#125990, "Anybody got any major experience with smog?" Jun-07-09 08:53 AM by fullmoon
Here we go again!!! I got these mods...Pulstar Plugs, Name Unkown Super wires, AEM shorty intake, Pacesetter header, Magnaflow free-flow cat, Magnaflow Muffler and well an Oil change too!
I live in So. Cal and I have a 99 auto non turbo of course! I tried to pass the smog and got a high NOx reading all else is normal last time I had a smog test problem with high levels of Hc before I had the free-flow cat.
Max allowed by the state 459 I was up to 684.
My questions are should I wrap my header and leave all else alone?
(AND NOT WORRIED ABOUT CRACKING MAY RID MYSELF OF THIS NIGHMARE ON FOUR TIRES NEXT YEAR!!!)
Should I just reinstall a stock cat?
Should I go back to stock plugs?
Should it by a combo of which of the above or any single thing?
I was told it may be my EGR but the smog man said nope not it it's something else and so I'm thinking it's my mods.
I only drive it a few days every 2-3 months if I'm lucky and just may hafta register this bitch in Nevada till I get my cash saved up for my next California Speed Racer Project
Or I may just keep it and ship it to Texas because I just got Texas license and kin in Texas too so I may need some wheels as I spend more time there also as I understand it Texas is a little more lax in smog rules being they only look at the tailpipe test
I wish could catch the dealer who sold me this car dealer in a night club parking lot one night
One last question? Who built this motor Chrysler or Mitsu? Me and the really nice smog man almost got into an argument behind this, I told 'em Chrysler he kept saying Mitsu built it.
He checked this car at least 5-6 times trying to pass it!
Thanks guys sorry if I seem pissed but I had other things to do like go to the dentist and did not get them done!
#125991, "RE: Anybody got any major experience with smog?" In response to Reply # 0
It's the cat.. throw a stock cat back on, pass your emissions test (fuck California / liberal law makers in general), put the high-flow one (probably just a test pipe anyway) back on and ride out.
#125992, "RE: Anybody got any major experience with smog?" In response to Reply # 1
Originally posted by Mike431635 It's the cat.. throw a stock cat back on, pass your emissions test (fuck California / liberal law makers in general), put the high-flow one (probably just a test pipe anyway) back on and ride out.
#126003, "RE: Anybody got any major experience with smog?" In response to Reply # 2
God I'm glad I live in a non emissions county
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#126014, "RE: Anybody got any major experience with smog?" In response to Reply # 3 Jun-08-09 08:57 PM by fullmoon
God willing I'm gonna have a new ride soon the SUV I got for moms got totaled and I been wanting to shove her into a gas sipper with no payments and here's my chance! (And yea she's all right just got hit by a drunk from behind while waiting at a red light and it screwed up her back or neck a bit plus the body possibly the frame along with the tranny)
Got my eye on a new Cobalt or a 350Z or maybe and I mean maybe a new eclipse I'm kinda leary of Mitsu after all I've been through.
In the mean time I'm gonna keep fooling around with this thing since I got more time on my hands than brains!
#126032, "RE: Anybody got any major experience with smog?" In response to Reply # 4
Originally posted by fullmoon Got my eye on a new Cobalt or a 350Z
GM=fail 350z doesn't fit in the gas sipper category, but it does fit into the fun to drive category
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#126037, "RE: Anybody got any major experience with smog?" In response to Reply # 5
Nooo!!! She gets a econo box and I get the fun car! Even with all her years as a School Bus Driver there's nooo way I'd replace her SUV with a sports car. But as far as the smog test what mods can I do and still pass smog? I just spoke to a guy that told me e85 would help me pass so I'm think that a few mods and a tank full of that stuff should be a winner!
#126038, "RE: Anybody got any major experience with smog?" In response to Reply # 6
make sure you've got paperwork for EVERYTHING since you're in California. check with the smog refs on what you can do and can't do.
Erik P. Official 2GNT thread Hijacker Some say that he's driven over more Covenant than he's shot, and that his grenades aren't where you'd expect them to be... All we know is, He's not The Stig... But he is The Stig's Spartan cousin!
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