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Originally Posted by CreativeDawn
@macwest
I'm going to send you a message tomorrow about what I just did LOL. Hopefully it'll pass me! :P
Mac, you're saying you just failed as in you went to get smogged and they didn't pass you? If this is the case, YELP THEIR ASS! Make sure you tell the world that they're not muscle car friendly so they get a bad rep! Screw them!!!!!
You know for the longest time I was against using Yelp for bad reviewing purposes, but after so many years of getting screwed even after being nice to people and trying to bend over backwards to go above and beyond for people only to get screwed even harder, I've given up on being a nice guy to people now of days.
I know this sounds bad and some people believe in that Karma crap and others believe in the laws of attraction crap, but I simply believe in "luck of the draw"..........I really hope I'm reading your reply wrong because that's really shitty.
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This is probably the worst and most immature thing you can do. You're going to deliberately go out of your way to make someone look bad, possibly lose their job, and lose business because what? They did their job correctly? Get mad at the state, not the inspector. Gotta think before you act, the inspector has to fail those cars or risk losing his license, job, or paying a hefty fine, and you're going to try to cost him his job if he does what he is supposed to. If you go in for an inspection, his job is to do the inspection, not to hit pass pass pass.
Driving is a privilege, not a right.
And before you say something like, "Oh, well he should at least tell you first before he fails you for modifications"
He
can't, or else he can still get a ticket, lose his job, lose his license.
Think twice before you do a shitty thing like that.
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Originally Posted by MI68
Before spending the big bucks, check with a local exhaust shop, I kind of recall asking my exhaust guy about headers for my 2010 and I think he said shorty headers will pass because they don't interfere with the CATS, but I would check into it to be safe.
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Wrong, shorty headers are the only type of headers that CARB will approve, but that doesn't mean that all shorty headers are automatically approved. They still require EO numbers to pass a smog, because some manufacturers will put the O2 sensor on only one cylinder's pipe or make the pipes bigger which is a no-no to CA.
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Originally Posted by CreativeDawn
My question to all of you experienced members is: When I go to a Star Smog Shop will they pop the hood open and automatically zero in for Shorty Headers? I'm really worried about this since Doug Thorley is pending at the present time and doubtful that they'll be CARB legal by MAY/JUNE which is smog time for me.
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Are you required to go to a STAR? Not that it makes a difference, but a STAR station is more likely to catch things like that. If it is only pending, it would still fail if they do their job correctly.
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Originally Posted by kmarshall2121
you should get a CARB compliant sticker for your intake, at the least.... Contact Volant, they are one of the only approved CARB compliant CAI in Cali - ((You DO have a VOLANT? correct??? hint, hint, wink, wink)
note: CARB sticker does not mention brand name anywhere - only CARB compliant regulations....
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Except than any smog inspector who actually knows how to do their job has to look up the EO number and make sure it matches the part number, manufacturer, your year, make, model, engine, etc. So that doesn't work most of the time.
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Originally Posted by clarkkent
Regarding the gears, theoretically, if you are crusing down the freeway at 70 in 6th gear with 3.43's you're pulling 1700 rpm's or something. You switch to 3.91's and you're pulling 2100 rpm's at the same speed. You are producing more emissions since you are at a higher rpm, so gears do in fact effect emissions. It's one reason why cars these days have such tall overdrives/double overdrives, not for "driver comfort". [those numbers are off the top of my head, but you get the idea]
That being said, not sure if CARB cares about that or not. But just wanted to point out that gears can effect emissions. Do they effect them that much? No, but still I could see the EPA caring about that to some degree
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This is basically why it would require a CARB number. However, there is not exactly a way for the smog inspector to know the gears are different, so just don't mention it and there won't be a problem.