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Old May 19, 2005 | 01:13 AM
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Just wondering if any of you guys have found a loophole or if you're swapping out heads/cam before u smog. I lived there for about 6 months and would like to go back there sometime and live but it just really sucks about emissions in most counties. Here in IL we have racecar exemption on top of the fact that if you're obd2 you can pass as long as you have no ses they dont even smog ya
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Old May 19, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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loopholes = hookups.
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Old May 19, 2005 | 02:03 PM
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Thats what i figured
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Old May 19, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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register your car in a county that only requires smog when you first register in california and again only if you sell it.not every two years.if you cant a p.o box then pay a resident to use their address .i have heard of people who have done this and its worked for them.
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Old May 19, 2005 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 99trickin
register your car in a county that only requires smog when you first register in california and again only if you sell it.not every two years.if you cant a p.o box then pay a resident to use their address .i have heard of people who have done this and its worked for them.

Yah you can do that up here in trinity county....to bad i live in shasta county
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Old May 20, 2005 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1_doc
Yah you can do that up here in trinity county....to bad i live in shasta county
Do you know if you can do that in Tehama County?
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Old May 20, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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no.yours is a basic county meaning every two years but no dyno just 2500rpm and idle

http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/ftp/pdfdocs/program_map.pdf

to see what smog in your county
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Old May 21, 2005 | 05:11 AM
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keep it registered in IL.
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Thats easy!!!Sleep with a smog guy!!! IM KIDDING!!! I thought I had to be a dumbass and put that!!! Sorry I had to!
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Old May 21, 2005 | 03:51 PM
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Register in Il, otherwise..... Hookups Baby! Yeah C.A is hella Gay on emissions... Thakfully one of my best Bro's is a smog guy, and a fellow LS1 owner.
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Originally Posted by badassws6
Thats easy!!!Sleep with a smog guy!!! IM KIDDING!!! I thought I had to be a dumbass and put that!!! Sorry I had to!
LOL good one ... easy for a chick to say though! I bet some guys would do it if they could run some crazy setup.

So yeah... get a hook up... find a stupid tech, or find some way to pull a fast one on them i.e. fake E.O stickers. Anything internal, and as long as it idles decent they'll never know.
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Old May 30, 2005 | 02:45 PM
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Good ole hookups. i got a few
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Old May 30, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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where can I get some of these hook ups.
I dont mean to be demanding for a hook up or anything, but I refuse to follow the smog laws when it comes to moding my vette
if any of you guys can help me out i'd really appreciate it.

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