I have an odd question for you guys and I'm sorry if its been covered. I couldn't find the answer on google or searching on H-T.

I have a 2000 accord with the v6 J30 in it, pretty much completely stock from the factory.

The axle back on the passenger side completely rusted/corroded into pieces. I've been running an open exhaust ever since. SMOG is due in a month and I was wondering if it was SMOG legal to simply plug off the side that corroded.

1) Since exhaust modifications/aftermarket exhausts are not regulated (afaik), it would be the same as having a single-exhaust.

2) It's after the cat (the last emissions-related device in the chain) so it isn't altering emissions.

Any help/insight would be appreciated, I put this heap back together for cheap and would like to avoid spending on an axleback if I don't have to. Being that it's relatively low compression and plugged up by the cat, it sounds fine running open-muffler.

 

I'm guessin' he just needs one good muffler to test emissions with lol

 

Yeah lol but wondering if i'll get **** for having only one muffler.

 

shouldn't. as long as the cat is where it should be there is no problem. the problem is when you change the setup and run piping separately from each bank. I have a smog license and I would not fail you for it.

 

Thanks a lot for your advice, I'm going this weekend after I spray the block-off with some VHT. (black or brown) so it's less eye-catching in raw aluminum lol

 

update: no visual for the back of the car since there's no tail pipe test anyway. Passed simply by having no CEL's