Aircare with Straight Pipe
 

I searched this in the revscene forums but everything seemed to be dated a few years back.

My question is, my car is straight piped... Does this affect the aircare test?

Any recommendations for aircare places?

no cat=fail, cat=pass, its that simple

I searched in the revscene threads that there is something about a visual inspection? Can anyone elaborate??

Visually your cat converter has to be on your car.

Fail the visual inspection and you fail aircare.

Sure can

They use a mirror or look under your hood if the cat is up near the motor on the header. If you don't have a CAT you fail. Simple as that.

Berz out.

Without a cat you will fail the gas analysis, a visual inspection is superfluous.
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That's not true. I passed with straight exhaust (hollowed cat).

Berz out.

as long as ur car is a 97+ they use the computer, no codes = pass, a single code= fail.

some cars can still pass aircare on idle/roller test, even w/o a cat. it all depends on the make/model. some cars have higher tolerances on the AirCare system.

I need to do aircare in august, can i do it now and use it for august when i renew the insurance?

Why don't you just get a high flow cat, that way you won't need to change exhaust set-ups next time it needs air care or if you get a vi.
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Yup

What kind of timing window is aircare for renewing your license?

Aircare is only required to renew the insurance on your vehicle, not your license.

I passed aircare with a 3" turbo back. My car was cat exempt though... Even without the cat it was way below the averages.

Aircare makes me scratch my head sometimes. I saw a guy in a replica cobra kit car go by 5 times in one day with a crazy cam. Probally never passed.

i failed 3 times in the span of 2 days

each time they always check for a cat

retarded the living crap out of the car so it was almost stalling , had numerous exhaust leaks everywhere, finally got it to pass , then returned everything to stock
:D

such a cash grab :p

agreed. agreed. agreed.

cheap pipe anyone? or just loosen the bolts for your flange from the cat to exhaust. create the biggest friggin exhaust leak so very little comes out of the tail pipe. pass aircare, profit!

Can everyone please stop saying that they ALWAYS check for a cat and look under your car. That's a blatant lie, they've never checked for any of that on any of my cars. Gotta ask my dad if they did when he took the truck through though.

They never checked me on idle test i dont think

My high flow cat looks like my straight pipe. Went through with both and passed that portion both times.

They usually do check for a cat, they pull out that huge mirror. But more or less they do it because they have to. I don't think anyone has ever failed the visual test cause I don't think they care.

I had a hollowed out catalytic converter in my s14 and didn't know about it! when I took it in to aircare a couple months ago I passed with flying colors. I guess luck was on my side; Plus my engines well taken care of too! :D
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98+ vehicles only require an OBDII test so as long as the cat is there, hollow or not, it would pass if you weren't throwing any codes