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Thanks for the warning. I had removed the cat on my old car and didn't really "feel" any gains, but it was a 4-banger Honda Prelude with not much power to begin with.

I really think with our bigger motors and more restrictive exhaust (if you get under and look the piping bends are embarassing (but standard to the industry, no worse than any other make), coupled with the up-and-coming supercharger, having straight pipes at the track would be alot of fun and 'gains.'

When I got a ticket for my exhaust on my old car, I had to take it to an inspection station to have a police officer put the car on the lift to make sure I had put the OEM exhaust back on. I put the exhaust back on but left the "test pipe" on. The cop didn't sign off the ticket, I had to come back and pay ANOTHER $10 after putting the cat back on for him to reinspect and sign off the fix-it ticket.

I had no idea there were such fines. That might be for offendors who don't fix the problem or something, but as far as I have experienced and been lectured by police officers, it is just the inconvenience of having to pay a $10 fix it ticket and find an inspection station to sign it off once removed.

Maybe the fines were threatened but not inforced ya know? Like one of those scare tactics or something. It would probably deter some people.
If I drove the truck every day I wouldn't consider removing the cats because of the stink (the Prelude stank badly without a cat, I can't imagine this motor at over twice the displacement and twice the power).
I only drive the truck on the weekends for fun, so removing the cats does have some fun-factor appeal to me.

Appreciate the friendly advice though.