bye bye cat :(
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bye bye cat :(
so someone stole my catalytic converter off my 92 4runner while i was asleep... i was wondering how bad for the valves is it to drive it for awhile just cut off before the cat? until i just weld a pipe to the exhaust
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It'll run that way... not very good but it will. Not having one is illegal and it certainly won't pass your next smog check. Buy a high flow aftermarket one and have a reputable shop weld it in. See your in Lodi.. We should grab a beer in Rio Vista sometime. I hang out there alot at my hangar at the airport.
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Yeah, it'll run... not as good as it should but it will run. Having a test pipe in will help a bit.
And since you're in Calif, it is illegal, as UKMeyer said, to not have a converter installed. Also, any cat sold or installed in Cali has to have an EO# and meet the new standards for 2009 as well as be installed by a licensed installer, so there are no "cheap" converters here anymore.
I had magnaflow's installed on my 91 and 88 for about 220 each.
And since you're in Calif, it is illegal, as UKMeyer said, to not have a converter installed. Also, any cat sold or installed in Cali has to have an EO# and meet the new standards for 2009 as well as be installed by a licensed installer, so there are no "cheap" converters here anymore.
I had magnaflow's installed on my 91 and 88 for about 220 each.
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ya the law here sucks but i was just smogged so im alright... so its not bad for the engine to run it cut off before the cat.... might not run as well but no future damage? then test pipe soon after?
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Its not illegal in hawaii...I don't have a cat on both my cars, no smog test in hawaii. I got a pipe installed where the cat suppose to be along with flowmaster exhaust.
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It however does not, as of yet, incur retro-active standards... but just wait. Anyhow, the OP is in California so our standards do apply. As well, there is a movement in the Federal gov't to adopt Cali standards nationwide. Given the tendencies of the current adminstration, expect it to be an interesting ride.
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well this topic is going a little off topic , but vote, and hopefully there where be a granfathers clause?? or pray SEMA will have some strength, and other wheeling groups
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Here in Griffin,Ga their is not a emission test required yet but I want be long before they decide to start doing it because the county I work for does have the emission test and it's just up the road a piece
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