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well have to comply to emissions... some twin 200cell cats go over.. some people with 200cell cat and e85 get over.. hit and miss really. definite way is standard cat.

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It would be hard for the cops to tell if they pulled you up & you showed them your papers with it all being legal I doubt they'd sticker it again. Checking the cat would be too tricky on the side of the road unless you have a 10 inch lift kit & lots of cops probably don't even know what one is. Same as they can't tell if the tune is standard I guess.

All this emissions stuff these days is bollocks. Trees live on carbon dioxide don't they realise it's our cars keeping the planet green?

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In theory you could have a spot on the XCAL for standard cat tune, and a spot for 'other', if you had to switch between them for some reason. Don't mod any further and it'd only be a case of a trip to the exhaust welders to swap cats around. Or get them to make up a bolt in section the first time around and you could swap cats and tune in minutes! lol. :stirthepot:

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Cat convertors are also reduce oxides of nitrogen....something tree's don't live on :P Running lean is all good and well for fuel economy and reducing carbon monoxide and fuel but does nothing for reducing nox which would be part of the testing regime. A good quality 400 cell cat and an appropriate tune (not necessarily a lean tune) would be the go. Ethanol is good and reduces emissions but it burns cooler and therefore would take a little longer to fire of the cat. Again, an appropriate tune helps. I really really fear the day I get stickered.....sounds like a big PITA.

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I wouldn't stress too much, I passed the pits 3 or 4 times with no cat in a WRX that hit 120db...

Sometimes easy ways around these things!

And on a sadder note. Mums placing incorrect bets FTL. Could have easily had the trifecta. Ohh well

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Could I go for getting it all above board as is, with the twin cats (what CPI are Manta 2x2.5" system cats?), and if I fail only have to pay the $80 again (plus any costs for altering cats/tune of course)?

ie do you only have to pay the DPI $80 per test, no matter how many times you fail?

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Steve, I wouldn't bother if I was you.

It's simply not worth the headache. If on the very rare chance you got a yellow, it would be much easier to just return the car to almost stock.

If it looks legal, sounds legal, and goes like a legal car, they probably care not for it.

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