CA Emissions, What Are People Doing?
CA Emissions, What Are People Doing? Whats everyone doing about CA Emissions? How are you guys passing? What Do you have, And did you have to go about getting it to pass? Tune, Alky, put everything back to stock? Got hooked up?
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holy ****, you have the grand am cam in an a4 
, bet tuning on that is a bitch. i'll let you know in a month or so. my new setup should be done in a few weeks and i have to smog in nov. have absolutely no chance of passing; high compression 347, h/c, LT's, TD's dumped, all emissions equipment removed, yada yada yada...should be interesting.
, bet tuning on that is a bitch. i'll let you know in a month or so. my new setup should be done in a few weeks and i have to smog in nov. have absolutely no chance of passing; high compression 347, h/c, LT's, TD's dumped, all emissions equipment removed, yada yada yada...should be interesting. 
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Remember - State inspectors are dumb and are paid ****.
You need to drop a $20 bill on the ground where the inspectors are checking your car. Ask them if that is their money that fell on the ground? Make sure you tell them you bought the car from a nun who told you the car was 100% stock.
If this does not work, move to Texas.
You need to drop a $20 bill on the ground where the inspectors are checking your car. Ask them if that is their money that fell on the ground? Make sure you tell them you bought the car from a nun who told you the car was 100% stock.
If this does not work, move to Texas.
If Cali uses the OBD II test under the dash, you can get an EPA based scanning software like Ease or Auto Ingenuity and run a scan and compare to the CAli standards before the test. These scanners give you the same info, and much more, that the smog board is looking for. More than one modded car has been tuned to pass the smog test.
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Originally Posted by robertbartsch
Remember - State inspectors are dumb and are paid ****.
You need to drop a $20 bill on the ground where the inspectors are checking your car. Ask them if that is their money that fell on the ground? Make sure you tell them you bought the car from a nun who told you the car was 100% stock.
If this does not work, move to Texas.
You need to drop a $20 bill on the ground where the inspectors are checking your car. Ask them if that is their money that fell on the ground? Make sure you tell them you bought the car from a nun who told you the car was 100% stock.
If this does not work, move to Texas.
that doesnt fly here in CA
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From: Simi VAlley,CA
Here in Calif. your "enhanched areas" will need to plug into your ALDL and run it on the dyno.......the test doesn't miss much and if the "readyness" indicators are not set it'll kick it out too.
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From: Pacifica California
Originally Posted by Oscar Will
Here in Calif. your "enhanched areas" will need to plug into your ALDL and run it on the dyno.......the test doesn't miss much and if the "readyness" indicators are not set it'll kick it out too.
You seem to know what your talkin about.....I have a question:
What happens if you have LS1-edited your PCM? Will the state be able to tell? What if I flash it back to the original program?
