C.A.R.B. headers or 50 state leagal headers
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C.A.R.B. headers or 50 state leagal headers
does anyone make either one of these by chance. i might be gettin out of the army to live with my wife (long story)in nor cal and and i would like to be able to pass visual and sniffer test.
charles
charles
Yep, pretty much out of luck. The problem is with the pre-cats that Mazda uses. When you install a header, the pre-cat(s) are lost. This may be a problem for the visual. You can still pass the sniffer test with a header and a good main cat, though.
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why not leave the stock stuff on and change out after the test..I know it's a pain in the *** ..but if you have your heart set on runnin a header then you "pay the price", so to speak..I'm lucky I fell into the category of exempt (20 years old exempt.. from e-test In Ontario,Canada)..I was thinkin though..is there a way to try to hide the header?..by using a heat shield(like the stock shield)..and talk to other people to try and find out how they do thier test at different facilities..i'm sure there are a couple places that are not like "control freak" and picky..and just glance real quick at stuff..or just take a look to see if it has a Catalytic..or just plain ask you..if you have one...wish I could tell you more..good luck though..nad as GSL-SE says:the cat is key..good cat/functioning cat/new cat....
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when i got the car it had www.iscracing.net headers and exhust it has a cat on it. and its not all shiny like the RB headers. so i dont know if the headers will pass of not they look normal under the hood. if i got to i just grab some headers off a junk car at a salvage yard and go tfrom there.i think the cat thats on there now is trashed. so i was thinking about guttin it sense im registered in FL. and im in NC for the time being (Go Army 
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carb wasnt invented yet when these cars came out!
you have a couple options, some are legal, some are "legal"
1. buy 2 NEW cats, 2.5", get a good free flowing cat back, increase in diameter, plus unclogged cats should give you about 85-90% of the power, and be legal
2. run headers and 1 cat. still passes out the tailpipe, my smog guy didnt care, car passed with flying colors, etc etc this is "legal"
3. swap exhausts every 2 years, time hounored tradition, i used to know people who swapped engines every 2 years! this is "legal" too, at the time of the smog test the car is stock....
you have a couple options, some are legal, some are "legal"
1. buy 2 NEW cats, 2.5", get a good free flowing cat back, increase in diameter, plus unclogged cats should give you about 85-90% of the power, and be legal
2. run headers and 1 cat. still passes out the tailpipe, my smog guy didnt care, car passed with flying colors, etc etc this is "legal"
3. swap exhausts every 2 years, time hounored tradition, i used to know people who swapped engines every 2 years! this is "legal" too, at the time of the smog test the car is stock....
i was going to do the exhaust swap. it's easier than trying to pay off the smog guy and i definately don't want to fail smog and have the results sent in to the DMV. i have it registered non op but i only get 2 chances before i can't register it anymore...
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how far is sunnydale from napa county i'd like to go to your guy once and if i ever move out there if its not a 3+ trek from american canyon. and i ll just go with a brand new cat once i get in town and go that way and hope that they dont bitch about the headers and if they do i go get some junk ones from Sac. mazda recycling
