Ever been busted for benig catless?
03-03-2007, 07:41 PM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 1,444
Ever been busted for being catless?
I'm curious .. has anyone actually even been caught without cats? (or with gutted cats?)
Do they give you a warning, ticket, fine, haul your *** in?
I guess it depends on local laws, but still. Share your stories
Do they give you a warning, ticket, fine, haul your *** in?
I guess it depends on local laws, but still. Share your stories
Last edited by James Montigny; 03-04-2007 at 08:50 AM.
03-04-2007, 12:26 AM
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7
I've been warned about my exhaust being "way too loud" (old 94 Z28, mac mid-lengths, 3" cat back, ORY, one chamber flow dumped) but I have yet to have a cop perform a visual check of any of my cat-less exhausts. What is the fine, btw?
03-04-2007, 01:05 AM
#3
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Oshawa - Home of the 5th-gen
Posts: 5,308
Up here, it's around a ~$360 fine for missing emissions equip 
. I HAVE heard of some guys getting busted for such things, like no cats, etc. "Typically" it seems that they'll target older cars though (cars likely NOT to be fuel injected, and likely NOT original, including exhaust 
). I'm curious if/how much more attention my car will draw this year with the LT's, cat-less Y-pipe, and Magnaflow cat-back??
. I HAVE heard of some guys getting busted for such things, like no cats, etc. "Typically" it seems that they'll target older cars though (cars likely NOT to be fuel injected, and likely NOT original, including exhaust ). I'm curious if/how much more attention my car will draw this year with the LT's, cat-less Y-pipe, and Magnaflow cat-back??
03-04-2007, 01:09 AM
#4
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 1,444
I could have sworn the poster at the muffler shop said like $5,000 fine if you removed them,
and $25k to any shop who did it for you.
Maybe that's just meant as a scare deal, like maximum fine or something.
I mean, it's pretty obvious when a car is catless. You can smell that if you are behind it.
You would think people would be busted more often. All these cars driving around
that have somehow passed visuals every 2 years LOL (or whatever your state requires)
and $25k to any shop who did it for you.
Maybe that's just meant as a scare deal, like maximum fine or something.
I mean, it's pretty obvious when a car is catless. You can smell that if you are behind it.
You would think people would be busted more often. All these cars driving around
that have somehow passed visuals every 2 years LOL (or whatever your state requires)
Last edited by James Montigny; 03-04-2007 at 01:11 AM.
Sorry this has no bearing on the question, but I felt the need to throw this in.
03-04-2007, 12:08 PM
#8
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: FTW, TX
Posts: 4,508
There is a State Trooper in the Houston area that pulls over f-bods/Vettes/Mustangs etc to check for emissions equipment removal and tickets for it.
IMO, high flow cats are cheap insurance against this kind of problem. You can pick them up for ~$60 each and they only cost you ~2hp.
IMO, high flow cats are cheap insurance against this kind of problem. You can pick them up for ~$60 each and they only cost you ~2hp.
03-04-2007, 10:08 PM
#10
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Iowa
Posts: 62
I used to have a truck that had only glasspacks on it. I only got pulled over once in two years. In Illinois, I was pulled over because my exhaust was "too loud" while I was signing a written warning, I saw another office not in uniform from the corner of my eye looking underneath my truck checking for emissions equip. which I had none of. The truck was 16yrs old at that time. I never believed that what the other officer did was acctually legal... but who knows... sometimes Illinois state troopers are a little more strict.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
sleeperZ96BT
Parts For Sale
5
09-09-2015 08:28 AM