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Old 11-26-2007, 06:22 PM
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ok.... I have an off road H pipe and I have a stock h pipe. The off-road h pipe was a bit too loud with slp LM1's and the stock h pipe with the 4 cats is a bit too quite. I put the stock back on to pass inspection butI was wondering if I could cut off 2 of the cats (1 on each side) and still pass inspection assuming this would be a happy medium in volume and sound.....??? I know of someone who did this with flows and it sounded great but would I pass inspection/emissions in PA????
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Old 11-26-2007, 09:07 PM
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Not sure about PA but in Georgia where I live you can pass emssions with only 2 cats.
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Old 11-26-2007, 09:11 PM
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depends if your state does a sniffer test or not.
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Old 11-26-2007, 09:42 PM
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For some reason I never have problems passing the sniffer and I have 0 Cats
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Old 11-26-2007, 10:24 PM
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yea i have a mac midpipe with 2 cats and i pass
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Old 11-27-2007, 12:19 AM
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cats FTL......me being an inspector FTW!!!!!!
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Old 11-27-2007, 07:44 AM
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cats FTL......me being an inspector FTW!!!!!!
+1 on being an inspector.
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Old 12-01-2007, 10:22 AM
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Im in California, and when o had my 99 Gt tested it passes the sniffer with flying colors but the visual... I got failed on. If there computer or what ever says you are supposed to have 4 cats then 2 wont cut it. The funny thing is you have the same set up as me and it is loud as hell but i like it that way . But then again im just dirty like that ...

P.s. Cali is like the hardest state to get passed in so you should be fine on the sniffer.

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Old 12-01-2007, 12:10 PM
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When I worked at a garage inPA I talked to one of the PA inspectors and he said the car has to have all the cats they came with from the factory in order to pass. I know you guys have it hard up there cause you have to have a full car inspection at a garage. I live in Delaware and all we have to do is drive through a state inspection lane. They don't check under your car in our state they just plug in the OBDII and read from there. My car was too loud but passed anyway cause the guy didn't feel like looking for cats lol.
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Old 12-01-2007, 12:23 PM
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Hawwk,
I have the same problem...did you end up going to a smog ref?
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