so there is no offer inspection other than a smog inspection in CA? thanks

 

Doesn't mean cops won't give you a ticket for mods. They love that stuff out here. They'll give you tickets for stock stuff. Cops are morons.

 

You can pass the sniff test with one cat, but make sure it is hot...if you bring your car in cold, you will fail.

Good Luck.

 

oh yeah, dont let them dyno it on a 2wd dyno...duh

 

while the smog check is ONLY smog check (although, my test involved just the dude looking at emissions, dont know about out of staters smog check), the dude seeing aftermarket pieces might start getting smart about other non stock parts...

if i were you, dump as much stock pieces as you can. then get tested and go wild afterwards...

 

Do you guys know when do I need to smog my wrx? I got it brand new in summer of 2001. I think I am free of a smog test for 4 or 5 years from the time I got the brand new car.

If I need to do a first time smog soon, is only good for 2 years before another one?

Thanks,

 

It was 4 years when you bought it. I have an '02 I bought in November '01 and I just registered and it didn't require smog yet. So 2006 is when I'll need to smog.

 

make sure all the pipes that DID contain cats in them are still there. they will look and if you have an aftermarket downpipe with a cat in there most likely you will get failed because you aren't allowed to tamper with cats.

pretty much what the others said. put stock stuff back on =P

 

Thanks--bluwrxwgn.

I got wrx in 2001 around the same time. I guess 2006 is when I need to smog it. I need to becareful what I put on the car before smog time.

 

Like others have said - just put the OEM downpipe back in and make sure your car is at full operating temperatures before testing. I wouldn't worry about the uppipe because it is pretty hard to spot and most smog techs don't want to dig around your hot turbo.

Also, if you have an aftermarket intake (which you shouldn't anyways on a WRX - but that's a different discussion), make sure it either has an EO# or replace it with the OEM airbox.

Good luck, and welcome to the Bay

-Tony

 

Normally you cannot tamper with the catalytic converters but if you have over 60k miles I think you can replace them(should they fail). I am not sure if you can drop one and be with only one but it may worth the try. Catless forget it.

Nick

PS: I hope there is a big incentive/reason for you to move to CA. Where mods are cosidered a revenue enhancement and we only have ****-poor 91 oct. Otherwise I would stay in MA.

 

I believe the law on catalytic comverters - and I may be wrong - is that they can only be replaced if and when they fail. I think there also needs to be documented proof that they failed and they need to be replaced by a certified place (you can't just go buy an aftermarket cat and slap it in after the shop tells you your cats are bad).

 

Can anyone verify this? I'm itchin' to replace the cats on my 91 Legacy SS with a Random Tech

 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermkt/replace.htm

 

i would suggest to drive your car around for about 20minutes to a halfhour to make sure nasty stuff is all spewed out by the time you get to the smogger.