wid326

I need to do a speical kind of smog if you know what I mean

well my car won't pass but if i put my ecu in a car that looks just like mines would that be okay and will the computer tell

any help would be great

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wid326 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well my car won't pass but if i put my ecu in a car that looks just like mines would that be okay and will the computer tell

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What are you asking? Putting your ecu in another car to get your car to pass smog?

wid326

my car won't pass but if i put my ecu in another car and make that identical car with my ecu take the test for me. will it pass and will the computer tell right way

BatuKing

The ECU doent contain the VIN or anything so why bother,
IF your looking for a hook up ask locally, but just get the same car as yours (model, year, make ect ect)

wid326

that's why i am asking if it will work, will the smog computer pick up a my ecu in another car. but its the same year make and model everything the same even color. but everything is fine just need to see if the plug in part of the test will fail me because of this

wid326

but the computer reads all the information off the ECU so won't it pick up that its not my car.

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But how would you get the sticker or certification onto your car? The paperwork will all have the other cars VIN on it.

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No, but I'm still not sure what that will get you. Your ECU still won't pass if your car is throwing codes, since they're stored until it is reset.

wid326

my hook up will do that for me,but the computer is his problem. all my info on the paper work will be mines I just need the other car to take the test for me. with the set up i said if this won't work i will have to pull my b16A out and replace my stock motor.




Modified by wid326 at 10:54 PM 8/10/2004

CA_HEP

what year is it?

it wont make a difference with the computer, like BatuKing said, the ecu doesnt contain vin, plate info. if its an OBDII, then it'll be just a tiny bit harder.

wid326

98 ek

Filthy Focker!

What the **** are you talking about?

BatuKing

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so go and find a STOCK '98 EK same model as yours. FORGET the damm ECU swaping as I told you it contains no information on your car period.

CA_HEP

WERD

wid326

so if i find a 98 dx civic like mines it should be cool then great

thanks for da help

forever slow EG6

Go to a quaint poor looking smog place.
Have cash ready, and ask the guy how much to <U>MAKE</u> your car pass smog.

TallAssFilipino

There was this one time when I unplugged my ECU and replugged it. When I had to go get my SMOG test, they knew it was recently reset. They told me it had to be a certain amount of miles (after it having been reset) before they would retest my car again.

As far as your car not passing SMOG. Why not? Are your knock levels too high or what? What did they tell you? My JDM B16A (completely stock) passed with flying colors after a few parts I had to replace. Never even had a California BAR sticker.

BatuKing

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Yes you need to have X amount of drive cycles in the ECU so it can optimize the engine.

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As far as your car not passing SMOG. Why not? Are your knock levels too high or what? What did they tell you? My JDM B16A (completely stock) passed with flying colors after a few parts I had to replace. Never even had a California BAR sticker.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Because he has to go to a TEST ONLY station where they will inspect the car the correct way , I dont know how you passed but legally you shouldnt have, if your car didnt come with a B16 stock. You got lucky IMHO

wid326

well my 98 dx has a 92-95 JDM b16A havn't taken it in because i know it won't pass because i am using a JDM obd-1 P30 ECU and i put my stock ecu in check light comes on.

This sucks if you ask me but looking for 98 dx to take the test for me now

AYJAY

NO IT WONT WORK

takumi9

i know this is probably a stupid question, but will a 91 jdm h22a swapped into a 94 accord pass a ref check? if not, then please let me know because i dont wanna buy a motor that wont work for my ride.

wid326

why won't it work

takumi9

not too sure, but i keep hearing that it is illegal to install a motor that is older than your car. But, that doesn't make too much sense to me if you just do the conversion from the 94 to 91 emissions parts right?

XiiiXiii

your car won't pass because you have a frikken OBD1 ecu in a OBD2 car. Thats the first problem.

Swaping ecu ain't going to do ****, let alone any real smog place will look at vin numbers on the car NOT THE ECU (if there ever was one to begin with).

Either way, sounds to me like you need an illegal smog done. Forget all this can I do this to this to get this to work. Just pay out your *** for a damn illegal.

takumi9

yeah, i was thinking about doing that, but i heard it's getting harder to find them because cali smog stations are always getting busted by undercover agents or something like that. Unless, you happen to know where i can find some, i'd hella appreciate the info.

CA_HEP

yes, the state sends out undercover cars and purposely does mods to the vehicle to see if the tech knows what he/she is doing correctly and fail for things like disconnected vacuum lines, missing components, etc.... the notorious issue is timing, they always set timing different from what specs are....