Cal Emissions

[srfdude]

Anyone know how much in the way of mods can be done and still pass the cal test? Probably the "y" pipe can be changed, how about the MAF? Stage one cams? (I like the lope) Anyone with experience?


Bone stock Titanium '90, 130K+ miles. Only repairs CPS, water pump, Ford upgrade clutch, CV boot.

 

[SLOSHO89]

Where is oceanside?
I'm almost 100% positive you can get away with a y-pipe. I'll be getting one in the next month probably!

As far as cams, some one around here had a car with stage II cams I think. Might be someone from the Bay-Sho List....

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Oxford White '89 SHO
Slicers, SHO+ hood and spoiler, Met.-Red and Gold Intake.

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[TwiceSHOwn]

Mine passed cali emisions with a 80maf, y pipe, dynomax exhaust, cold air snorkle and LPM... when tested here it tested "better than new"...i can dig up my readings somewhere but they were awesome...

See sig..i passed with all of below basically if i forgot soemthing above.

Regards

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93 Silver ATX 57K
LPM
80MM MAF
Y Pipe
Eibach + Tokikos
Front and Rear STBs
Cold air snorkel
TCE SHO stopper brakes
Due for its 60K sigh...

 

[srfdude]

Yup, I figured the y pipe w/cats would be ok. Surprising the 80mm MAF passed. Oceanside is in north San Diego county, just south of Orange County.

 

[SHOnuff93]

You will pass the sniffer test with no problems with most mods, but just to be safe when u go to get it smogged put the stock air box back in, if u have a CAI with no carb sticker they can fail u for visual. Also you cant legally change the catalytic converters, so if the guys want to be ***** they can fail u for visual. Damn this california smog thing, y cant we be like michigan and have no inspection.

 

[sdpatt]

As long as all of the sensors and EEC are healthy, the computer will make sure the mixture is exactly where it needs to be to make the least amount of emissions (and the most power). If any of the sensors were reading any of the monitored engine operations to be out of range, you would get a CHECK ENGINE light. That is exactly what the CHECK ENGINE light alerts you to - any emissions control function not operating properly. It's having a miscalibrated EPROM chip (LPM, Superchip, etc.) that will let you get away with a condition that will fail the emissions test.

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Scott

1991, 252K miles, glass hood, police grill, SVO shifter, Catz fogs,
K&N, 73mm MAF, Superchip, PP Y-pipe, Borla cat-back, 190 lph pump
Eibach/Tokico/polyurethane, SHO Shop front & rear strut braces,
16x7.5" Moda R1, 225/55ZR16 Bridgestone RE730, -1 deg camber x 4,
Class II hitch, Silver award at the SHOklahoma Car Show

[This message has been edited by sdpatt (edited 10-28-2001).]