Stage 4 plus State ref or smog??

Old Mar 16, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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Stage 4 plus State ref or smog??

Has anybody here been slammed with a state ref ticket with a stage 4 setup? Or possibly been forced to do smog?

I'm on the verge of going to a stage 4 setup but the thought of having to uninstall all those mods and reflash the ECU just seems like a painstaking process both from a time and $$$ standpoint.......enough to even turn me away. My guess is that it would cost you $700-$900 just to pay someone to uninstall and reinstall all that stuff.....at least the turbo, injectors, pump and up-pipe which are the most difficult.

Has anyone here ran into this problem? If not, I'm curious what you Stage IV people plan to do during smog time....
Old Mar 16, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by swipe112

Has anyone here ran into this problem? If not, I'm curious what you Stage IV people plan to do during smog time....

they probably have friends in the smog business to pass them
Old Mar 16, 2005 | 10:29 PM
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i just paid the fine.
Old Mar 16, 2005 | 11:10 PM
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give me all your stage 4 parts and ill give you my stock ecu and all the stock parts haha think about that. haha jk but i just paid for my ticket also.
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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What are you guys gonna do when it comes to smog time? I guess since I have a '02, I'd be one of the first ones up to bat......
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read my post above
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