Can I pass smog in CA with...

[jtoomasson@yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Hell - I'd drive all the way down there if I knew it would get "passed" like
that!   :)

JT
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'86.5 Scirocco 16v 2.0 (roc #5)
'00 4-Runner sport pkg.
'90 M3 (sold)  :(
AIM ID: Sixteen Viagras
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>
To: <roccolister@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: Can I pass smog in CA with...


> 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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