hmm should i buy an FD (emission issues)
10-04-04, 06:43 PM
#1
Trading S2K for FD maybe.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 57
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
hmm should i buy an FD (emission issues)
i really want one, and ive found a few that i would purchase, but im worried if it doesnt pass smog testing. i live in california, maybe the most strict smog emissions testing in all of the US. grrr.. i was planning on modifying it to around 300hp or so, but i want it to be able to pass emissions testing.. soo... should i get one or not.. =\
10-04-04, 07:15 PM
#3
R1derful
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: N Cali
Posts: 702
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You can do plenty to the car and still be smog legal. My car was pretty much bone stock when I bought it and it passed emissions like a champ. It was about as clean as my CRX was...both hardly registered anything.
As long as you have a good main cat, an air pump, and a stock or modified stock (M2, Pettit, etc) ECU, you can have an easy 260-280 rwhp car and still pass emissions. Of course, you can make way more power than that and use a Power FC, but getting it emissions-legal will require some tuning/money that you won't need to spend on a stock ECU-based system.
Sonny
As long as you have a good main cat, an air pump, and a stock or modified stock (M2, Pettit, etc) ECU, you can have an easy 260-280 rwhp car and still pass emissions. Of course, you can make way more power than that and use a Power FC, but getting it emissions-legal will require some tuning/money that you won't need to spend on a stock ECU-based system.
Sonny
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
streetlegal?
New Member RX-7 Technical
13
03-17-22 02:46 PM