(^sorry for the misspelling >.<)its been 25 years so doesn't that make her a classic now? >.> im just wondering what fun stuff can i get away w/ It and keep her street legal and tips or tricks would be helpful thanks (btw i mean any mods , i just figured that exhaust would have more stuff i could get away w. XD )

 

It depneds on you local laws and such. Just cause its a classic dosent mean you can remove emissions as I think your implying.

 

well not remove emissions just tweak it...

 

Define "tweak"......

Smog pump must remain, AIR tubes must remain, catalytic converter must remain, etc., etc., etc.........

About the only "tweaking" you can legally do, is switch to a higher flowing cat.

 

>.> well thats lame lol i was hoping like i could maybe get away w/ gutting the cat or something

 

Pretty sure a cop who pulls you over won't start to systematically dismantle your exhaust LOL. I'm welding faux cats onto my exhaust

 

Its not the cop you have to worry about its the people that do the car inspections.

 

lol see there's the optimistic responses i was opting for lol, but yeah when i lived in florida i was told my car didnt have to even pass a state inspection o.o but i moved here to texas when i was 15 so i never got to find out lol

 

Unless you REGISTER the car as an Antique, it will hafta pass inspection every year, regardless.

Antique registered vehicles are limited as to how many miles they can be driven, when they can be driven (not back & forth to work), etc.

 

damn your just a **** storm on my parade arnt you? lol

 

Get a good hi-flow cat (i like my Magnaflow) and you'll never miss the 3hp it is costing you.

 

lol well if there wasnt anything i could do i was thinking about going with the ever so popular borla or hooker complete set-up

 

when i got my car the A.I.R was cut.

i later took off the smog pulley and my car passed emissions 2 weeks ago

 

nice i might do that then...

 

Yeah. A GOOD cat, not just a cheapo stock replacement, will do wonders.

I have no smog pump. Mu cat doesn't even have an AIR tube on it.

The AIR tube on my manifolds, are all hooked up to the diverter box under the hood. It all LOOKS stock, but the diverter box hose just runs to the back of thengine, then disappears & is hooked to nothing.

Visually? I should fail, but I don't. They don't look that closely.

 

You're lucky. I tried that the first year I got my Camaro inspected as the pipe was missing when I got the car and he nailed me for it. Luckily he was able to fab something up for me from pipe he had laying around. Charged me all of $20 to fix it.

As was mentioned, every state is different. In PA for example, classic is 15 years, antique is 25 years. As long as its registered as either a classic or antique you don't have to pass any kind of emissions inspection but you are limited to 5k/year and no more than 2 days/week. As though they could tell how many days/week you drive it

 

lol yeah, my vette has that. its hard to limit your self from driving it all the time lol

 

no i have the stock cat which at 100,000 miles i'm sure is on its way out.

and on top of everything i cut the muffler off bc it was shot and the pipe was rotting out.

it actually sounds good

 

Mufflers are not a required ITEM here. But the sound level that comes out your tail pipe is.

If the car is quiet enough, the inspector shouldn't care about no muffler. On my 92, I ran with nu muffler, just the cat, for years. Where the pipe turns to enter the muffler, I cut it right there & ran pipe straight back, existing under the bumper on the passenger side.

You can just make it out, just to the right of the right stripe.
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yeah i was surprised at how well it sounds now!

she sounds like she has a pretty nasty bite, and now my car turns peoples' heads haha

 

lol and u passed inspection like that?

 

i got an 84 z and i got my antique plates last week. the car is no where near stock. 4 inch cowl hood, dropped a rebuilt 350 in, headers, full custom exhaust(with no cats or any smog equipment), aftermarket head unit and speakers, 2 12" subs, deleted a/c, deleted cruise, shaved antenna, and a bunch more i cant even think about right now. I got accepted for my antique plates with all of that. all the guy said was " if the cops ask, the stock hood was there when i seen it"

 

Where I live 1975-1995 get the exhaust tested. 1996-current just plug into the ODBII connector & has your car tattle on you. I failed once because my Check Engine bulb was bad.

If I lived 5 miles south I wouldn't have to test anything.

 

And how do you get "accepted" for antique plates ? Last I knew for vintage and antique plates all you do is change insurance options and get vintage plates.

 

Inspections for me are just a visual no matter the year thankfully. Like you however, I live right near the border to where there wouldn't even be a visual inspection for emissions. However, I am less than a 1/4 mile away from the line. I'm so close that everyone assumes until they look at the registration card.

 

well not really accepted but around here the car has to be inspected and passed by the local car club in order to get your plates. just basically so you dont get classic plates on a drag car or kit car etc.

 

In MS, walk in with the title, or appropriate paperwork showing ownership, and 25 years old + a day and you're good to go with an antique tag. Done it several times, and never a question, a visual, nothing. They just sit there with a hand out waiting for the check. All they're looking for is the date of mfg.

 

man that sucks for me lol. i had three pages of paperwork and needed it to be inspected and stamped by my local car club and signed by the guy in charge of the club