TRUST_RX-7

Hi, I was wondering if there are any turbo kits out there for 93 rx-7s that are CARB Legal?

fastcarfreak

if you were worried about staying legal, you might not have wanted to buy an FD.

ijneb

or move out of california.

- its wierd how my bottle of marvel mystery oil says something like "may contain products known to cause cancer in california"
I would move.

Johnny

forget it in california....

even if you found one...you want want so many other non-carb legal go-fast goodies to go with it/take advantage of it..... it would not matter. anyways

scratchjunkie

i believe the apexi rx6 is a legal turbo kit. anyone with it in cali want to chime in?

ludeowner

I dont think it is...in order for a kit to be legal it would have to come with its own ECU. The CARB legal kits that Greddy sells (for example) have blue or black boxes which go along with their kits. These boxes get wired in along with your stock ECU.

Of course all that is just a wild guess, but I've done a lot of research on CARB legal turbos (for Hondas) and that is what I know.

scratchjunkie

i remember hearing that rx6 kit comes with a line for the airpump. thought that would at least pass the sniffer test.

teamstealth

yea the RX-6 lets u keep the airpump in there.

Nathan Kwok

There are no CARB legal turbo kits for the 3rd gen, period. Some kits let you keep the airpump, but they still aren't CARB legal. There aren't even any CARB legal cold air intakes (only hot air). There are 2 CARB legal intercoolers (Greddy SMIC and Greddy type-s FMIC). For a list see this link:

http://www.rx7.org/public/CARB.html

ludeowner

But it wont pass the visual test...a CARB E.O. number is part of the visual test and if your kit doesn't have one, then it would be ilegal.


ludeowne: who doesn't give a crap about CARB and will be installing a single turbo kit in the future.

ludeowner

Do they have any CARB legal midpipes? hehehe

scratchjunkie

dayam smog nazzi's ! good thing my m2 box passed the visual

GEB

I'm pretty sure the HKS kits allow for air pump retention, however, I'm not too sure on your local CARB compliance issues.

Godd luck!
GEB.

Johnny

HKS has a CARB legal IC also....but that's about it...no turbo kits...as stated many times...just because you can retain the smog pump does not make it carb legal...damn **** california

EpitrochoidMan

You want a powerful, turbo, rotary engine but you want to pass smog? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

rx7will

iTrader: (6)

The funny thing about CA is the just because it has a carb number doesnt mean that it will pass the visiual inspection, a lot of shops will not do it because its been modified and they dont want to take the risk. the carb number are useful if you have to go to a test only center, they have a whole book of freaking carb eo numbers.

smerkinseven

bnr stage 3 !!!!!!

fastcarfreak

carb this carb that, who cares