Adding Headers - Legal????

[Kirk]

Wow, thanks for the link Topless. It was nice to see an article that wasn't written totally pro-police and anti-modification. That's really sad that they were cracking down on modified cars PARKED in a parking lot. I wonder if people could claim they towed their cars there.... It makes me wonder if I need to be worried about the next modern modified car show that I'm planning to attend. They could raid the car show too and haul off most of the cars. This is just sad. I've lived most of my life in the Mid-west and I've been loving the last three years I've lived in California, but this is one aspect of Cali I HATE - strict vehicle codes and emission laws. I'm still modding my car, but I'm also keeping it legal so I don't have hassles like this.

The cop questioning someone as to why they increased their car's horsepower if not for street racing is just idiotic. That would suggest that the only purpose for the Corvette, 911, and any other exotic is for street racing only as those are high horsepower machines....

Thanks for the tip on the CHP pickups with camper shell. I've seen them plenty of times, but I did not realize they were specifically targeted towards emissions compliance. That's good to know.

Kirk

[Topless]

It is really getting crazy. Next they will start raiding Starbucks meets and PCA breakfasts.

I do have mixed feelings about emission compliance. I grew up in the 60's in So Cal when air quality was unbearable. Every night in summer you went to sleep with a sore throat and shortness of breath from air pollution. Today air quality is 100 times better and I am sure emissions controls have a lot to do with that. On the other hand I have tuned and modified a bunch of cars over the years that would never pass a smog test.

Today my goal is to have a high performance street car and a clean tailpipe. A set of working cats is a small price to pay for clear skies. I'll save the headers and straight pipes for the track monster. Everyone must decide for themselves where to draw that line.

[nefarious986]

I just read the link and it said "Officers then began a warrantless search and interrogation operation of the 150 vehicles that were present."

WTH. Hows that legal ?

I thought they either needed a warrant or your permission to search the car !?

And "at around 11pm police surprised participants by blocking all exits with fifty police cruisers."

50 cruisers to block in 150 cars in a parking lot .. ok .. sure there was 50 exits from that parking lot .. why didn't they bring out 1 cop for every car at the meet if that was the case.

What a waste of tax $.