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Old 07-18-2014, 05:10 AM   #4
Captain Snooze
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Originally Posted by Monks View Post
Do you need both to stay legal?
It is illegal to remove any emissions control equipment.
If (and I understand it's a big if ) you get caught running catless you can face a fine of around 12k and possible impoundment.

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Originally Posted by blue cat View Post
So does this mean there's no legal way to change the headers on this car in Aus at all?
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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze View Post
It is legal providing you do the following
-You no not remove any emission equipment so this means you have to use a catted header.
-You have the dB level checked by Engineer.
-You have the car tested for emissions at relevevant RTA. In Sydney there are only 2 places to do this. From dodgy memory these are Botany and Penrith. This is a dynamic test on a dyno.
-You have the emissions signed off by Engineer
-You take paper work to RTA and have them sign off.
To stay 100% legal the tune should be tested and signed off as well. Understandably not many people bother with this.

It's "per se", not "per say".
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