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If the cat is in good working order then you may pass but it will need to be very hot. I used to arrange with my garage for it to have the emmisions done first, pretty much as soon as i arrived.
My 98 passes with just a 100cel sports cat in the down pipe the local testing station does have to rev the *** off of the car for a few minutes before they take the reading to get it hot.