theunderlord

Just a FYI, Washington state is abandoning all emissions testing requirements in 2020.

VividRacing

NO WAY! I CAN MOVE BACK HOME NOW hahaha

theunderlord

C'mon back man. For as limp wristed as Washington state is, this is a pretty great place for car enthusiasts.

VividRacing

Hell yeah, exhaust sound laws are pretty strict in some areas though. Thats why I'm loving Arizona haha its like the wild west!

dychen

Have you guys seen the new mobile emissions testing machines that City of Phoenix is testing out? Apparently as you drive by it gets a reading and takes a picture of your car (license plate).

chawkins2001

Did it cure it homey?

novae500

California has that where they you drive by them and will flag you over and do a visual inspections. Mostly target te import scene cars.

PACougar

Must be in Socal, because I've yet to experience that anywhere in Norcal.

VividRacing

If that is true, I'm screwed if I drive by one. Have to hope they'll be confused by me when I start explaining E85 and Hydrocarbons

Yup its a socal thing, CARB makes me feel like this:

justinwrock

They have them up here....


Saw it in West Sac, Rocklin, and off of Watt... Got flagged in my wagon once, but it was too low to fit on the rollers... Her oil pan got caught on the machine, and they didn't want to risk breaking it and getting oil all over the place...

VividRacing

EDIT: Nevermind I got confused between the two conversations going on haha
He's talking about something different. This uses a laser and a sensor to measure the density of your exhaust as you drive by at least that is how I understood it.

alextaylor29

UPDATE:

BAM! I passed everyone, BOOYAAAA! Seriously I feel like throwing an AZ E55 party, I'm buying! Looks like replacing the O2 sensors and running 5-10 duty cycles did it!

Pics attached.

THANK YOU ALL, for your help here and if any of you are running LTH, replace your front O2 sensors and you're golden! The header design is solid, no need to replace them so get this done!

It's funny as I drove away from the test station after my pass, I seriously let out a $%&#$ YEAH, Conan Barbarian yell in my car I was so happy.

So new 02 sensors with your LTH and you're good to go!

I feel the need....the need for speed! (Top Gun quote of course.)

alextaylor29

Yes it did and you were completely right, replace the front 02 sensors for the win! (FTW).

Oh and the full ECU Kleeean Tune I did as part of this process is seriously off the chain. I'll get her dyno'd next week but it feels like 600 RWHP. Yes I know that sounds impossible given I don't have a TB, injectors, etc...but Cory at Kleeman is a serious E55 Savant, (Think Dustin Hoffman in Rainman...) so I'll post my results here.

Had to get her to pass emissions first before the dyno of course.

So thank you!

Alex

Capn

Glad it worked out for you.

VividRacing

NICE! Good to hear Alex!

alextaylor29

Thank you! Having a Mickey's Big Mouth at the moment ("Feel the sting") to celebrate! (Hey it's the weekend, c'mon!)

Thanks again.

Alex

VividRacing

Woooo! Good start to the weekend haha

alextaylor29

You know it!

E55Greasemonkey

Glad you got it fixed!

alextaylor29

Yes thank you! More importantly those of you with LTH that may be getting a CEL or Codes, learn from me so you don't have to go through the pain I did.

Basically trying to expand on our collective, "Tribal knowlege" with things like this as I'm sure months/year's from now an E55 owner will have the same trouble a I did.

Paying it forward basically which is why I posted my results/the outcome.

Thanks again to you all!

Alex

novae500

Good to hear that!!! Maybe when those get LTH to also get new O2 sensors.

alextaylor29

Yep I totally recommend you do this. My old ones were fried (see pic in previous post), so this is a must do if you get new LTH!

Thanks.

Alex

cij911

I wish you had a before and after EC tune vs Kleeman...Are you logging AFR and timing ? I am sorry but I am having a hard time understanding why one tune (Kleeman) would be so much better, unless you were running too rich with the EC tune...

alextaylor29

I'll get her dyno'd next week with the Kleeman Tune and will post the results here. Honestly I was solving for safety as I didn't want to have to put in new injectors/fuel rail so my Kleeman Tune has met those needs. (Their tunes do not require fuel mods, and in fact they won't even tune for that on the E55, which says a lot).

My feedback so far has been purely by the seat of my pants with the EC tune vs. Kleeman. When I originally had my EC tune I was just a tick over 500 RWHP so I've I'm significantly above this with my Kleeman tune, with no addition mods, it's definitely an increase in HP.

I have 82K miles on my car now so honestly I was just solving for a safe tune to be honest, but was very pleasantly surprised I have way more power now. Yes I'm aware this sounds impossible, but am just reporting what I feel.

Nothing against EC, the'yre fantastic, but I'm simply providing feedback with my new Kleeman tune.

So watch this space and next week I'll post my dyno results (with a video.)

Thanks.

PS. If my HP is way up, I'm going to get a, "GONEIN3" plate. My old tune had me right at 0-60 at 4 secs (traction was an issue), but as I think I'm now in the 3.5-3.7 range, time for a new license plate! (See my avatar).

Alex

VividRacing

I may be able to help with that traction issue Alex, we have some HRE C97s built that I could give you an amazing deal on. PM me if you're interested. Or come by and check them out haha.