Re: [alfa] headers and CA

[James Montebello <jamesm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That would be news to me.  Headers can and do affect the cold-start
and warm-up characteristics of the catalyst, and CARB has had pretty
stringent requirements on this in the past.  I suspect that you'd
get away with this most of the time at the smog check (as long as
you passed the sniff test, too).


On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Stacy Faught wrote:

> I could be wrong, but I was told by a source that
> *should* be informed of these things that headers no
> longer need CARB approval, as long as they include a
> provision for the oxygen sensor (and a working sensor,
> of course).
>
> All other exhaust components are exempt from the smog
> nazis, so it makes sense that a header should be also,
> as long as you have a working O2 sensor and cat.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Stacy Faught
> '87 Spider Quad
> '78 Sport Sedan
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