry
Chesapeake, VA
97 CC, 4x2, auto, 318
Best 1/4: 13.50@101.91
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> Heh; not even the "experts" know what's bad for the environment. :-P
> Cats clean up some by-products, but release nitrous oxide as a side
> effect. (bad for environment) The govt's wonderful "clean gas" is
> now contaminating ground water nationwide. Plus, I'm sure everyone has
> heard the whole "volcano eruption" comparison before. IMHO, one less
> cat isn't going to hurt ma nature one bit... Oops, I fear this has
> wandered into the off topic realm, lets see if I can steer it back. :-)
>
> Check your local laws as far as inspections go. You may want
> to fab up an "offroad pipe" which will allow you to swap your
> cat in and out for inspections. (Also allows you to test for
> performance differences.) Or, perhaps you could weld some sheet
> metal to the pipe to create something that looks like a cat. ;-)
> You live in VA, don't you? I'd be really interested to see the
> results of the sniffer without the cat. (Or with vs. without.)
> I've thought about heading over the border to Ontario one of
> these days and seeing if I can get a shop to administer a
> sniffer test on my Dak. :-)
>
> -Jon-
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