Can I pass smog in CA with...

[rocco2nr@hotmail.com (Joe Doty)]

Will you pass if you have the flanged cat in? Without a doubt, visual and 
the sniffer.  A lot of guys around here don't even do the visual check.

Why not just swap the cat/downpipe when you need to get it smogged? It 
couldn't take longer than an hour, and it's only something you need to do 
once every two years.  Anything after the cat is legal anyway, but you 
probably knew that.

I've swapped fuel injection, ripped out all of the smog equipment, and 
turbocharged my car.  I have 2.25" all the way back right now.  But it 
should "pass," if you know what I'm saying.  Just gotta find the right 
people :)

My brother was trying to get his rabbit smogged, and it wouldn't pass the 
sniffer.  The guy voluntarily pulled the sniffer out of the tailpipe and let 
the test go through!

Joe

Joe

>Question for everyone.
>
>I'm planning on ordering a complete TT exhaust for my 16V once I pass smog
>once again in a month or so. I'm going to install the dual downpipe and the
>2 1/4 cat-back system.
>
>Since I'm in California I was planning on taking all that off once every 
>two
>years to pass smog again, but then I started thinking. If I have flanges
>welded in so I can just swap a test pipe in and out with my cat, do you
>think I will pass smog out here? I know officially the DP isn't cab-legal,
>but I doubt I would fail on a visual because of that. I'll still have a cat
>and an O2 sensor.


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