Exhaust and tune ?
10-27-2018, 01:07 PM
#31
Rennlist Member
That's complete garbage. If the car passes the test, has operational cats in place and passes the sound dB limits, it shouldn't matter. Are any of the aftermarket exhausts for our cars CARB approved? Makes me happy I'm in Colorado. As long as my readiness monitors are set, I'm all good. All they do here on the 996 turbos is an OBD2 scan and check to make sure your gas cap fits properly.
10-27-2018, 03:29 PM
#34
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10-27-2018, 06:17 PM
#35
Three Wheelin'
That's complete garbage. If the car passes the test, has operational cats in place and passes the sound dB limits, it shouldn't matter. Are any of the aftermarket exhausts for our cars CARB approved? Makes me happy I'm in Colorado. As long as my readiness monitors are set, I'm all good. All they do here on the 996 turbos is an OBD2 scan and check to make sure your gas cap fits properly.
But it is what it is. No point in trying to smog a car at a non-friendly shop and getting failed/flagged.
With rear O2s turned off on de-cat cars, I assume that the readiness state is incomplete. Fail, even if they never did a visual.
I didn't grow up in California, I'm from Florida, but had to deal with their ****ty smog laws in the 80s and 90s. I hear they no longer bother...
I am unaware of any CARB (CA Air Resources Board) legal aftermarket exhausts for our cars.
10-27-2018, 07:37 PM
#36
Rennlist Member
Yes, rear O2's turned off is an immediate failure of the readiness code, it won't be set. My Soul Performance exhaust has 200 cell HJS cats, so my rear O2's are still turned on and all readiness monitors remain set.
10-27-2018, 08:08 PM
#37
Instructor
so would that soul performance kit pass smog here in cali? I'm guessing that the cats probably still don't have the CARB numbers on them??
10-27-2018, 08:22 PM
#38
You won't get an argument out of me.
But it is what it is. No point in trying to smog a car at a non-friendly shop and getting failed/flagged.
With rear O2s turned off on de-cat cars, I assume that the readiness state is incomplete. Fail, even if they never did a visual.
I didn't grow up in California, I'm from Florida, but had to deal with their ****ty smog laws in the 80s and 90s. I hear they no longer bother...
I am unaware of any CARB (CA Air Resources Board) legal aftermarket exhausts for our cars.
But it is what it is. No point in trying to smog a car at a non-friendly shop and getting failed/flagged.
With rear O2s turned off on de-cat cars, I assume that the readiness state is incomplete. Fail, even if they never did a visual.
I didn't grow up in California, I'm from Florida, but had to deal with their ****ty smog laws in the 80s and 90s. I hear they no longer bother...
I am unaware of any CARB (CA Air Resources Board) legal aftermarket exhausts for our cars.
10-27-2018, 08:27 PM
#39
Rennlist Member
Technically the Soul Performance exhaust WILL pass Cali emissions. Whether that happens in reality I don't know as it seems variable based on the location you go.
10-27-2018, 10:24 PM
#40
What the emissions places are doing now is reseting the monitors. Then restarting the car. If the monitors set right away they now someone has monkeyed with the programming.
Technically the Soul Performance exhaust WILL pass Cali emissions. Whether that happens in reality I don't know as it seems variable based on the location you go.
Technically the Soul Performance exhaust WILL pass Cali emissions. Whether that happens in reality I don't know as it seems variable based on the location you go.
10-28-2018, 01:56 AM
#41
@LuigiPetrone Prolly not, I have the one with OUT cats. My car is registered in a county that does NOT do emissions testing though.
10-28-2018, 11:46 AM
#42
Rennlist Member
33krazy!, that's what they're looking for. A car with a tune on it that's pushing the monitors to read ready will have them pop "ready" instantly after resetting them.
That's how the emissions place knows something isn't stock because as you say, they won't read "ready" right away
That's how the emissions place knows something isn't stock because as you say, they won't read "ready" right away
10-28-2018, 12:16 PM
#43
What the emissions places are doing now is reseting the monitors. Then restarting the car. If the monitors set right away they now someone has monkeyed with the programming.
Technically the Soul Performance exhaust WILL pass Cali emissions. Whether that happens in reality I don't know as it seems variable based on the location you go.
Technically the Soul Performance exhaust WILL pass Cali emissions. Whether that happens in reality I don't know as it seems variable based on the location you go.
10-28-2018, 12:17 PM
#44
33krazy!, that's what they're looking for. A car with a tune on it that's pushing the monitors to read ready will have them pop "ready" instantly after resetting them.
That's how the emissions place knows something isn't stock because as you say, they won't read "ready" right away
That's how the emissions place knows something isn't stock because as you say, they won't read "ready" right away
10-28-2018, 12:55 PM
#45
RL Community Team
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if you have a completely legal; and stock and disconnect the battery you have to reset the moniters to get them to ready status. tales 50 mile minimum. if they reset the moniters at the testing station they wont get a single car to pass. the dme doesnt have a clue about modifications as long as all the moniters read ready or n/a. in cali that would be a visual inspection to see those. the computer merely wants to see of they are ready or n/a