Cali Smog Emissions
Cali Smog Emissions Where would I go to check the legal smog emissions for the state of CA. I want to put headers on my '99 z-28 but hear that long tubes are outlawed. is there any way around this or are shorties my only option.
anytime you relocate the cats its an automatic fail. You can pass the sniffer with a tune and cats, but you would have to find someone who will overlook the visual part of the inspection. Just do a little bit of asking around. I am sure you will be able to find the right kind of guy who would overlook that. So go with the LT's, I personally would not waste my money on shorties.
dude, i already told you what route to go if you want to be smog legal.
NO LT, NO moving of cats, NO removing egr/air systems. must pass sniffer, visual, and OBDII. that means no overlap with cams which leaves out 90% of the shelf cams out there. all mods must have a CARB number, ect.
NO LT, NO moving of cats, NO removing egr/air systems. must pass sniffer, visual, and OBDII. that means no overlap with cams which leaves out 90% of the shelf cams out there. all mods must have a CARB number, ect.
Originally Posted by jrp
dude, i already told you what route to go if you want to be smog legal.
NO LT, NO moving of cats, NO removing egr/air systems. must pass sniffer, visual, and OBDII. that means no overlap with cams which leaves out 90% of the shelf cams out there. all mods must have a CARB number, ect.
NO LT, NO moving of cats, NO removing egr/air systems. must pass sniffer, visual, and OBDII. that means no overlap with cams which leaves out 90% of the shelf cams out there. all mods must have a CARB number, ect.
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From: norcal
legally there is NO way around having long tube headers at all.so you can either hope they overlook the headers,pay for an illegal smog,or swap them out.
btw this isnt arnold's fault most of these laws were sighned by wilson and davis.personally i think arnold is on our side by keeping his gas guzzlers and not giving in and buying a metro or something.
btw this isnt arnold's fault most of these laws were sighned by wilson and davis.personally i think arnold is on our side by keeping his gas guzzlers and not giving in and buying a metro or something.
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Originally Posted by 99trickin
legally there is NO way around having long tube headers at all.so you can either hope they overlook the headers,pay for an illegal smog,or swap them out.
btw this isnt arnold's fault most of these laws were sighned by wilson and davis.personally i think arnold is on our side by keeping his gas guzzlers and not giving in and buying a metro or something.
btw this isnt arnold's fault most of these laws were sighned by wilson and davis.personally i think arnold is on our side by keeping his gas guzzlers and not giving in and buying a metro or something.
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From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego
Originally Posted by RrCoX22
I'll prob go the illegal route and either pay for an illegal smog or something. Gotta have those headers!
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yeah i have a friend who got busted about 5 years ago.he paid 5g's in fines,had to take the original 80hr class over again(school and work everyday for a month),and was put on probation for three years.its probably worse now
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They should make exceptions for hot rodders. Like my old '56 (327) doesn't ever even get inspected. It has straight out headers, cross over pipe and Flowmasters. It has a blow-by tube and vented rocker arm covers. The crankcase vents to the street.
But, now they (California) sometimes force people to go to a state run smog place and you can be chosen on a random basis.
Best bet in California, keep all your stock siht and put it all back on when you get smogged if you have to go to their inspection station.
But, now they (California) sometimes force people to go to a state run smog place and you can be chosen on a random basis.
Best bet in California, keep all your stock siht and put it all back on when you get smogged if you have to go to their inspection station.
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From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego
Originally Posted by RrCoX22
so yall just swap em out every 2 years
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From: San Diego, CA
Originally Posted by RrCoX22
Where would I go to check the legal smog emissions for the state of CA. I want to put headers on my '99 z-28 but hear that long tubes are outlawed. is there any way around this or are shorties my only option.
You could pass with LT's if you had a set with decent cats and the Smog Tech was willing to look past the visual. I was gonna install LT's and just swap every two years or try to find a shady shop.
I said "screw it" though and am just gonna leave the car like it is. Probably does about 365whp now which is fast i guess.. Probably could have 380whp if I had long tubes.. oh well.
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