Ever heard of Top Fuel Racing....J-land craziness

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Aug 31, 2008 | 08:30 PM

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Miata_mx5

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Originally Posted by caredden

Dan,

What gives you the idea he is tuning for street legal purposes? Did I miss a link somewhere? The only reason I bring that up is because I am not sure how any of the high hp cars pass Japanese Compulsory Inspection (JCI). Americans call it "Shaken". Anyway, I never owned a modified car while I was in Japan, but I imagine that it takes some strings being pulled to get it to pass JCI.

Perhaps someone with some personal experience will chime in on the JCI issue.

Charlie

Phoenix Power, and Knightsports always have been 2 shops that tune their street/demo cars with all the cats still in place (maybe upgraded high flow cats). As far as i know, all their cars still have the catalyzers in place. Japan has their own version of CARB, called JASMA. As long as certain parts are JASMA approved, i believe it will pass the Shaken Inspections.

However, the Shaken these days makes California's smog tests look like a joke. But, like all things, there are ways around it, and loopholes to go through.

But Damn, this thread is like 6 months old LOL. Thread Necromancy.

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