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Originally Posted by tcrist
"And therein lies the rub..."
I dont understand this comment or what it has to do with the question. I guess either I did not word the question correctly or maybe I just do not understand your answer.
What I was trying to ask is can the police stop and ticket us for modified exhaust or for having a "non stock, racing motor" in our cars? Considering our cars are hand built and not off of a production floor.
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The simple answer is ... "Yes."
But with this caveat: Police in California can always stop a car for cause. On Cobras, you can generally be stopped for no front license plate, no back-up light, no seatbelt, noise abatement infraction, exhibition of speed (chirping your tires is considered exhibition of speed), failure to use turn signals - and those are just visuals. Usually, however, you just get stopped so the officer can admire your ride.
It is - unless you're burning racing fuel and running a Cobra that sounds like a dragster and the engine compartment is visible (what are you driving around with the bonnet up for?) - virtually impossible for a police officer to stop you for having a 'non-stock racing motor" or for having modified exhaust. From every story I've ever been told or read about in California, the police don't do that with Cobras. Cars that are pollution controlled cannot change anything in their engine - not even an air cleaner box - unless the part replacing the OEM part has the proper certification and sticker. Cobras - especially SB100 vehicles - are not pollution controlled.
So this simple answer is ... "No."
There. I hope that explains everything.
Your car can be stopped. It generally can't be ticketed for what you said, and it would have had to have been already stopped and had the engine compartment open in order to see the engine (unless there was a warrant involved). Your question was two parts. You get two answers.
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Originally Posted by tcrist
Any one else want to chime in on this?
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Are you kidding? Do you know who I am? I don't need no stinkin' invitation to chime in!
Your pal,
Meat.