Failed Emissions, what does it mean?

[scirocco16v@europe.com (doug czajka)]

> I dont have a cat, but dont think thats wy I failed, but now that they saw
> that there isn't one i have to put one in, oh well.
> 

I just had a thought.  For those of you running downpipes and headers, anybody ever thought of constructing a fake cat?  Maybe cut the old one off of the old pipe or just getting one from the scrap yard.  gut it out, make a few cuts, and then attach it over the downpipe/header about where a cat would go.  You could take this fake cat "shell" on/off when emission time came.  

This is all assuming that the guy doing the visual isn't very thorough or too attentive, and that you can actually pass without a real cat.  

What do you all think of this idea.  Am i crazy, could it work?  I'll eventually go to the TT downpipe w/o cat and may need to look into something like this...
-- 


Doug C.
'88 16v
Raleigh, NC

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