Pulled over in california for not having cats

[DevonTK]

They say they are good for 850hp each so 1700hp. If this is true, you should be fine.

I'm hoping it's true lol. They are expensive

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[Robottrainer]

I'm hoping it's true lol. They are expensive

I know full well. Buy them now before the tariffs kick in. They are made in Canada.

 

[luc]

Wow, a cop that has time to smell your exhaust must not be much of a crime fighter. There are real bad guys out there and he’s decided your car is killing the environment. Thank goodness we have him on duty.

Well, cats are mandatory in California and cops are supposed to enforce the laws. On top of that the Leo only gave a warning instead of of a ticket and flagging it to Carb
What’s your issue ?
Instead of appreciating the cop friendliness, you bash him??????
Guess which one is the jerk

 

[DevonTK]

Whats crazy is i was able to get the cat delete pipes shipped to my house in cali, but i had to have my catch can shipped to another state to have my brother send it to me. Took me trying to buy the gesi cats from 6 different websites before I found one that would ship to california as well.

 

[Robottrainer]

Whats crazy is i was able to get the cat delete pipes shipped to my house in cali, but i had to have my catch can shipped to another state to have my brother send it to me. Took me trying to buy the gesi cats from 6 different websites before I found one that would ship to california as well.

I ordered mine from my buddy's performance shop. It took 2 months to get them and they are made 2 hours away from my house. He had to jump through some hopes to get them for me.

 

[illadvised]

Whenever I smog my car I have to put everything back to stock or carb compliant. My last smog shop, they actually checked my cats with a flashlight and inspection mirror to make sure they were stock, guy was an asshole since I had a carb compliant supercharger kit. I would just try to quiet it down, your cop could have lied and just said it was the smell.

I wouldn't want to buy another set of cats if I was swapping back to stock cats every smog check already. I'd personally ride it out until you need to smog it or state ref then go back to all stock

 

[DevonTK]

Whenever I smog my car I have to put everything back to stock or carb compliant. My last smog shop, they actually checked my cats with a flashlight and inspection mirror to make sure they were stock, guy was an asshole since I had a carb compliant supercharger kit. I would just try to quiet it down, your cop could have lied and just said it was the smell.

I wouldn't want to buy another set of cats if I was swapping back to stock cats every smog check already. I'd personally ride it out until you need to smog it or state ref then go back to all stock

Ya that was my plan until I got pulled over. I'm just tired of being stressed out every time I go into town. If these cats fail I will just go back to catless and hope I don't get caught. I hate this state. I already pay insane taxes. They just need to leave us alone.

 

[17VUDU]

Wow, a cop that has time to smell your exhaust must not be much of a crime fighter. There are real bad guys out there and he’s decided your car is killing the environment. Thank goodness we have him on duty.

As a retired cop I always love the argument of don’t you have more important things to do. Cops driving around rarely if ever stumble upon a crime, let alone a serious crime in progress. Most times a victim or witness ( and others) alert the police to crimes in progress. Having said that he’s driving around for visibility and supposedly smells something he suspects is illegal. Reasonable suspicion to make a traffic stop. Then he gives the guy a break, everybody’s happy. The end.

 

[Palma]

As a retired cop I always love the argument of don’t you have more important things to do. Cops driving around rarely if ever stumble upon a crime, let alone a serious crime in progress. Most times a victim or witness ( and others) alert the police to crimes in progress. Having said that he’s driving around for visibility and supposedly smells something he suspects is illegal. Reasonable suspicion to make a traffic stop. Then he gives the guy a break, everybody’s happy. The end.

Devon, I am sorry my snide comment took away from your topic and I hope you can get the help you need. I apologize as I did not contribute to a solution for you.

During my career in law enforcement (25 yeas and now retired) I was probably blessed to not have to do much mundane stuff like traffic enforcement, or work areas or beats that had low crime. This is simply not the venue to discuss my views of how to police. I did not anticipate that this thread would go so far a field, but, we all see things in a different way from our experiences. No one is wrong or right.

 

[DevonTK]

I ordered mine from my buddy's performance shop. It took 2 months to get them and they are made 2 hours away from my house. He had to jump through some hopes to get them for me.

That sucks. The company i just ordered through created my tracking number already. Hopefully they get here soon. My return fuel system arrived yesterday and i want to be on at least e-50 before putting the gesi cats on. Will probably be easier on them. I have never installed a fuel system, but if I could figure out whipple and oil pump gears i should be able to get it done. Hate wiring though.

 

[Robottrainer]

Whats crazy is i was able to get the cat delete pipes shipped to my house in cali, but i had to have my catch can shipped to another state to have my brother send it to me. Took me trying to buy the gesi cats from 6 different websites before I found one that would ship to california as well.

Here is my spiced in Gensi cats with the 2m cat delete pipes

Whenever I smog my car I have to put everything back to stock or carb compliant. My last smog shop, they actually checked my cats with a flashlight and inspection mirror to make sure they were stock, guy was an asshole since I had a carb compliant supercharger kit. I would just try to quiet it down, your cop could have lied and just said it was the smell.

I wouldn't want to buy another set of cats if I was swapping back to stock cats every smog check already. I'd personally ride it out until you need to smog it or state ref then go back to all stock

So

That sucks. The company i just ordered through created my tracking number already. Hopefully they get here soon. My return fuel system arrived yesterday and i want to be on at least e-50 before putting the gesi cats on. Will probably be easier on them. I have never installed a fuel system, but if I could figure out whipple and oil pump gears i should be able to get it done. Hate wiring though.

I did a whole write up on how I did the install in a boosted and failed cats post. Being in Canada adds an extra layer of BS. I live near the border so I can send stuff to a mailbox I have in Niagara Falls New York, but then I have exchange and taxes to deal with.

I tried to buy the MAK kit bit they didn't seem willing to answer some simple question so I did it the hard way by splicing the cats into a cables 2M set up. Since you already have the 2M kit installed, I assume you added the flange on the drivers side. That's half the battle.

I'm lucky I have a friend with a shop that did some minor corrections and tig welding after I tacked everything and built a fixture to line everything up.

 

[Robottrainer]

Here is my spiced in Gensi cats with the 2m cat delete pipes

So

I did a whole write up on how I did the install in a boosted and failed cats post. Being in Canada adds an extra layer of BS. I live near the border so I can send stuff to a mailbox I have in Niagara Falls New York, but then I have exchange and taxes to deal with.

I tried to buy the MAK kit bit they didn't seem willing to answer some simple question so I did it the hard way by splicing the cats into a cables 2M set up. Since you already have the 2M kit installed, I assume you added the flange on the drivers side. That's half the battle.

I'm lucky I have a friend with a shop that did some minor corrections and tig welding after I tacked everything and built a fixture to line everything up.

I tried to attach some shots. It won't let me on phone. When I get on the lap top I'll send them

 

[GrabberBargeCaptain]

OP would have just had to swap the stock cats back on since he has the 2M cat delete kit

True, but still a giant pain in the ass, and now OP has to worry if he'll continually get popped by this one police officer who remembers him.

But such is modifying cars where they're no longer street legal... OP must have known that eventually it would cause an issue.

 

[Robottrainer]

Here is my spiced in Gensi cats with the 2m cat delete pipes

So

I did a whole write up on how I did the install in a boosted and failed cats post. Being in Canada adds an extra layer of BS. I live near the border so I can send stuff to a mailbox I have in Niagara Falls New York, but then I have exchange and taxes to deal with.

I tried to buy the MAK kit bit they didn't seem willing to answer some simple question so I did it the hard way by splicing the cats into a cables 2M set up. Since you already have the 2M kit installed, I assume you added the flange on the drivers side. That's half the battle.

I'm lucky I have a friend with a shop that did some minor corrections and tig welding after I tacked everything and built a fixture to line everything up.

OK lets try this...

 

[DevonTK]

OK lets try this...

How are they lasting?

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