Carnerd

Just picked up an 06 997 S with a VF SC. If anyone has a smog guy in the Bay Area please pm ASAP! Thanks guys!

jhbrennan

Did you buy the car in California? If so, didn't the seller disclose you wouldn't be able to pass smog?

Carnerd

I bought it knowing the risk.

dasams

In CA, you can no longer transfer a title unless the smog is within the past 45 days. I'm guessing the seller didn't give you a clean smog report or you bought it out of state. dave

Spyerx

Yeah.... general rule here is anything before the cats needs a CARB sticker/CERT. They're going to do a visual and if not familiar with porsches they very well may miss it. I just had a car smogged recently and basically they did about a 2 min walk through, then put it on the dyno to run it with the sensor in the pipe and cable connected to the OBDII. He didn't crawl under it to check anything.

*** I'm not as familiar with the rules as I used to be, but a car that fails may get flagged with mods so be careful ***

Go to a sketchy shop that doesn't know porsche. They very well may not know what they're looking at. As long as you pass they dyno you're good.

Carnerd

Hmm, I bought in CA. I always thought it was the buyers responsibility to smog..?

dasams

Not anymore. Sold my wife's car earlier this year and was surprised by the regs. Also pi$$ed me off because her smog was two months old and was no good. My tenant sold her beater two months ago and as I was explaining the rules to her, she said "I know, I just passed the smog". AFAIK, the seller can't transfer the title to you without a smog. It is his responsibility, not your's. dave

Carnerd

Thanks, just found what you're saying on the CA DMV website. Now him and I are in a bit of a pickle as we BOTH didnt know about this till just now. lol! Again, thanks for the heads up.

Tolgahan Ures

Sorry for the random question. Hows does the SC feel ?

Planning on getting the supercharger and it would be great to have some info about it.

dasams

Let us know how it turns out.

Carnerd

Very linear. About as fast as my 996 chipped/exhausted turbo but much more linear in power delivery. It's a good amount of power, the car was dyno'ed at 430 to the wheels on a Mustang dyno.

wheeler

That car belongs in KANSAS! Where she can roam free and breathe as needed. Where the turbo's and the antelope roam.

Seriously...good luck with the whole thing. Hope you can get it done and keep the SC are there! Had no idea about the smog/title thing regarding the SELLER...that's wild!

Carnerd

Haha! Find me a 7GT3 and I'll trade ya! Even ship it out for free

Ya apparently it's been around for a long time and I've just been ignorant