dllhg

Well I give up on trying to keep the mods and smogging it. No one seems to be able to help and I have been trying for months. In a couple weeks my tags will be 6 months expired at which point I believe they will impound car if I get pulled over

Moving forward. What do I need to do in order to get this thing to pass a smog ? I know they dont even hook up sniffer now but look at ready status on computer plus do visual. Can I keep my TB, pulley and injectors atleast ? Probably need a new tune without the headers I imagine. I still have my factory manifolds and cats. What a royal pain in the ***.......

JoeNobody

Try the smog stations that are free if you don't pass. Pulley, injectors, throttle, and anything non exhaust should be just fine.

Which headers do you have?

dllhg

Eurocharged Long tubes.

CharlyE500

The only problem is the header... other mods are OK. The real problem is the visual inspection, they can see header and no primary CAT from my Kleemann header. I paid someone extra to get pass in SoCal. Good luck !

Eldorado Sean

If you live in SoCal there has to be someone that can "pass it" wink wink. Try the valley area. Van nuys, sun valley and north Hollywood. I know plenty of places that'll do it but it'll cost a bit more than a usual smog test.

Hammer Down

i've alreday explained to you what to do. I passed with no problems and I have MBH headers & no front cats. I took off my CAI and put the stock airbox back on and since my headers are about 5yrs old they have a bronzed look to the top of them so they either didn't warrant a deeper look or they just ignored it and at no time did they get down on the ground and look under my car. My car also sounds stock (before the muffler mod) from what I remember your car was quite a bit louder than my car.
I simply rolled in and they hooked it up to the OBII, popped the hood and hit a couple low rpm revs and said ok we're just waiting for the print out and I was done and off to DMV I went. I had'nt registered the car since 2012 but I never got pulled over when i drove it which was only a total of 261 miles in 2014 LOL

dllhg

So all your readiness monitors must have been good. I wouldn't have expected that. I guess because we still have rear cats. I put factory muffler back on but car is still pretty loud. Resonators removed on yours too ? I know mine was missing one readiness. something to do with smog pump or something. My indy scanned it for me a while ago. Maybe if I just get that fixed I could pass as long as they dont do an intense visual. I have the stainless water tank underhood. Maybe I should remove it so nothing stand out. That would be too awesome if it didnt need anything else. Headers are hard to see and most people wouldnt suspect mods on a car like this like they would a Mustang or similar.

dllhg

Northern Ca .... I tried the expensive smog route but came up empty.

Hammer Down

I still have the stock resonator

dllhg

Had my local indy check my car again today. He said all the emission perimeters had passed and that is all the smog shop should need besides visual. Pretty sure my resonators are removed. Car is pretty darn loud. Going to remove my stainless under hood water reservoir since it stands out and I dont want them to look further. If they look under the car I guess they would see it has the secondary cats and hopefully wont know there are supposed to be four of them. That and hope the dont see the headers.

Wish me luck

Eldorado Sean

CA smog is a PITA, but I found a way around it for a little. For instance registration is expired and you need Smog. Pay the fee and get the paper, ask for a 1day pass.
You can leave it blank until you get pulled over. Then quickly fill it in saying I'm going to get sm

Eldorado Sean

I just failed CA smog too LOL. I know a way around it though, been driving around with May 2015 on the license plate and no body has pulled me over. PM me if you want to know more.