Will a straight full exhaust pass though maryland inspection and is that gonna affect going through emissions?

 

I imagine that you will find better responses in the North East Regional forum...

 

You wont pass. What year is your car? 87 and older you can get historic plates and avoid emissions all together. Otherwise, get your turbo rebuilt or do some sort of work on the engine pertaining to air/fuel system to the tune of 450 dollars and you'll get a waiver good for two years.

Also, if your car is too low to go over the rollers for the dyno test, you will also get a waiver.

 

i don;t believe you'll get a waiver if your car is too low.......what normally happens is they will give you the basic sniffer test without using the dyno....either way..dyno or not........if you own an fd with straight exhaust.........you will fail either test.

 

Dunno if you'd pass or not. It's like a $28 fee to take the test the first time. If you fail, put $150 of emissions parts into the car (if you do the work yourself and keep the receipts) or $450 of repairs in and take the test a second time for free. Even if you fail the test, you get a waiver for the $150 or $450 of parts/repairs. You can basically replace the cat and the O2 sensor and be home free.

 

my car is registered in st marys (i know its awesome no emissions) but ive heard from many that if the car is too low you will easily get a waiver and just continue the process every two years..... until the car is old enough for historic tags!

 

I dunno how. The car has to be past the dyno rollers to attach the sniffer to the pipes, and they'll only be able to perform an idle sniffer test since you can't drive anywhere with the sniffer attached.

 

No, you'll need a cat to pass inspection. Is this Ed Taylor???

 

I get a waiver every 2 years because my MX-6 sits too low for the dyno rollers. Past six years I have received this waiver. So f1bluerx7 is telling the truth about being to low. My buddy gets one too in his AWD Talon because they do not have an AWD dyno.

 

Lower your car - you'll get a waiver - I've done it twice now.

 

You guys are lucky, we've got all wheel drive dynos in Canada

 

It depends on the judgement of the technician and/or his supervisor. I have had the experience of getting a waiver twice due to the car being too low.

 

bump for being too low lol

 

Can you get a waiver for being to low in VA?

 

what do you guys know about street rod tags.ive heard you can get them on any car that they dont make anymore.My buddy has a crx and he said he got them for that

 

http://www.marylandmva.com/Resources/VR-096.pdf

Car must be 25 years old and significantly modified from stock. Not sure what their definition of "significant" is. They also state that you cannot use it for daily transportation, but i'm not sure how they regulate that.

 

No... The only wavier is if you spend over $600 at a "Certified Emissions Repair Facility"...

 

So what do they do if they can't get your car onto the rollers?

 

They probably use odometer reads every time you go to get new stickers to make sure you're not over a specific limit. It's 4,000 mi/yr for historic tags, I don't know if they change the number for Hot Rods, but I doubt it.

 

that works for me, I metro to work, and I have a 4x4 truck for the winter so I don't need to dd. that's good to know.

 

They don't do anything, you just don't get the emissions inspection...

 

For my CYM, they hand-write me a waiver. They've done it four times for me now.

 

There actually is no specified limit for the historic tags, I think. However, if a State Trooper sees you driving by the same spot every date with a Historic tag, he might have a problem with it.

 

Can't do that in Virginia.