Long Tubes 85
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From: Redondo Beach CA
Long Tubes 85
I know that this has been brought up, but does any one have smog legal long tubes on thier L98?? I really would like to get a set, but can not see, to find them.
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
It would seem that there are no long tubes that are legal in CA. But there are long tubes made that are acceptable most other places. Stainless Works, TPIS, Melrose (I believe), Exotic Muscle, Hooker and Hedman (not recommended by me, personally) all make LTs for the L98 cars.
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no such luck, bro... that's that bug with CARB.
You cannot just put something on there an expect the smog tester to pass you cause it has an O2 in the right place. You need the air injection crap, too, and you have to prove they don't effect emissions.
This is what I would do - install the exhaust of your dreams - Long tubes, bullet cats, xpipe, appropriate O2 and pipes out back... just be ready to swap it for factory stock every 2 years.
You cannot just put something on there an expect the smog tester to pass you cause it has an O2 in the right place. You need the air injection crap, too, and you have to prove they don't effect emissions.
This is what I would do - install the exhaust of your dreams - Long tubes, bullet cats, xpipe, appropriate O2 and pipes out back... just be ready to swap it for factory stock every 2 years.
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by jrzyvet
Thanks for the info. I would assume that I could make any of the headers semi CA legal, by adding an O2 sensor whole.
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