I keep getting flagged for not having the precat and stock air box (I no longer have these parts either).

Anyone got these lying around that they wanna sell?

 

Ring ring...banana phone....cuz i'm a korean!

 

You keep getting flagged by who?

 

Post a want ad in classifieds.

 

Who knows to look for a precat? The main one is all you need to pass the Cali smog test. Anyways, I PM'd you on how you can get your smog situation resolved, legally.

 

what do you mean by flagged?

 

Flagged is probably the wrong word, wasn't the cops or anything.

Basically I went to a local shop near my house to get it smogged. He failed me saying I was missing the precat (rx7store DP), main cat (new Bonez high flow), and intake (Pettit, this one was obvious). He even pulled up a page of what looked like the service manual. Suprised me to say the least. On top of that my HCs were high for both tests:

15mph
HC (PPM)
61 max
27 ave
92 meas

25mph
37 max,
18 ave,
100 meas

 

try another shop that's not so ****

 

Seriously..almost NO shops bitch about precats. As long as there's a main cat they don't care...intake you kinda do gotta get your airbox on..or an HKS intake since they're CARB legal.

 

ya know.. if you would've tried smogging your car a month ago it probably would've passed,... besides your visual part. As of 2 weeks ago all cars from 76-95 got theyre max allowable emission cutpoiunts lowered by a good chunk.. I say 30-50% on average.

Sux big time for those of you trying to make ur car pass legally, you all just got bent over even further, theyre really trying to get cars off the road now

GL

 

that ******* sucks man! I didn't know about that. How can they even do that? I can see them upping the standards for new cars but for old cars that weren't made to meet those requirements initially. Just seems wrong

 

that's why is better to go old school.

 

Last year my motor had totally blown oil seals, and throttle response was garbage.

A muffler shop welded in a fresh cat, I replaced the oxygen sensor and defective EGR valve, changed the oil change and plugs, and the car still passed, legally.

So unless your motor is even more messed up than mine was, the new smog parameters shouldn't be an issue.

 

how much did all that cost you?

 

The new Magnaflow and the labor to weld it in between the stock cat pipes, as well as an extended metal oxygen supply tube - so as not to melt the rubber air line - was $180. The oxygen sensor was $40

I don't remember how much the new EGR valve was. I have the receipt in my RX-7 receipts file, but I don't want to see it, because I bought a brand new one. I consciously make an effort to actually forget how much all my FD stuff cost. I'm sure you can get a working used EGR valve from another forum member.

 

^not bad, some people spend a lot more then you...

 

This guy's got an airbox for sale...

https://www.rx7club.com/west-sale-wanted-classifieds-195/90-vert-misc-fc-parts-897360/

 

go get a damn air box at the pick and pull 5 bucks!

 

this thread just bumped up the price on all smog exempt pre-76 cars

 

got a bulletin on that we can all see?

 

^Ill try n print one out at work on monday

 

got it

http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/PubWebQu...ssageKey=29242

 

went oldschool just in time.

 

smogsux where the **** do you get an hks carb legal intake now n days =/

 

Just another problem w/ getting my car back on the road...