Fast Intentions street legal?

Cyberium

I'm up in vermont and I used to have an Eclipse with Headers, HFC and an aftermarket catback exhaust and it passed inspection everytime... even a visual inspection. Definitely not legal.

As long as you don't have any check engine lights on and your not throwing any codes you will pass. I mean, it's a brand new car... some places will pass you just by taking a look at it.

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elmz

When you say "it passed inspection" do you mean smog?

m4a1mustang

Probably state safety inspection.

Here in VA we have an annual State inspection where they check to make sure your car is road worthy... so everything important has to work... like wipers, lights, horn, turn signals, windows, brakes, tires, etc. They usually take a look under the car for a visual inspection of the exhaust system.

I got burned once when the guy looked underneath my Mustang, saw my off-road X pipe, and said, "where are the cats?"

I wonder how they would react to HFCs, because it's obvious that HFCs are not stock as there is no heat shield around the cats like on the OEM parts. You aren't supposed to alter a properly functioning emissions system so technically they could fail you...

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ZCarMan

When I was still living in VA I had to take mine in for the annual inspection and I passed with no problems. I really think it depends on where you take it. When I moved to Maryland that presented a whole new set of challenges!

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