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Originally Posted by Bonburner
You have a chance!!!
Installers may not install a new aftermarket catalytic converter in a vehicle unless all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The vehicle is specifically included in the vehicle application list for which the
new aftermarket catalytic converter has been exempted;
(B) The vehicle is more than 7 years old or has more than 70,000 miles on itsodometer;
(C) The vehicle is beyond the coverage of the OEM catalyst warranty period(which can vary from 7 years or 70,000 miles to as high as 15 years or 150,000 miles).2 Installers may reference the vehicle owner’s
manual/warranty booklet or contact the vehicle manufacturer or its
representative to verify the applicable OEM catalyst warranty;
(D) The vehicle has a legitimate need for replacement of the existing converter that has been established and documented by the installer on the repair invoice. If the OEM converter is present, the installer must make a determination that it is not functioning properly before acting to replace it;
(E) The exempted new aftermarket catalytic converter is installed in the same location as the OEM catalytic converter it is designed to replace. The front face of the installed catalytic converter shall be no more than three inches further upstream or downstream in the exhaust from where the front face of the OEM catalytic converter was located. The installation may not alter the location, position, or orientation of oxygen sensors upstream and downstream of the catalytic converter(s);
(F) The exempted new aftermarket catalytic converter is installed on a one-forone catalytic converter (not substrate) basis;
(G) The exempted new aftermarket catalytic converter is installed with all other required catalytic converters (no consolidation of catalytic converters, nor addition of extra catalytic converters is allowed); and
(H) A warranty card has been filled out by the installer, signed by the customer, attached to the repair invoice, and a copy returned to the manufacturer.
We just gotta tack on a buncha miles and limit the design of the header!
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Those look like Federal emissions requirements, not state-specific. I could be wrong, but I don't feel like searching. For me to pass emissions...they need to visually check under the car for the cat (there's one in the DP that they'll see) and then just do ODBII scan. I can get away with a tune that turns off the CEL.