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Posted by 1995gts (Member # 910) on
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Who makes smog legal long tube headers ? I've seen that BBK makes some and sells the short H-pipe w/ CATS to go with it, but does this combo have a CARB excemption # ? I was oringinally going to go with the equal length shorties ( I know they're a pain in the a$$ to install, but a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do, I put them on my 91 LX and they weren't that bad), but I've seen that the long tubes are worth a little more HP. Also, given the best case scenario I would want a combo that would let me use the long tubes and a short x-pipe with CATS, anyone make those??
What about trqe with the long tubes? Any gain or loss? Gotta have the grunt if I can get it.
If I'm going to do the install I would rather get more hp/trqe in one shot, but since I live in the People's Republic of CA I gotta stay smog legal.
Thanx for the input!
Posted by 5ptSlow (Member # 537) on
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they dont make smog legal ones cause the cats are further down which makes them function differently i guess. who knows though, if you can find a place that doesnt do visuals you can probably still pass
Posted by TORQUEPIMP (Member # 386) on
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no such thing as smog legal long tubes..
Posted by 1995gts (Member # 910) on
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Thanks for the answers! I know that a long tube install would require the removal of the stock H-pipe, but since I saw a short H-pipe with CATS advertised I thought I'd ask.
Posted by camaro killaz (Member # 947) on
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WHATS UP WELL JUST TO LET U KNOW I HAVE LONG TUBE HEADERS ON MY 95 GT WITH A CUSTOM MADE X-PIPE THE ONLY THING IS THAT I COULDN'T CONNECT MY EGR VAVLE.SO JUST THINK ABOUT IT I KNOW I GOT MORE POWER OUT OF THEN,THEN MY FRIEND IS GETTING OUT OF HE'S SHORTIES...
Posted by 93ragLX (Member # 478) on
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Originally posted by TORQUEPIMP:
no such thing as smog legal long tubes..
Period.
Not legal, not worth the fines.
My car is running like a raped-date! Through now smog-legal High Flow-Cats from Summit. There are 900 horsepowered cars running through shorties out there. So can you. Yeah you might pick-up 10 extra horses, but your not legal. I think the fine is $1000 per cat max. Ask yourself, if you get a pissed off judge who max fines you that day - 4 x cats = $4,000....... Now is that worth 10 horsepower?? Nope. Not on a daily driver it isn't.
Get some JBA stepped shorties. They can give you the best hp. At least if your combo warrants stepped headers.
Posted by ihatethesesns (Member # 684) on
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how low is your car ted? cuz i know it would be a task for a cop to see if i have cats I dont think you can tell on mine without jacking it up.