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Old 08-03-15, 12:20 PM
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Will my car pass emissions?
I live in oregon, and i have a 94 rx7 fd with a brand new motor and turbos. Only mod is the downpipe modifcation. Will it pass deq? or does it have to have a cat?
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Old 08-03-15, 03:00 PM
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the main cat under the car is enough to meet the tailpipe emissions. in Ca we have a visual check, so the downpipe fails that part.
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I did a precat delete and capped off my EGR and passed fine in AZ with the stock man cat
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Most smog techs wont notice a missing precat. Likely it will pass.
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^ +1. In all the years we've had our '94, it has never failed visual here in Southern California.
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Thanks Guys!
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I have my downpipe wrapped and they don't even notice. However I am failing miserably for some reason.
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