Get a new cat and standard or performance exhaust from the Bus Depot.
The replacement cat I got from BD has a port for the O2 sensor and you
can have the EGR port welded shut.

gbasey wrote:
>

> The van has the California emissions package (i.e. everything is harder to
> find/more expensive)  Is it possible to put a standard exhaust on my van?
>
> I know the standard exhaust didn't have a place for the O2 sensor and had an
> EGR filter('80 California models didn't).  Is there any other problems that
> I'm not considering?
>
> After searching the Bus Depot site there were several economical
> alternatives for the standard exhaust and very few parts available for the
> California models.
>
> Any '80 vanagon with California emission owners have a suggestion.  I think
> I could salvage the heat exchangers and the cat but the rest of the system
> is junk.
>
> One more thing, were I live there are no emission inspections to pass.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary

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