FMIC illegal???
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FMIC illegal???
I know this is probably a stupid ? but I will ask it anyways. Are FMIC's illegal?? Or are they only illegal if you have to modify the bumper supports..?
I don't think so... Just a CAI on a N/A is illegal. And the CAI is BEFORE the filter. So pretty much just replacing the 'pipes'. I recently went to a smog check and asked about it. Sucks, i know...
Originally Posted by SuzWRX
but the piping is legal right?? As long as they don't see the FMIC
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Wait, I just installed this in my quest for a 1000 whp, it's a front mount I was told will pass CARB.
http://www.extremedimensions.com/3878.html
http://www.extremedimensions.com/3878.html
Damn! I have to get myself of of these! It's only $249!!! Group buy? 
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Originally Posted by AntiochCali
Wait, I just installed this in my quest for a 1000 whp, it's a front mount I was told will pass CARB.
http://www.extremedimensions.com/3878.html
http://www.extremedimensions.com/3878.html
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Originally Posted by ish
they are illegal on any car that did not come with them from the factory
I got pulled over a few weeks ago for speeding, but because my car has "a little bit" of work done to it, they decided to have me pop my hood and check out the inside...
Well i've got SR50, DR725 FMIC, Perrin Big MAF Intake etc. etc.
I told him that the FMIC was legal, and both officers agreed, and told me that if I had changed the position of the throttle body or changed the BOV that that would have made it illegal...
in a nut shell, if you keep the stock throttle body location and stock BOV, you can do anything you want to the intercooler as long as you don't change the way it works (air to air etc.)...
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Originally Posted by AntiochCali
Wait, I just installed this in my quest for a 1000 whp, it's a front mount I was told will pass CARB.
http://www.extremedimensions.com/3878.html
http://www.extremedimensions.com/3878.html
That and the vader wing should put you close..
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Originally Posted by stimul8n
Incorrect... they are 100% legal <--- I know for a fact!
I got pulled over a few weeks ago for speeding, but because my car has "a little bit" of work done to it, they decided to have me pop my hood and check out the inside...
Well i've got SR50, DR725 FMIC, Perrin Big MAF Intake etc. etc.
I told him that the FMIC was legal, and both officers agreed, and told me that if I had changed the position of the throttle body or changed the BOV that that would have made it illegal...
in a nut shell, if you keep the stock throttle body location and stock BOV, you can do anything you want to the intercooler as long as you don't change the way it works (air to air etc.)...
I got pulled over a few weeks ago for speeding, but because my car has "a little bit" of work done to it, they decided to have me pop my hood and check out the inside...
Well i've got SR50, DR725 FMIC, Perrin Big MAF Intake etc. etc.
I told him that the FMIC was legal, and both officers agreed, and told me that if I had changed the position of the throttle body or changed the BOV that that would have made it illegal...
in a nut shell, if you keep the stock throttle body location and stock BOV, you can do anything you want to the intercooler as long as you don't change the way it works (air to air etc.)...
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Originally Posted by stimul8n
Incorrect... they are 100% legal <--- I know for a fact!
I got pulled over a few weeks ago for speeding, but because my car has "a little bit" of work done to it, they decided to have me pop my hood and check out the inside...
Well i've got SR50, DR725 FMIC, Perrin Big MAF Intake etc. etc.
I told him that the FMIC was legal, and both officers agreed, and told me that if I had changed the position of the throttle body or changed the BOV that that would have made it illegal...
in a nut shell, if you keep the stock throttle body location and stock BOV, you can do anything you want to the intercooler as long as you don't change the way it works (air to air etc.)...
I got pulled over a few weeks ago for speeding, but because my car has "a little bit" of work done to it, they decided to have me pop my hood and check out the inside...
Well i've got SR50, DR725 FMIC, Perrin Big MAF Intake etc. etc.
I told him that the FMIC was legal, and both officers agreed, and told me that if I had changed the position of the throttle body or changed the BOV that that would have made it illegal...
in a nut shell, if you keep the stock throttle body location and stock BOV, you can do anything you want to the intercooler as long as you don't change the way it works (air to air etc.)...
So how do you use the stock BOV with a FMIC? The BOV location changes....and the recirc. hose wont reach the new location of the BOV.
EDIT: unless you went and made a new recirc. hose that was long enough.
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Originally Posted by GotBoost?
So how do you use the stock BOV with a FMIC? The BOV location changes....and the recirc. hose wont reach the new location of the BOV.
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