Need CA smog check info please?
10-31-2007, 01:20 PM
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Need CA smog check info please? I'm moving to Orange County, CA from Texas at the end of november, I have a 94 Z and a 98 V6 bird.
What do they check for during the smog check?
what are legal, illegal mods in CA?
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jc
What do they check for during the smog check?
what are legal, illegal mods in CA?
Thanks,
jc
10-31-2007, 02:31 PM
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the bird is all stock, except that its got an 02 LS1 stock cat back.
the Z has a cat but its gutted, the rest of the exhaust is stock. still has air pump and EGR and don't plan to take those out. it runs high 13's right now on old tires. I have pacesetter LT's, wanted to go true duals w/dual magnaflow cats, X-pipe to two single-in/single-out magnaflow mufflers. might skip the x-pipe. Also, I have an LT4 hotcam, 1.6rockers and ported heads to install. Is all of this illegal in CA?
the Z has a cat but its gutted, the rest of the exhaust is stock. still has air pump and EGR and don't plan to take those out. it runs high 13's right now on old tires. I have pacesetter LT's, wanted to go true duals w/dual magnaflow cats, X-pipe to two single-in/single-out magnaflow mufflers. might skip the x-pipe. Also, I have an LT4 hotcam, 1.6rockers and ported heads to install. Is all of this illegal in CA?
10-31-2007, 03:40 PM
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Your going to fail the sniffer with a gutted cat, and LT's are going to fail the visual inspection because it moves the cats out of the stock position. I suggest looking for a shady place that will overlook the visual.
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so am I screwed either way,
I know I have to put "working" cats on my Z, will dual cats work?
and for the V6, if the exhaust manifold and cat are stock why would the muffler matter?
I know I have to put "working" cats on my Z, will dual cats work?
and for the V6, if the exhaust manifold and cat are stock why would the muffler matter?
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I didn't expect the V6 to be a problem,
I know I have work to do on the Z and I really don't want to sell it, however, I'm looking at a bunch of sigs with modded exhaust and somehow they got their smog check.
I guess I should just take the Z without the LT's, add a stock cat, get the smog check then put the goodies in.
I know I have work to do on the Z and I really don't want to sell it, however, I'm looking at a bunch of sigs with modded exhaust and somehow they got their smog check.
I guess I should just take the Z without the LT's, add a stock cat, get the smog check then put the goodies in.
11-05-2007, 09:20 AM
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What????
it thought it was a smog check, not intake check???? what else non-emissions do they check for???
I do have them and glad I saved them but damn they are ****!!!
does my car have to be a certain color to pass too???
it thought it was a smog check, not intake check???? what else non-emissions do they check for???
I do have them and glad I saved them but damn they are ****!!!
does my car have to be a certain color to pass too???