I have comptech ram intake and I have a smog check coming up for my registration. Someone told me that they will automatically fail you if you have an open ram intake when they pop your hood for inspection. Is this true? If so I was thinking about getting the icebox upgrade so it looks more stock. or to the open intake on a smog check?

 

prolly fail if you dont know the guy

 

hmm... i'm thinkin if i throw the icebox on it they might not notice. looks pretty stock, except for the polished intake tube. i might swap that tube out for my stock one.

 

Part of the smog inspection includes a visual inspection. Anything that looks like it's been modified from factory will sound alarms. Not having a filter on your intake arm would qualify. What are you doing without a filter anyway? Crazy!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kchungb17a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Part of the smog inspection includes a visual inspection. Anything that looks like it's been modified from factory will sound alarms. Not having a filter on your intake arm would qualify. What are you doing without a filter anyway? Crazy!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

i never said i didn't have filter! lol. its a comptech intake system which includes a foam filter and intake tube........

 

Oh, I took the term "open" ram filter to mean that it doesn't have a filter.... what do you mean by open then? Well, if you still have the filter on it, and the intake system has a CARB OE number, then you should be fine at the smog station.

Sorry about the confusion!

 

u should be fine, but put your top back on the ice box, cause they may say its modified and they can't smog it.. cali smog people are for the most part dicks!

 

i thought comptech intakes has a carb sticker.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kchungb17a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh, I took the term "open" ram filter to mean that it doesn't have a filter.... what do you mean by open then? Well, if you still have the filter on it, and the intake system has a CARB OE number, then you should be fine at the smog station.

Sorry about the confusion! </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah it does come with a carb sticker, but someone told me that doesn't matter if it is an open intake. as far as what i meant about "open" is that it doesn't have a box over the filter. so i was thinking if i added on a icebox it would not be open anymore and therefore pass.

 

in theroy it should pass either way cause it has a carb eo number, but a lot of shops get really nervous abou that type of stuff, i would try it without first, see if they will smog u, it won't cost u anything cause as soon as they pop the hood it will be either a yeah or nay, and i would go to garden grove they are a little more chill about that ****.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by numotive &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah it does come with a carb sticker, but someone told me that doesn't matter if it is an open intake. as far as what i meant about "open" is that it doesn't have a box over the filter. so i was thinking if i added on a icebox it would not be open anymore and therefore pass.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I've had a few techs tell me that you can't have an exposed filter, any exposed filter. I think they're mis-informed, but whatever, they sign the paperwork, not me.

If it really comes down to it, you can always buy/borrow someone's stock filter box and slap it in there.

 

Do you still have your stock air box?? If so just put in back on for the smog, that is how i pass each time!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Racermech &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you still have your stock air box?? If so just put in back on for the smog, that is how i pass each time!</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah i still have the stock box, i'll probably just do that

 

if you do that, make sure you reset the ecu and drive it with the stock box on for a day or two. That way everything will adjust back to stock and you should pass

 

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yeah i still have the stock box, i'll probably just do that </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

They will pass you with an aftermarket intake, unless they are TOTAL dicks. Visual failures are usually from headers/missing evap/fuel goodies...

I just passed in L.A. with my ebay shortram and a K&N.

 

yeah most techs don't really care that much about that little sticker as long as the numbers are fine. a lot of them know that an ebay intake is the same thing as an aem, just 1/10th the price.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by numotive &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah it does come with a carb sticker, but someone told me that doesn't matter if it is an open intake. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Tell that person to STFU. If you have the correct part and sticker for your car/motor, then they wont fail you because of it.

 

If you have a carb # on it then its cool, if you dont then you better strap on ur stock parts b4 u try to smog it....that simple....

 

The main thing they look for in a smog is exhaust, and how well the hydrocarbons are burned, but an open intake could be a drawback, just take it off, then put it back on