i gotta 94 integra. obd1. the exhaust pipe is stock but the cat has been hollowed out. wondering if it will pass smog check. anyone got any clue? and ohhh how do i become a normal user on hondatech.com instead of a trial user? thanx peoples.

 

no, it won't pass. Buy a new cat and bolt it on, then you can pass. You will become a 'member' in 2 or so weeks automatically.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by purplegsr (Exospeed) &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no, it won't pass. Buy a new cat and bolt it on, then you can pass. You will become a 'member' in 2 or so weeks automatically.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

neg it will never pass

 

interesting...some people said it could pass.

 

I dont think that it will pass. Basically you just have a homemade straight pipe. Just go get a high flow cat and youll be sure to pass, unless there is something else wrong with your car.

 

hollow cat = no cat

 

but then the exhaust pipe has 2 resignators also. havent touched those. dont those have like the same filters the stoopid cat does?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by myDC4rox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but then the exhaust pipe has 2 resignators also. havent touched those. dont those have like the same filters the stoopid cat does? </TD></TR></TABLE>

no

 

no cat. no pass. the cat is used to filter out pollutants and the muffler is used muffle the exhaust sound.

 

**** i posted but then i didnt read ur thingy completley i didnt know that thats wut in ur car rite now pm me. i say get a cat welded on their first ive heard its possible with a car running very very good but its not even worth trying in my opinion. get a cat welded in. or pm me if u need help i have an idea but i cant tell the whole world.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zad5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">**** i posted but then i didnt read ur thingy completley i didnt know that thats wut in ur car rite now pm me. i say get a cat welded on their first ive heard its possible with a car running very very good but its not even worth trying in my opinion. get a cat welded in. or pm me if u need help i have an idea but i cant tell the whole world.</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL... shhhh... my uber m4d jdm vt4k cat setup is a secret...

 

trial user, cant pm, and whats the point of welding the cat?

 

Well, it will pass visual inspection most likely since it looks like a cat is there, but it will fail once they hook it up to the machine.

 

they do a sniff test... so you lose without a cat... esp. in cali.

 

sniff test as in where they put those thingies in the muffler?

 

yes. the things is the tail pipes.

 

lol.. deffinately positively will NOT pass.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by myDC4rox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sniff test as in where they put those thingies in the muffler?
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yup, they **** probe your car

 

Im a cetified Emissions Inspector for Georgia.

To whoever said its impossible to pass, that is incorrect.

I have actually seen where vehicles without catalitic converters HAVE passed tailpipe readings.

Even though they passed the test, the did however fail the visual, and didnt walk out with their sticker that day. They need a physical catalyst Just to please the epa, EVEN if your car was perfect

For whatever reason, The vehicle was running very clean. But Honda/acura have always ran on the rich side, and i seriously doubt you will pass without a catalyst.

so get one and run it, then take it off

 

nope you cannont pass smog test!

 

you can pass but its hard its almost not worth trying thanks SHystrdyGSRtdy for trying to be smart *** honestly i didnt feel like posting at all after shystrdy said this **** "LOL... shhhh... my uber m4d jdm vt4k cat setup is a secret... " you dont even know who you talking to cuz pssh hahaha. research this thing that i was trying to talk about is denatured alcohol look it up if u want. the thing is honda-tech gets crazy with illegal **** so i didnt want to bring it up but fawk it whoc ares. 90 percent ethanol 10 or 5 percent methanol. ehtnaol is drinkable alcohol they put the methanol so its poisonous to drink thats why it say "denatured" you can get it from home depot or hardware store paint thinner area. lowers hc co and nox all across the board my co was .01 lol the smog guy thought i had a vacuum leak and my nox would sky rocket but nox was passing also...worked on my friends single turbo rx7 and worked on my crx that was 2.5 times over limit. i can give u before n after number or the mixture i used if u want but on this board people get pissed at the illegal **** so i didnt want to say anything. it is a "secret" to most people and they dont want people to know but you called me out so **** it. im not gonna argue with anyone over anything reserach yourself and you can make the decision if u want to use it. methnaol is more corrosive and people say htis stuff can **** up rubber seals depends how long u have it in there for... if u want to research it check out the rx7 board later.

if this pisses off mods delete it. id rather not let a smog person or a person like that c this post and **** it over for us.

 

the exhaust pipping and muffler are not emission controlled devices. anything after the cat doesnt matter for the sniffer test. You will not pass in CA with a hollow cat. Even trying to pass with a high flow cat is 50/50 in CA. I failed everytime with a high flow cat till i put the stock one back on

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blacknbean &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the exhaust pipping and muffler are not emission controlled devices. anything after the cat doesnt matter for the sniffer test. You will not pass in CA with a hollow cat. Even trying to pass with a high flow cat is 50/50 in CA. I failed everytime with a high flow cat till i put the stock one back on </TD></TR></TABLE>

i passed but BARELY.. i was at the legal limit for something, not sure.. i have a 2.25" high flow (in/out) carsound

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zad5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can pass but its hard its almost not worth trying thanks SHystrdyGSRtdy for trying to be smart *** honestly i didnt feel like posting at all after shystrdy said this **** "LOL... shhhh... my uber m4d jdm vt4k cat setup is a secret... " you dont even know who you talking to cuz pssh hahaha. research this thing that i was trying to talk about is denatured alcohol look it up if u want. the thing is honda-tech gets crazy with illegal **** so i didnt want to bring it up but fawk it whoc ares. 90 percent ethanol 10 or 5 percent methanol. ehtnaol is drinkable alcohol they put the methanol so its poisonous to drink thats why it say "denatured" you can get it from home depot or hardware store paint thinner area. lowers hc co and nox all across the board my co was .01 lol the smog guy thought i had a vacuum leak and my nox would sky rocket but nox was passing also...worked on my friends single turbo rx7 and worked on my crx that was 2.5 times over limit. i can give u before n after number or the mixture i used if u want but on this board people get pissed at the illegal **** so i didnt want to say anything. it is a "secret" to most people and they dont want people to know but you called me out so **** it. im not gonna argue with anyone over anything reserach yourself and you can make the decision if u want to use it. methnaol is more corrosive and people say htis stuff can **** up rubber seals depends how long u have it in there for... if u want to research it check out the rx7 board later.

if this pisses off mods delete it. id rather not let a smog person or a person like that c this post and **** it over for us. </TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL... that is good advice.. but i too would be worried about stuff getting messed up in my motor...
oh, and my bad gangSTAR

 

YES! Japanese cars are smog legal without the Cat. The only reason why they have it is because they are forced to put it on beacuse American cars have them.

Domestic Automaker would complain if the Govt would allow imports to come in with no cat.....

Especaiilly our 1.8 integras. If Stock, it should pass with no problem.

Mine is gutted, and it passed with no problem. Not only that, I have DC header, Iceman intake, and a 2.75 catback from the header to the muffler.

its N/A so yeah, im loosing a lot of low end torque