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Originally Posted by Insomnia
I'm not sure if you can get something louder if it's CARB legal, I was hearing about cops pulling over mustangs off the lot and hitting them with the $1000 fine. I'd be ****ed if I moved back right now since I have an exhaust leak that's basically straight piped after the cats. Though I found out I "meet" CA emissions having 2 cats which I thought was weird, given my 3rd gen started life on the east coast.
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Emissions and loud exhausts are two different issues.
You can 100% meet CARB requirements with a straight pipe after the cats. You need mufflers after the cats (in most cases) to meet noise requirements, which is a different part of the rules. Those noise requirements are pretty similar in most states, though now they consequences are a bit stronger in California.
Funny thing, the Dodge Neon SRT4 and the Fiat 500 Abarth have no mufflers - the turbo and cats quiet the exhaust down enough - they have 'straight pipes' from the factory, at least after the cats.
-Charlie
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