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will this cat pass inspection?

Old Jun 6, 2004 | 04:55 PM
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im looking at picking up one of those $30 cats off of ebay, I just want to know if i can pass inspection with them, i live in the hampton roads area so theres no sniffer here, just a visual inspection and my exhaust is pretty tame so no real concerns with noise.
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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that's a cat?
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 05:00 PM
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Default Re: will this cat pass inspection?

Looks like a silencer/muffler.
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 05:00 PM
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Looks more like a test pipe.
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 05:02 PM
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Default Re: will this cat pass inspection?

lol yeah looks like just a resonator thats why im wondering if it will pass. heres the whole add
link to weirdo cat add
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 05:09 PM
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Default Re: will this cat pass inspection?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it isn't a cat. The reason cats are so expensive is because they use rare/expensive metals.
Catalytic converters currently account for about 35% of the platinum, 65% of the palladium, and 95% of the the rhodium used annually. All of these metals, which come mainly from Russia and South Africa, are far more expensive than gold.
I'll let you use your common sense to determine if a $32 cat has that
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 05:13 PM
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well i guess that settles it time to shell out some cash for a random tech . thanks dudes.
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 05:16 PM
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Heh. I missed this little beauty in the description
100% stainless steel
So yeah ... can't be a catalytic converter if its only SS.
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 06:16 PM
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hes sold a lot of those so-called 'cats' check his items sold
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 06:25 PM
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Default Re: will this cat pass inspection?

ive seen those.. pretty much a test pipe, but some do contain a lil cat. material. if you put a heat sheild over it and make it look like stock, they cant tell the diff.


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