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9cobra7
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Just wondering why it matters that you can't pass a "visual" with long tubes but you can pass the sniffer? WTF? Doesn't California care what goes into the air as to what your exhaust "looks" like? Don't worry about the coal industry or the spill in the gulf, just go get those exhaust felons off the street; what a joke!!
And those guys with loud mustangs with modified exhaust, freakin' Harleys come right out of the factory with noisiest exhaust I've ever heard. ![[Confused]](confused.gif) Rant over
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Posts: 2633 | From: usa | Registered: May 2003
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forced331
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I agree! It's BS!
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Posts: 1154 | From: Sonoma County | Registered: May 2002
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89 FAKE SNAKE
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u should read bout the new law they wanna pass on motorcycles...if u have exhaust and it doesnt show a epa thing or ne thing like it it a non fix it and a 300 fine..and wha sux is tha they can jus walk up ticket u and leave...no matter where the bike is ...fuckin bs i think but i dnt think it will pass either..or hope not
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Posts: 3075 | From: san jose | Registered: May 2004
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Ryan_LX
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i failed for having a breather cap on, now thats some bull!
If you like having a late model hot rod, ca is not the place to have one IMO. Because everything fun is illegal ugh!!!!!
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Posts: 1718 | From: no where | Registered: Sep 2006
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Adam5.0
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all about money. it takes $$$ for CA to issue a part carb number
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Posts: 1609 | From: Brentwood | Registered: Aug 2006
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SteveL
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No amount of money will get long tube headers to be CARB legal. Moving the O2 sensors further away from the exhaust ports is considered a significant modification to the emission setup.
Posts: 578 | From: San Jose, CA | Registered: May 2002
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Blu50Stang
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Originally posted by SteveL:
No amount of money will get long tube headers to be CARB legal. Moving the O2 sensors further away from the exhaust ports is considered a significant modification to the emission setup.
That, and the fact that you must change the sacred mid pipe in order to install long tubes. They are interested in keeping the factory cats, and also the number of cats in the system.
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Posts: 1916 | From: Not CA | Registered: Oct 2001
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Luke87GT
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As was pointed out above, the long tube headers do relocate the O2 sensors further downstream relative to the stock location, which can have a small effect on emissions.
In any case, CA emissions is a bureaucracy. A set of rules is in place that does two things:
a.) It ensures that a car is putting out an acceptable level of emissions as deamed by the state of CA
b.) It ensures that CA maximizes it's profits by nit-picking none-sense that doesn't necessarily have any effect on emissions out the tail-pipe. Aftermarket companies who fall into the category of selling parts that don't have an effect on emissions have to spend big bucks to get qualified for CARB, regardless of what the part is.
IMHO, there should only be one test, a tailpipe test. The rest of it should be nobody's business.
The way we handle smog in this state is extremely dissappointing as the auto-enthusiast crowd takes it right on the chin.
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Stangless
Posts: 7802 | From: San Mateo | Registered: Jul 2000
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SLOWBACK 67
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^ +1
It should be just a tail pipe test. Who carse what's on the car as long as it passes the test right?
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Originally posted by turbo50:
I have no intenions of keeping anyones parts or taking anyones money.
Posts: 8582 | From: Vallejo | Registered: Dec 2005
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Pumpkin_Notch
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Originally posted by Slowback67:
^ +1
It should be just a tail pipe test. Who carse what's on the car as long as it passes the test right?
If only this could happen it would be every california hot rod dream ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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Posts: 2790 | From: RICHMOND/sanpablo | Registered: Dec 2003
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