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AN89HATCH
11-03-2003, 09:00 PM
I have no cat for mycar and i need to take it for smog,if th do not ook for the cat, will it pass smog with out a cat, will it pass the emissions part? thanks
AN89HATCH
11-03-2003, 09:02 PM
ps if theres any one with a cat theyl let me borrow ill pay you!!!
misnomer
11-03-2003, 10:39 PM
No, you have no chance in hell of legally passing smog. Just go get a high flow cat, the difference in performance is pretty much nil in most cases anyhow.
holisticbeatz
11-03-2003, 11:36 PM
Originally posted by AN89HATCH
I have no cat for mycar and i need to take it for smog,if th do not ook for the cat, will it pass smog with out a cat, will it pass the emissions part? thanks
:stupid:
There's no way in hell you could emissions testing in CA without a catalyic converter! NO CHANCE~! I highly recommend that you buy a Catco or Random high performance catalyic converter and take it to a muffler shop. They should be able to weld on some flanges so you could install/uninstall the catalyic converter with ease.
andrave
11-04-2003, 09:34 AM
you will fail visual before they ever even put you on the machine.
They have a book with all the emissions crap your car came with from the factory. Visual is where they check to make sure its all there.
Anyway even if they let it slip you wouldn't pass.
Time to get a cat!
JuJuBee
11-04-2003, 01:14 PM
what the hell are you thinking that you will pass emissions without cat?
you think its there just for decoration?
Raine
11-04-2003, 02:44 PM
Negatron on passing w/o. Also, make sure EVERYTHING that is smog-related is on your car before getting tested, or like said above you'll pass visual immediately. On S14's we have 2 cats (well, pre-cat then cat, whatever) and when I bought my S14 it only had 1 brand new main cat.
Didn't pass, had to get that 1st one installed too before they finally let me pass (damnit.)
Save the planet is cool but CA smog laws are
:bs:
IMO. What - do they think our "cleaner air" will stay above us and not move? :p
AN89HATCH
11-04-2003, 07:58 PM
Thanks, time for me to get a cat:rolleyes:
nismofeind
11-04-2003, 09:35 PM
little knowledge for you. They are testing on the smog machine thinggy for two things hydro carbons (Unburned gas) and CO or carbon monoxide (By product of combustion of gas). The catalytic converter converts CO (poisonous gas ) to CO2 (its in the air and in your lungs).
The Hydro carbons you may pass if your engine is running well.(not too rich)
The CO you will not pass because you have nothing to convert the CO to CO2.
OldSklS13
11-04-2003, 11:46 PM
Yet another reason i love florida :)
96twofourty
11-05-2003, 12:03 AM
Originally posted by holisticbeatz
:stupid:
There's no way in hell you could emissions testing in CA without a catalyic converter! NO CHANCE~! I highly recommend that you buy a Catco or Random high performance catalyic converter and take it to a muffler shop. They should be able to weld on some flanges so you could install/uninstall the catalyic converter with ease.
96twofourty
11-05-2003, 12:04 AM
Originally posted by nismofeind
little knowledge for you. They are testing on the smog machine thinggy for two things hydro carbons (Unburned gas) and CO or carbon monoxide (By product of combustion of gas). The catalytic converter converts CO (poisonous gas ) to CO2 (its in the air and in your lungs).
The Hydro carbons you may pass if your engine is running well.(not too rich)
The CO you will not pass because you have nothing to convert the CO to CO2.
I think you mean NOx, oxides of nitrogen ;)
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