Too much HP?
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I need a question answered, is there too much hp to be legal? Is there a law against a certain number? I say no. If you can't leave a stop light without doing a burnout then you will have problems with the law. My buddy says there is a specific number. Thoughts or a straight up answer would be appreciated.
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No such thing as too much. Is an officer going to make you put your car on a dyno to prove how much hp your car has? And who gets to pay for that? I don't think that will happen anytime soon. I'm sure if there was a way to guarantee that, there would definately be one or two permanent Dyno's in the F/M area. Think of the $$$ guaranteed to whomever does. NO OFFENSE, but tell your buddy to think about it. Not too terribly bright of a fellow.
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he couldn't pick out a number but 1000 plus was too high to be legal supposedly, what parts would be illegal? I can't thnk of any mechanical parts off hand that are, for my car anyway. Nitrous open bottles comes off the top of my head, but I don't know.
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A cop isn't going to be driving around looking for guys with too much power. How is he going to judge that by looking at the car. With enough $$$, you can make well over 1000 hp and still be emissions legal. Legal parts isn't what's in question here, how much power is.
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we don't have to deal with emissions in this state, therefore that is irrelevant, the thread is now taking a new turn, we all know that there is no too high hp #, but what pieces are illegal?
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I am guessing that some headers are illegal and running an exhaust with no cat is a little illegal.
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in nd? Bullshit! If it is illegal why would they sell it? there are some parts that are "off-road only" but that is only if you live in an emission controlled state. If I give a 2002 mustang an aftermarket X-pipe exhaust and delete the cats, you are saying I can be pulled over and ticketed for it? Noise ordinances do not count there are plenty of X-pipes that pass.
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the next time you get pulled over, ask the officer to take a look at your exhaust; if he/she knows anything, you'll have a big fine or "fix it" ticket on your hands
just trust us: in the us, it's illegal to be without a catalytic converter or muffler (unless your vehicle is pre... 1974?) -
I've gott a 1966, so I'm safe butmy dad is thinking new exhaust for his car
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i dont think so. speaking of 1000 hp street legal cars. on street fury there was this 1000 hp street legal supra. apparently street legal is all the interior parts and electronic applications like cruise control still existing or is there more to it?
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PSiedTSi wrote:
if any car has the emission devices taken off it is illegal...bottomline whether or not the state checks for emissions or not...if they catch you(most of the time they dont know the difference) but its a huge fineI was going to post almost the exact same response Tony. Also, it is technically illegal to replace a catalytic converter w/ a high flow cat unless the original one has been damaged. Even then (to be legal) it has to pass CARB certification standards. Other things that are illegal are BOV's that vent to atmosphere and exhausts that idle above 97 dB.
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