Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
According to the guy running the smog test, "it wasn't even close to failing."
So that's great news for us with mods and a tune.
And as for the visual part of the test, he had no problem with the dual cold air intake or the crank pulley. And his comment about the tune was, "I can't see it so I don't care about it".
He also said "sometimes when you get a tune, you sacrifice emissions for horse power". But again, it passed no problem.
My mods are, Needswings dual cold air intake, Needswings 178 crank pulley with pulley saver kit, and a Eurocharged tune.
Gotta admit, there's some relief here.
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So that's great news for us with mods and a tune.
And as for the visual part of the test, he had no problem with the dual cold air intake or the crank pulley. And his comment about the tune was, "I can't see it so I don't care about it".
He also said "sometimes when you get a tune, you sacrifice emissions for horse power". But again, it passed no problem.
My mods are, Needswings dual cold air intake, Needswings 178 crank pulley with pulley saver kit, and a Eurocharged tune.
Gotta admit, there's some relief here.
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Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
[quote=Wedge]According to the guy running the smog test, "it wasn't even close to failing."
So that's great news for us with mods and a tune.
And as for the visual part of the test, he had no problem with the dual cold air intake or the crank pulley. And his comment about the tune was, "I can't see it so I don't care about it".
He also said "sometimes when you get a tune, you sacrifice emissions for horse power". But again, it passed no problem.
My mods are, Needswings dual cold air intake, Needswings 178 crank pulley with pulley saver kit, and a Eurocharged tune.
Gotta admit, there's some relief here.
Great to hear Steve. And yes, it is some relief to hear this. I'm still going to wait for my next inspection before I remove the rear cats and resonator; although they wouldn't probably notice the difference would be my guess.
So that's great news for us with mods and a tune.
And as for the visual part of the test, he had no problem with the dual cold air intake or the crank pulley. And his comment about the tune was, "I can't see it so I don't care about it".
He also said "sometimes when you get a tune, you sacrifice emissions for horse power". But again, it passed no problem.
My mods are, Needswings dual cold air intake, Needswings 178 crank pulley with pulley saver kit, and a Eurocharged tune.
Gotta admit, there's some relief here.
Great to hear Steve. And yes, it is some relief to hear this. I'm still going to wait for my next inspection before I remove the rear cats and resonator; although they wouldn't probably notice the difference would be my guess.
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Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
Smog ? Testing ? What is that all about ?
Here in Alabama, I guess it must be that 1958 Chevy pulpwood truck that comes by daily in a cloud of smoke.
Just kidding - I moved here after doing my 20 years in Atlanta, I am very familiar with the yearly testing ......
Here in Alabama, I guess it must be that 1958 Chevy pulpwood truck that comes by daily in a cloud of smoke.
Just kidding - I moved here after doing my 20 years in Atlanta, I am very familiar with the yearly testing ......
Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
Originally Posted by Gramma_Benz
Yeah, I passed with flying colors, with a 185, SL55 intake, headers and Dyno tune.....pretty clean too!
On my car the SC pulley is noisy so I can tell when the clutch engages or not. When I was getting my smog done the clutch never engaged so the car never added fuel to go with the added air which kinda made me laugh. AMG got one over on the DMV LOL!
The smog dude, baffled at how low the readings where, backed my car out of the dyno and goosed it a bit in the parking lot. I was like, WTF? He probably felt how low down on power the car felt on the dyno without boost.
Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
Originally Posted by msheredy
Funny those numbers look like my car and it's stock.
On my car the SC pulley is noisy so I can tell when the clutch engages or not. When I was getting my smog done the clutch never engaged so the car never added fuel to go with the added air which kinda made me laugh. AMG got one over on the DMV LOL!
The smog dude, baffled at how low the readings where, backed my car out of the dyno and goosed it a bit in the parking lot. I was like, WTF? He probably felt how low down on power the car felt on the dyno without boost.
On my car the SC pulley is noisy so I can tell when the clutch engages or not. When I was getting my smog done the clutch never engaged so the car never added fuel to go with the added air which kinda made me laugh. AMG got one over on the DMV LOL!
The smog dude, baffled at how low the readings where, backed my car out of the dyno and goosed it a bit in the parking lot. I was like, WTF? He probably felt how low down on power the car felt on the dyno without boost.
My Slk32 (and all SLKs I assumed) is exempt from the dyno part of the smog test in california ... I would have thought that the exemption would apply to crossfires as well.
Chris
Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
Originally Posted by latemodel21
My Slk32 (and all SLKs I assumed) is exempt from the dyno part of the smog test in california ... I would have thought that the exemption would apply to crossfires as well.
Chris
Chris
Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
Originally Posted by latemodel21
My Slk32 (and all SLKs I assumed) is exempt from the dyno part of the smog test in california ... I would have thought that the exemption would apply to crossfires as well.
Chris
Chris
On a side note, my '04 PT Cruiser Turbo has had some work done to it, including the Mopar Stage 1 ECU swap and a set of non-CARB approved hard pipes for the turbo plumbing. I go to a place that will look the other way - three other shops popped the hood, looked at the pipes, and said they'd wouldn't test the car because they'd have to fail it based on them being "illegal, non-CARB approved". Funny thing is, when the sniffer is jammed up the tail pipe and the car is run on the dyno, it blows so clean that, in the words of the technician, "you couldn't kill yourself in your garage with this car it's so clean!".
Yep, that's CA for you.
Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange
Why is that? I find it pretty amazing, actually. Not questioning you as you'd know what they put it through when running the smog check, but why would CA exempt any production car from a major auto maker? My '05 Limited Roadster was smogged a few months back and they put it on the dyno. Passed with flying colors, but then again the powertrain is stock other than a Magnaflow cat-back exhaust.
I mentioned it last time I smogged the car and the shop didn't hesitate to smog it without the dyno (after a few keystokes on their sacremento linked smog equip). Just for the heck of it, I suggested that I should get the smog for less since they didn't have to hook it down to test it .... and he gave me $12 off !!
I will dig around on my computer (this weekend?) and see if I can find the EO
Chris
Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
ha in Las Vegas they just plug into your OBDII port, if you don't have a check engine light, you pass!
With my SRT-4 the thing had a 3" turbo back straight pipe, thing was loud as hell and you could just smell it didn't have cats... passed with flying colors in Las Vegas
With my SRT-4 the thing had a 3" turbo back straight pipe, thing was loud as hell and you could just smell it didn't have cats... passed with flying colors in Las Vegas
Re: Calif DMV smog passed with mods & tune
This is the Document that I had previously come across about Mercedes and smog testing.
Since it suggests that the EPA has granted an exemption to all Mercedes vehicles built since 1992 (that have ASR, ESP, ETS, or 4matic), it should apply to the Crossfire as well.
Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I brought it up to the smog tech and he knew exactly what I was talking about, and then when I suggested I should get a discounted smog ... he took $12 off. Its not too often that a Mercedes owner pays less for a service than a chevy or toyota owner would ....
Chris
Since it suggests that the EPA has granted an exemption to all Mercedes vehicles built since 1992 (that have ASR, ESP, ETS, or 4matic), it should apply to the Crossfire as well.
Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I brought it up to the smog tech and he knew exactly what I was talking about, and then when I suggested I should get a discounted smog ... he took $12 off. Its not too often that a Mercedes owner pays less for a service than a chevy or toyota owner would ....
Chris
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