Failed Emissions, what does it mean?

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Because a fake cat is cheaper?   Oh, goody, what did I win??!!!  :)

Anyway, my kid does just what you do, Randy.  It works and spreads peace and
good will amonst his 'roc-owning friends.
You aren't missing much of anything.
larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy B <sirocco@telocity.com>
To: brett cooke <vwscir88@hotmail.com>; <scirocco16v@europe.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Failed Emissions, what does it mean?


> If you are going to fab a fake cat to only use once (for smog day) why not
> use a real cat???
> I have a high flow cat that sits on the shelf with only about 2 days worth
> of use (have had it for...10+yrs) and it is still like new.
> This way when I get a smog (CA) cert I know it will pass with a good cat
> without any problems.
> I thought people put hollowed out cats on cars when they didn't want to
> remove it at all.
> In fact a good friend of Craig and I uses a hollowed out cat (with a pipe
> welded inside) every day on the car except smog day at which time he swaps
> out the hollowed out unit for a good unit and swaps back after smogging.
> Enlighten me here....what am I missing???
>
> Randy
> (smog legal 1 day out of every 2 yrs.)
>
> At 02:55 AM 03/30/2002 -0500, brett cooke wrote:
> >actually thats the way we do it up here. when i first went catless on my
> >'87 (my she rip), we took the cat that i had taken off, hollowed it out,
> >and then cut it in half. a little streching and some discretely placed
> >brackets and we have a fake cat that bolts on and off in seconds. well,
> >okay, in takes longer then seconds to jack up the car but you get the
> >drift. now we keep it on a shelf here at the shop and pass it around to
> >whomever has to take the test next.
> >  hit
> >
> >
> >> > 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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