dual exhaust in california
 

i know its illegal to have true dual exhaust here in cali and i was wondering if anyone from the 831 area knows of a shop that will make me an exhaust system with two hollow cats with a pipe inside them. Of course it is for OFF-ROAD USE ONLY:lol:and the reason i want those cats is just because of looks:reddevil...

I'm sure that most shops won't do anything that they know to be illegal.

It must suck to live in California.

at least we have good weather lol. i dont need to be installed just made ill put on when im "off road" lol but yeah 190 hp. i only want 350 400 hp enough to beat the hondas out here

register your car in arizona

Learn to weld. It will open new worlds for you.

I thought they banned welding in California.

:D

of course they did because welding is bad for the environment.... lol i do have a welder but do you guys recommend getting tubes and having them shaped to fit car or buy a kit and weld it here at home??any california forrum member near me that know how to weld or know of someone that works at a muffler shop hats interested in some side work?

have you thought of posting your question in one of the calif. sections

where is that? i just joined last night

What year Corvette do you have? Corvettes 1974 and older can have TRUE dual exhaust in Cailfornia and 75 and up must have the cats on.

Sometimes I think they banned leaning of all types too. :hide:

79 vette..i have stock everything n thatsv why the two cats that have been holowed out for my "offroad only exhaust" ;)so it looks like i have cats

stock everything except for the exhaust tips. i got the two tips on each tailpipe

all will be fine unless i get pulled over for driving Under the speed limit:lol: and the chp actually knows about the setup that it must have but i will still have those hollow cats there so i wont get that 5000 dollar fine for having no cats. any help or contacts you may know please send me a messege or email me at rubiotwin1@yaoo.com

take a pry bar and knock the crap out . some vandals jacked my trans am up one night ,unbolted the flange and drove a pry bar through its converter emptying it of its " Valuable " contents. didn't report it at the time, didn't know until the mileage and performance got better.:D

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Seriously, register your car in a rural area. Check the DMV site for rural areas near you that exclude bi-annual inspections. Then go to a Post Office 6 months before reg is due and get a PO Box. Use the paperwork from the last registration, look for the change of address and make it your rural PO Box.

What youre publicly asking someone esp a shop to do can get them in a WHOLE lotta trouble.

He can get a "smog" within 30 mi radius of his "new" address? Think thats the DMVs reg not sure
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What are you going to do come smog time with gutted cats cause it wont pass (if you get called into a STAR or test only station)

Wont really gain you any power either. Put some catcos carsound or??? cats on there (need to be the Ca specific ones too), be legal and lose no power. They are reasonable and flow well.

Got tired of dodging smog issues ah the good old days lol.

:Dof course come inspection time i will bolt on stock exhaust.
however great advise idk about the registration somewhere rural because i live in the central coast.

man this looks like something i would like to get and i wont have to deal with a shop doing it.

i know but if theres no paper trail(cash) or even if they come do it at my house as i do have a welder itll all be good. ill look into the catcos car sound.
come inspection time ill bolt in stock exhaust.

With my 07 C6, I put everything back to stock every 2 years, then put the headers back on after smogging. It's not as hard as it sounds.

My 81 is undergoing restoration, but I had true duals on it (no headers though) and did the same thing. I have never given a second thought to the CHP. No one around here bothers me for my loud exhaust or no front plate on the C6.

yeah i know every two years is a piece of cake n i can do it in one evening. that was my plan. i guess ill get a kit from somewhere n weld here.. great ideas guys much appreciated

Yeah unfortunately there really isn't an easy way to get around the smog, unless you know someone to take care of you.

When my 81 is finished I am going with headers, the full duals and dual cats. Maybe.

Not that hard!
 

You live in Salinas and if you get off the main streets and find a cool guy (speak a little spanish), I bet it will get done. Basically I would flange everything (have a performance section and then drop it out and put proper cats in for a smog, and naturally you would have to retune). Also if you took the parts off of the car, then an official Main Street shop isn't going to have a problem generally if they aren't doing it on an actual car and cash.
I have guys that are true car guys in many neighborhood that are great people that I have worked with. Had a soft top redone $1000 bill that included materials off of Pico in downtown LA, had 4" hooker sides flanged both tubes and headers for $250 in Placentia.

Not a short drive but Synergy Motorsports may be able to help. They are in Fremont and do a lot of work on LS1,2,3 cars and trucks.

These counties do not require smog check. time to get a p.o box
Alpine
Amador
Calaveras
Del Norte
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Lake
Lassen
Mariposa
Mendocino
Modoc
Mono
Plumas
Sierra
Siskiyou
Trinity
Tuolumne

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/calif...#ixzz2WpDt3ynG

I need to move to one of those lol

No smog ever, that's the beauty of pre 75, straight exhaust no restrictions. Just take some heat from tree huggers once and a while.:D

Not exactly true. '75's are also exempt.