I need to know if anyone around the bay area is willing to pass the smog check, or how can i fix it?

 

slip the emissions guy a twenty and call it a day

 

lol..a twenty? Multiply that by 10-15 and you might get it. What is wrong with your car that it won't pass smog?

Danny

 

im pretty sure the exhaust system, im not sure if i have a downpipe tho, someone says i do, but you never know

 

My inspection sticker cost me $60. Hehe.

I thought you were selling the car?

 

yeah, that's what i need to do to sell the car, make it pass smog.

 

Look under the car and you'll know if it has a dp.

They sell this stuff at pep boys, that suppose to make any car pass emissions if you run it in your tank...search and read thru all the BS, you'll find what I'm talking about. Sorry I'm not more help.

Oh and I'll trade you rims, if you want to sell the car stock

 

how much would you buy the rims for, and do you have stock ones to trade me for mine?

 

and i can't tell if it has a downpipe, when i looked i couldn't tell, but the mechanic supposedly says that he put one on.

 

PM'd you

 

You should definitely sell the car.

 

What kind of mod you made on your car. May be it cause by engine rebuild. Which shop you did your rebuild?

 

a downpipe will pass the smog test. The only way it could fail is if the inspector knows its a dp instead of the precat. most dont know, unless is s/s. I guess thats one advantage of mild steel.

 

get a 1/4 tank of gas and add an entire bottle of the guranteed to pass

worked for me

 

the $300 will be worth being able to drive your car around!

 

I believe this car is in bay area coz I think I saw that car on freeway before. If it is, its hard to pass the smog in CA legally. I think you need to find out real problem. Post more background of your car, may be causes by your mod. Most of the problem that I think is you took out the cat or the downpipe.

 

When you get on the rollers, ask the guy to make sure he leaves it in 2nd gear when he goes up to 25. If he puts it into 3rd it will not pass. You have to keep the RPMs up to activate the Air Pump. No Air Pump, no pass.

 

lol i second that. At least hes having other people work on it than himself....

 

Downpipe shouldn't be a problem - My last FD only had an exhaust & downpipe and had no problems passing visual or the sniffer. My diagnosis is a main catalytic converter problem and/or maybe a failing airpump...find someone who can loan you a new cat and/or airpump. A new high flow cat is considerably cheaper than the stock...

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...but figure out what's the culprit before spending any $$$.

Good luck

 

Also get in the car with the guy, if you have a boost gauge and MAKE SURE he does not get into boost as the fuel maps drastically richen when the car gets into boost. I live in chicago, and passed with 70k an intake and a downpipe, and I made sure the guy didnt get into boost

 

Chicago is the second hardest place to pass emissions aside from cally