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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar
Cali is the worst as far as the US goes. They religiously follow the Federal emissions requirements and even exceed them in certain requirements. Plus officers can pull you over and ask you to pop the hood. KY, Federal emission law enforcement is nonexistent nor do we have emissions testing. Engine swaps are not even a concern, there are no inspections except for a minor import inspection for out of state cars. The only exception is noise laws but those are locational.
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Hood pops here are less frequent than advertised. Yes, certain areas (Freemont for example) are known for police that like to pull over certain makes and pop the hood, but CARB legal intakes bypass that problem as do tunes which are invisible.
Exhausts on Subaru motors are hard for anyone to recognize if they are modded too, because they are hidden under the motor. Uppipes on turbo motors can even pass SMOG tests without being spotted.
Noise isn't so much of an issue in California either, but if you drive around with a huge coffee can exhaust you are more likely to get pulled over than if you have a nicely crafted can that matches the look of the car.
If you are running around catless with a straightpipe and no resonator, thats a different story, LOL!!!