Do I need all this crap still????? I have a 1986

 

Depends if you have emissions testing in your area.

 

even if you dont have emmision testing in your area, it is a violation of federal law to remove any emmision control devices. although it is done all the time... who checks it

 

My dad said something about how they might not require emissions to pass anymore for cars older than 95 ?

Because people are spending a lot of money to get their cars into passing shape (more than the car is worth in some cases).
Not sure if this was for only North Carolina, or entire US, etc.etc.

 

I hope your dad is right!

 

In California, the magic year is 1973; in Ohio, it's 1978; in Tennessee, all cars had to meet certain standards. So it varies widely from one place to another.

As was stated earlier, it is a violation of federal law to remove or tamper with any emissions device or system on any car. However, there's no federal inspection of cars to verify this, it's left up to the states to enforce it.

Odds are, you'll need all (or at least most) of it to pass, if there's any kind of sniffer test, especially if they test cars on a dyno in your area. In the 3 places I've lived recently that I just mentioned, CA ond OH use dynos, and TN does not.

In TN, they didn't look at anything, and only cjecked the tailpipe with a snifer, at idle; in OH, they look to see if the car has a cat, but don't open the hood, and run the car on the dyno; in CA, they use a book that shows where every device and every wire and every hose is by your vehicle VIN #, and check for them all to be installed and at least appearing to be operating, and then run it on the dyno.

There's very little to be gained by just yanking out "all that crap". In fact, the car will often run better with it all there and working properly, especially if nothing or very little else has been done to the engine.

Before you just go trashing stuff on your car, find out what your local laws require. It's a real PITA to put all that stuf back sometimes when you discover you need it, after you've already thrown it all away or mutilated it (CUTTING WIRES) in the process of so-called "beautifying" your engine compartment or whatever else your motivation for removing it is.