Originally Posted by Nat6c (Post 8192631)

even if he we're to go to kileen, b/c his vehicle is registered in atx, he'd run atx emmisions. unless the vehicle is registered in kileen he's screwed. same thing happens to houstonians :) as for the 2 speed idle. in actually the 2spd idle is ONLY used on full time 4WD, Traction control that cannot be disabled. or inspection facilities that cannot for some reason use the rollers due to malfuntions in the roller system... or continous failure of the roller test due to gearing... overheating etc etc. the problem they have with visual testing is that most of them dont' know wtf they are looking at. when i took my class.... half of them didn't know what an airpump was... none the less the thermo whatcha call it the old carburators used as an (egr) with the funnel intake from the exhaust manifold. nor do they know where to look for the EGR. nox, co, and all the readins are state based not county based. only certain counties dont' require emmisinos, and only the 12.50( well used to be 12.5) safety if the population, or traffic isn't huge enough to affect. as for the rpm for the person with the ls1, it isn't illegal to bypass, but IS "frowned upon" b/c it helps force a specific load range at certain speed that the CARB/DOT Emmisions looks for.. you can bypass is it 1) can't get a radio rpm signal, and 2) can't get a signal from the plug wire clamp, being a rotary, he's not gonna get under the car for the clamp... and our ignition system is a bit of a pain to get off the frequency detector thingy.. unless you know how to set the adjustments properly.


hope you enjoyed tx emmission 101. :)

i used to be an inspector... by if you dont' do at least 1 every 30 days. you lose it and gotta take the 2day class againl... fuck that... i'm lazy. ROFL. doign my own inspections FTMFW :)

Los

Originally Posted by cptpain (Post 8195145)

seriously?

you HAVE NO CLUE what your talking about.
i just bought a car... for me to even register the car you need to have inspection FIRST, to have inspection you only need insurance and ID...then they give you a slip to prove the car was inspected and take it to the DMV for registration.

all of this is to REGISTER a car in a city, just for inspection you only need insurance and ID.

most of my friends in ATX have no problems getting inspection in killeen. they do so because they use it as another excuse to visit family and friends when they arent working.

2 speed roller test has no bearing for exemption of ANY drivetrain platform....

being restricted to inspect in the city the vehicle is registered is FALSE.

safety/emissions inspection does not need proof of registration.

any NEW car is exempt from emissions testing for 5 years and must be no older than 3 years to be considered a New car.


BACK ON TOPIC:
ignore what this dude just said. i can prove it to you.

come down to killeen you'll have absolutely no problems with inspecting the car.

hell if you want, PM me and we can set something up

Originally Posted by linenoise (Post 8227375)

So you are saying that I can get my FD inspected in Kileen, and then bring that inspection cert to Austin and they will accept it as valid for registration? Won't they see that it isn't from an Austin shop, and therefor not a stringent, and reject it?

/still registered out of state
//wishes I lived 1 mile north of where I do, where emissions are not required test
///will never pass in current setup

Originally Posted by sugar7 (Post 10017128)

Sorry to drag up an old thread, and to do so as a Newbie is an eyebrow raiser as well, I know. I need help and found this forum in my Googlings, so figured I'd see if some of you guys could help me out with some ideas/options.

I have this situation: person from PA trying to get a license in TX. Travis county, specifically. He's being told he can't get a license until he registers his car in TX, and can't register obviously until he has it inspected. It won't pass inspection here, thanks to the super strict emission regulations.

So, going along with the flow of this OLD (again, sorry for digging it up) thread, is it truly a valid option to pop a county over and test there, or any one know of any specific shops here in Austin or even in a county nearby that can help us solve this issue. To get his exhaust to pass, he expects it to cost him a good grand, and that's money we don't have right now.

Not asking for anyone to list names publicly if it might get someone in trouble, PM's are good for conversations like that. I know I'm an unknown here, and talking about stuff like this sometimes makes people very leery about giving out too many specifics, and I expect that. We're kind of floundering right now though, this issue has kind of caught us by surprise. I appreciate any help, even if its just to point out places/companies to avoid. He can't get hired where he is trying to go w/o a TX drivers license, and this has really put a kink in current plans -- I can't support the two of us alone. (Well, I guess technically I could, but I really would have a problem with resorting to hooking to pay for car repairs, lol. Though, there Could be a catchy slogan in there somewhere... "Hey big boy, want to help me buy a new exhaust via exhausting measures?" lol

Ok. Rant aside, thanks for reading anyway. :)

Originally Posted by habu2 (Post 8229211)

No, you can't do that. You have to have your car inspected in the county you live in, or in a county with the same emission restrictions. I'm not sure how they tell but, if you are seen driving frequently in the DFW area and your inspection sticker is from a neighboring county with different rules you can be cited. I'm guessing there is a visual difference in the windshield sticker but I don't really know.