i have all my stock intake stuff on just removed the box and put a filter on the end , with two smaller air filters on the smog pump lines. is that considered modifying the air intake with just a filter on the end of the afm in california.

 

yes

 

looks like the stock stuff is going back on

 

if it did not come with the car from the factory technically its illegal, even it is carb approved

 

Not if it has a CARB exemption sticker on it.

 

Yes, but just do what I do, and swap the stoc air box back in for emissions testing once every two years

 

wow, California really sucks ***.

 

Not as bad as some states... some states have testing every year... in CA its only once every two years