hi guys
i need some help
i have to get my emission test for my fd but i am scared what if ... it fails?
the mods are cold air intake
cat converter
and cat-back exhaust

i stored it last year and its been almost 5 months since i fire her up.....
any tips or advice
i put 94 octane
thanx
anees

 

Have you passed the etest with this car before? 94 octane will not help any, It all matters on how you burn your fule. If you are not burning it correctly then higher octane will be worse... Warm the hell out of your car before you go test... like right before and then post results. If you already passed it before then you can get a conditional 400$ pass where you will spend 400$ to imp^rove situation (USUALLY ONE HIGH PERFORMANCE CAT WILL RUN YOU THAT AT A SHOP) AND YOU WILL BE GIVING THE PAPERS JUST THE SAME.

clean oil is a no brainer, and a full tune up helps also. I barely passed as a hot rod last year, man my car polluted.

 

thanx for help
i will do an oil change and make sure the rotary engine is warmed up nicely

 

what do you mean by cat converter? did you remove the catalytic converter? if so, i would strongly suggest putting it back in

 

If it won't pass a Gas Station,it won't pass emissions!
Seriously though,If the car is pretty well stock,and has a good operational cat and air pump, it should be OK.

 

yeah its pretty stock
other than the air intake and exhaust

@ djphonics
yes i mean catalytic converter and i didnot remove it ... its in there.. but will be gone soooonnn lol

 

No

 

Don't dump your cat. If it's a street car you can still be pulled over for spot emissions checks, and you can drive by emissions "sniffers" that will detect your smoggy car and bring down the law on you. I understand Ontario's fines for tampering with emissions equipment are pretty harsh. Get a high flow cat if your current one isn't.

 

I have a bonez hi flow cat
Which i wana installl but i also wana delete the airpump so i guesss i cant install the bonez hi flow and delete the air pump at the same time

Any of u guys have a solution to this?
So i can install the bonez hi flow and also delete the air pump

 

If you run a cat you NEED the air pump in an FD.

thewird

 

Also change the o2 sensor. I have a 94 pretty much stock including cat but in recent years it hasn't been able to pass by a bare amount. Everything seems to check out fine so my next step is to get the injectors cleaned.

 

Just go for the test.

"If I don't pass, what happens?" You're out $35

If you don't pass then you get the failed report and try and figure out what's wrong.

My car has a blown coolant seal and I failed my first emissions test, took the report, looked at it and figured a set of plugs would get me by. Changed them, passed with flying colours on a blown motor.

Also, for the misinformed. For a conditional pass calalytic convertors are exempt from the $400 limit (read: does not count towards) Additionally for the conditional pass the work needs to be done at an approved repair centre (read: can't buy the parts yourself and show up with receipts). Many people get confused by this as you CAN go buy parts yourself and do some work to get the half-price retest. Not the conditional pass.

-Geoff

 

I know that sucks
So if i put a cat without airpump..... Wats gunna happen .... It will burn out?

 

It'll clog up b/c it won't get the O2 it needs to burn off the carbon.

 

Your cat will work without a air pump, not as efficient but it will work.

 

This thread is lolz

 

Go work on your fuel pumP

 

A cat without an airpump will burnout prematurely and will not pass emissions. RX-8's don't need air pumps (for emissions) since they don't have port overlap, FD's and below do.

thewird

 

I predict next thread, Guys my car won't build boost and is really slow??

 

30 min of highway driving
new set of spark plugs
94 octane as usual
bingo.......
passed my emission test with flying colours

thanx everyone for the help

 

LOL SO TRUE

In other words, you raped the emission test