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Old 02-14-2009, 12:32 AM
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i have long tubes, no cats, dumped, no egr, no a.i.r. im so srewed! lol any info would be great.....
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Illinois only does a OBD test and doesn't measure your tailpipe. (That's what my last check was.) So, as long as your computer thinks everything is OK, you might be able to pass.
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They do is an OBDII readiness check. The PCM does a series of checks while its driving to be sure the emissions components are in working order. If those are all complete and check out and you don't have a SES light on you pass. I just did mine recently.. no visual, no questions. I have LT, no cats, Dumped duals, and all the emissions equipment long gone with a tune.. I passed no problem.
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Agreed. I'm not sure about Ill. laws, but in VA they still do a visual inspection of emissions equipment.
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Originally Posted by sohc19974.6l86
i have long tubes, no cats, dumped, no egr, no a.i.r. im so srewed! lol any info would be great.....
Did you bother to put any thought into this before gutting and ripping out the emissions equipment - or did you just say WTF and went at it?
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Originally Posted by sixvi6-camaro
They do is an OBDII readiness check. The PCM does a series of checks while its driving to be sure the emissions components are in working order. If those are all complete and check out and you don't have a SES light on you pass. I just did mine recently.. no visual, no questions. I have LT, no cats, Dumped duals, and all the emissions equipment long gone with a tune.. I passed no problem.
yup same here, i had just finished up my heads/cam and had to get mine done, i just made the computer say i was good to go and went in super rich and made the guy's eyes water as he said i was good to go lol
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lol no i bought the car with no emissions components.....
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I passed with non of that, plus heads & a big cam just make sure its tuned right and doesn't throw any codes.
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Originally Posted by sixvi6-camaro
They do is an OBDII readiness check. The PCM does a series of checks while its driving to be sure the emissions components are in working order. If those are all complete and check out and you don't have a SES light on you pass. I just did mine recently.. no visual, no questions. I have LT, no cats, Dumped duals, and all the emissions equipment long gone with a tune.. I passed no problem.
i wished it be like this in cali
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Originally Posted by Snowman2K1
i wished it be like this in cali
If it was, all of the CA cities would look like Bejing! In Illinois, clean air moves over us farily rapidly. (We don't have a mountain range to trap all of the smog in, so emissions aren't as critical for the state.)




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