Advice for Cats

[brian hoeft]

Where is your friend located Greville?

Hard to answer your question since I'm not up to par on provincial code if
you are in Ontario. Though it appears that Canadian Parliament is even more
apt to comply with false philanthropist environmental edicts than even
those in the US Congress, so I would imagine that you have it at least as
bad as California, but hopefully i'm wrong.

Here in Pennsylvania it varies from county to county, and in this county,
the simple appearance of a cat in the typical location is enough to pacify
most shops. That said, I have sourced aftermarket pre and main cats with
lesser cell counts that still conform to most restrictions and are still
end up priced better than OE replacement, even if v-banded or have some
other custom fabrication.

For those that actually live in the US, you will have a tougher time, but
I'll spare everyone my tangent on the limits of federal jurisdiction,
Co-operative
federalism<http://freedom-school.com/citizenship/cooperative-federalism.html>,
19 C.J.S. Corporations §883, etcetera..






On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:

> Tampering with emission control devices is illegal (and a federal offense
> at that) no matter if it still passes or not, at least in the US. That
> said, installing catless downpipes is practically its own industry here.
> Most states only check for codes and readiness bits in the OBDII systems,
> they don't use tailpipe probes and have private inspection stations with
> lazy minimum wage kids that don't do a visual inspection. Most chip tuners
> have "race mode" or "test pipe" software that will disable fault codes
> associated with the rear oxygen sensors.
>
> -Cody (mobile)
>
> On Nov 20, 2011, at 6:08 PM, gbowles at cansafe.com wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm asking for a friend. He has a 2004 S4 4.2l with 4 cats (as I
> understand what he said). He is in the process of having the exhaust
> modified to achieve a sound more in keeping with the beast under the hood.
> Someone has recommended removing the 2 rear-most cats to get that. This is
> in addition to replacing the system from the cats back. His question: Is
> the car likely to pass emission testing if that is done. If so, is it
> legal. (Passing the test is the bottom line after all.) Any BTDT and/or
> recommendations appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Mr. Greville H. Bowles
> > Ralston CanSafe
> > 525 Glengarry Cres.
> > Fergus, Ontario  N1M 2W8
> > Phone: (519) 787-1297 Ext. 39
> > Fax:   1-800-669-2392
> > E-mail:   gbowles at cansafe.com
> > www.cansafe.com
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
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