California Catalytic Converters | Magnaflow California Catalytic Converters
A California Magnaflow Catalytic Converter (also called, "magnaflow cat" or "magnaflow/carsound" cadillac converter or cat") is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine. First widely introduced on series-production automobiles in the US market for the 1975 model year to comply with tightening EPA regulations on auto exhaust, California Magnaflow Catalytic Converters are still most commonly used in motor vehicle exhaust systems. California Magnaflow Catalytic Converters are also used on generator sets, forklifts, mining equipment, trucks, buses, trains, and other engine-equipped machines. A California Magnaflow Catalytic Converter provides an environment for a chemical reaction wherein toxic combustion by-products are converted to less-toxic substances.
Can I buy the cheaper non california catalytic converters? It is illegal to do so and it is illegal for any company to ship them across your state lines. January 1, 2009 the state of California passed a law outlawing all magnaflow catalytic converters in production previous to, and at that time. Our new database is the only legal converters your can use.
Can I use a different part number than what your site tells me will work? Unfortunatley no, it is illegal to use another cat other than the one our database tells you will fit. The DMV will check your catalytic converter because your will fail emissions if you choose to try another converter. You will then be fined by the state of California. Not to mention it is illegal for us to sell you any other part number of magnaflow catalytic cats than what your state has authorized.
*NEW CALIFORNIA CATALYTIC CONVERTER LAW
Effective January 1, 2009
NEW LAW DATE: Effective January 1st, 2009
LAW CODE: California Vehicle Code Section 27156 & 38391
WHO THE NEW LAWS EFFECT?: Manufacturers, Installers and Resellers of New Aftermarket
Catalytic Converters.
General Guidelines:
CALIFORNIA VEHICLE APPLICATION CATALOG INSTRUCTIONS - For California Application look-up it will no longer be based upon G.V.W. (Gross Vehicle Weight) and engine size. Catalytic Converter Application look-up for California ONLY is the only approved method for determining the correct part number. It is illegal in California to select a catalytic converter for installation based solely on vehicle weight, engine size, physical shape, size, configuration or pipe diameter.
For California non-OBD-II vehicles, the application list will identify the vehicle based on the categories below:
(PC-1): Passenger cars with single or dual exhaust systems with one catalytic converter per exhaust bank.
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(T-1): Light-duty or medium-duty trucks with single or dual exhaust systems with one catalytic converter per exhaust bank.
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(PC-2): Passenger cars with single or dual exhaust systems with two or more catalytic converters per exhaust bank.
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(T-2): Light-duty or medium-duty trucks with single or dual exhaust systems with two or more catalytic converters per exhaust bank.
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DETERMINING SINGLE AND DUAL CONFIGURATIONS - A single configuration refers to vehicles with an OEM catalytic converter configuration consisting of a single catalytic converter per bank.
A dual configuration refers to vehicles with an OEM catalytic converter configuration with two or more catalytic converters inline per bank.
IDENTIFYING A NEW CALIFORNIA AFTERMARKET CATALYTIC CONVERTERS - As of January 1st, 2009, what you need to look for to ensure you are selling, buying or installing California LEGAL catalytic converters:
The body should be clearly labeled with the following:
A.R.B.- EO Number: (example: D-193-88)
Part Number: (example: 34015)
Date Code: (example: 0109)
Directional Flow Arrow
1/2" Tall Numbers
Must Be Visible From 5ft. Away
New California Aftermarket Catalytic Converters As of January 1st, 2009, What You Can and What You Cannot Sell/Required:
(A) The vehicle is specifically included in the vehicle application listfor which the new aftermarket catalytic converter has been exempted;
(B) The vehicle is more than 7 years old or has more than 70,000 miles on its odometer;
(C) The vehicle is beyond the coverage of the OEM catalyst warranty period (which can vary from 7 years or 70,000 miles to as high as 15 years or 150,000 miles).2 Installers may reference the vehicle owner’s manual/warranty booklet or contact the vehicle manufacturer or its representative to verify the applicable OEM catalyst warranty;
(D) The vehicle has a legitimate need for replacement of the existing converter that has been established and documented by the installer on the repair invoice. If the OEM converter is present, the installer must make a determination that it is not functioning properly before acting to replace it;
(E) The exempted new aftermarket catalytic converter is installed in the same location as the OEM catalytic converter it is designed to replace. The front face of the installed catalytic converter shall be no more than three inches further upstream or downstream in the exhaust from where the front face of the OEM catalytic converter was located. The installation may not alter the location, position, or orientation of oxygen sensors upstream and downstream of the catalytic converter(s);
(F) The exempted new aftermarket catalytic converter is installed on a one-for one catalytic converter (not substrate) basis;
(G) The exempted new aftermarket catalytic converter is installed with all other required catalytic converters (no consolidation of catalytic converters, nor addition of extra catalytic converters is allowed); and
(H) A warranty cardhas been filled out by the installer, signed by the customer, attached to the repair invoice, and a copy returned to the manufacturer.
(I) Installers shall keep documentation regarding the installation of the new aftermarket catalytic converters including all of the above information. This documentation shall be made available to ARB or its representative as provided for in title 13, section 2222(b)(8). All such records shall be maintained for four years from the date of sale or installation of the catalytic converter.
We also have All Exhaust Systems and other brands such as Borla Exhaust, Magnaflow Exhaust, Gibson Exhaust and Flowmaster Exhaust.
California Magnaflow Catalytic Converter is not Magnaflow/Carsound the manufacturer of the Magnaflow/Carsound catalytic converters and exhaust products we sell. Nor do we have an affiliation with them other than our parent company is an authorized Magnaflow Dealer. If you do not live in California and need to pass California smog emissions testing you need to go view the universal and direct fit 48 state compliant catalytic converters we have here: magnaflow catalytic converter. Also recently california has passed diesel truck catalytic converter laws in which some Magnaflow Parts may or may not passs smog these part numbers start with a 6 and at this time are not "legal" for us to ship to california. If you cannot find the converter or exhaust you need to be smog compliant on the CA section of our site that means there is not one available for your diesel truck at this time.
