I'm posting for a friend of mine, he has a jdm b16 swap in his 96 cx and needs to run his car for emissions here in wa. My question is probably for the locals... what ecu would he need to use to run thru emissions because I guess he tried and it didn't read because the ecu he has now is the jdm one.

thanks in advance and hope to hear something soon.

edit: i meant emissions.

 

emissions....

 

hahaha that's what i meant, i've been doing college admissions and i guess it was just on my mind.

 

theres emissions here in WA? lol if there is its a joke. i wouldn't worry about it. only law i've heard of anyone getting in trouble for is sound levels.

 

King county does an emissions check on every registered vehicle. That being said, it's just an idle and 3000 rpm emissions check. Has he tried it with the JDM ecu? If that doesn't work for some reason, just grab a USDM ecu and make sure the car is running well (new plugs, fuel filter, air filter, etc). The actual test is quick and only $15--it's absolutely not as thorough as the California BAR.

 

yeah, from what i read, as long as you don't have a CEL your probably alright.

 

So glad I do not have to worry about that.

Throw a stock ecu and and hit it

 

its only $15 to have it tested, i would try it as is before buying another ECU

 

yeah he's tried it with the jdm ecu and when they plugged it up it didn't read it because it was japanese. i told him about trying a usdm ecu and he'll let me know what comes up and i'll keep you guys informed.

 

i had that same setup in my car. i ran a chipped and tuned p28 and passed with flying colors

 

tell 'em to get a translator =P