Took my mod'd E55 to have it California smogged today, and .......
03-02-2011, 10:10 PM
#1
MBWorld Fanatic!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2,825
Likes: 0
Received 16 Likes
on
11 Posts
E55 w/ goods, Z32 Project underway
Took my mod'd E55 to have it California smogged today, and .......
PASSED!!!!
no 2nd cats, larger TB, 180mm /tune, headers. Ran it hard prior.
Of course he did not do a visual too carefully and to be honest every car with a header I have owned passed anyhow.
Results @ 650
CO2 Meas 13.5 ,Max 100 / HC Meas 7, Max 100 / CO Meas .25 ,Max 1.00
Results @ 2500
CO2 Meas 15.0, Max 130/ HC Meas 12, Max 130/ CO Meas 0.00, Max 1.00
Two step test with no dyno time.
no 2nd cats, larger TB, 180mm /tune, headers. Ran it hard prior.
Of course he did not do a visual too carefully and to be honest every car with a header I have owned passed anyhow.
Results @ 650
CO2 Meas 13.5 ,Max 100 / HC Meas 7, Max 100 / CO Meas .25 ,Max 1.00
Results @ 2500
CO2 Meas 15.0, Max 130/ HC Meas 12, Max 130/ CO Meas 0.00, Max 1.00
Two step test with no dyno time.
03-03-2011, 07:26 AM
#6
MBWorld Fanatic!
Here in VA, it used to be on a dyno at different rpms, with a sniffer in the exhaust. Now its plug into the ECU, sniffer in tail pipe, and gas cap test.
Trending Topics
03-03-2011, 07:56 AM
#8
MBWorld Fanatic!
In NC we just do OBII tests.. I used to live in MD and VA so I remember the days of the sniffers in the tail pipe, gas cap, and the dyno...
Here's the thing about the smog tests that I have never understood... They only did the newer cars, not the older ones... It's all the older ones that are the problem!
Here's the thing about the smog tests that I have never understood... They only did the newer cars, not the older ones... It's all the older ones that are the problem!
03-03-2011, 08:24 AM
#9
MBWorld Fanatic!
Sweet!!! is it still every other year in Cal? I had read somewhere that the secondary kitties were for some EU standard.
No smog testing in Indiana. We don't have smog, the wind blows it all to Ohio.
No smog testing in Indiana. We don't have smog, the wind blows it all to Ohio.
Sorry Ohio...lol
03-03-2011, 11:57 AM
#12
MBWorld Fanatic!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2,825
Likes: 0
Received 16 Likes
on
11 Posts
E55 w/ goods, Z32 Project underway
Not even a gas cap test. Tech says that is only for older cars now. The dyno test is not used due to the inability to 'turn off traction control.' Guess the steps for dyno mod is too complicated for some??? Either way, I really did not want to remove mods and install my 2nd cats back on.
03-03-2011, 02:18 PM
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 781
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
E55 AMG, 72' Toyota Carina, 63' Ford F100, 72' Mercedes 250c, 15' Harley Davidson Softail
SWEEET! good to know you passed w/o secondary cats, im due next year and really didn't wanna re-install them lol
03-03-2011, 03:06 PM
#14
MBWorld Fanatic!
I had the near same results. No 2nd cats, bigger injhectors, all the mods....barely registered on the 2 speed sniff test! 600+ hp and fully smog legal...these things are awesome!
03-03-2011, 04:58 PM
#15
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,336
Likes: 0
Received 7 Likes
on
7 Posts
Porsche 991S, Cayenne S, 1972 BMW 3.0CS E9 Coupe
Not even a gas cap test. Tech says that is only for older cars now. The dyno test is not used due to the inability to 'turn off traction control.' Guess the steps for dyno mod is too complicated for some??? Either way, I really did not want to remove mods and install my 2nd cats back on.
03-03-2011, 06:23 PM
#17
Out Of Control!
LOL!
03-03-2011, 06:31 PM
#18
MBWorld Fanatic!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2,825
Likes: 0
Received 16 Likes
on
11 Posts
E55 w/ goods, Z32 Project underway
Super nice guy though. I think it is one of those, who mods a Benz so why bother looking attitude, and I kept him talking when those prompts came up on the computer that he had to answer on visuals.
Last edited by pearlpower; 03-03-2011 at 06:33 PM.
