re: used catalytic converters... a "NO-NO"

[Ian Lomax <sfalfisto@domain.elided>]

what they're trying to accomplish is keeping our air
clean.  there's no way they could regulate or monitor
all the possible changes that might affect emissions,
so they just ban any modifications.  unless it's been
proven to meet their standards and received the EPA or
CARB exemption.

the tests that we all go through to 'smog' our cars
are still nowhere near as stringent as the regulations
that new cars must meet, especially with the
introduction of OBDII.  you could swap cats, still
pass the local test, but be polluting more than the
original car.

on a more practical note, it's almost impossible to
know the condition of a used catalytic converter
without testing it on a dyno.  i'm a big believer in
used parts, but i'll never buy a used cat.

cheers,
ian

--- Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided> wrote:
> Are you serious?  That's ridiculous.  And easily
> unconstitutional, I 
> would think.  I wonder how many more people would
> keep their cars 
> emissions legal rather than removing a plugged-up
> cat if they could 
> get a good used one at a salvage yard.
> 
> So if I were to go to the junkyard and pull a cat
> off say, a 
> late-model, low-mileage Mustang to try and legalize
> say, an '83 
> gray-market 3.5L BMW, they'd say, "No, we can't sell
> you that"?????
> 
> For crying out loud, what are they hoping to
> accomplish??
> 
> At 5:28 PM -0400 6/19/02, alfa-digest wrote:
> >Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:16:18 EDT
> >From: CARIBOULH@domain.elided
> >Subject: used catalytic converters... a "NO-NO"
> >
> >D.A. Grigg had asked about a USED catalytic
> converter for his 164S... be very
> >careful here, as it is thermo-nuclear illegal for
> anyone (a business,
> >individual or anyone else) to sell used catalytic
> converters. The EPA and
> >other various Federal Agencies do have laws on the
> books that prohibits the
> >sale by anyone to anyone of a used cat. Now if you
> "give" one away for free,
> >I do not know the specifics of this transaction,
> but the Feds probably have
> >that covered also.
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