i got a q. most mechanics don't notice the jdm motors n stuff like that. i did a search online and i couldn't yield any results, but HOW exactly do they smog? check vin, check plates, check ecu, check all that crap? b/c usually mechanics just open the hood, look if there is an air box or not, look for anything that looks totally non-stock [my headers have a heat shield], and then throw it on the dyno n test the emissions? think i can get away with it?

here's the problem. i'm running a ek [obd2] and i am wired as obd1. how much of a problem will this cause me? if i am going to fail, why? what else do they do besides the check on emissions w/ a sniffer?

 

anyone know the low down of how they smog?? bump b4 i goto sleep.

 

In California, we have to do an OBD2 check when we smog an OBD2 vehicle. The smog machine hooks up to the Data Link Connector and checks the MIL status and various other OBD2 functions. You will fail if you are running OBD1. The smog technician might not realize the problem during the initial inspection, but when he has to do the OBD2 check, you will fail. Sorry.

 

To add......where to start.....

Your JDM engine must have the USDM equivalent smog equipment and a USDM ECU of the same year.
These guys have some crazy documentation and diagrams of what goes where. The JDM 4-1 header is not smog legal either. They have detailed pictures and can tell right away if one is legal or not.

THe bright side is you get two tests from a Smog ref. (You are going to be sent to a smog ref from the smog station so you might as well expect that)

On the first test if they fail you, you are given a sheet of what you need to fix on your next visit. If you follow that sheet they will pass you. AND you can then spend the 8 dollars for the bar sticker and everytime a police officer pulls you over you can just show them the BAR sticker and they can't do a damn thing.

 

well, i passed. 300 dollars later, i passed.

 

i could've got one cheaper for you, but you live all the way down in socal.(note, this doesn't all you bay area folks can ask me to get you one either!)

 

no, u couldn't.
lemme list.

1.visual - heh. to ur imagination
2.no cat - that's right, i'm running a test pipe! fail emissions for sure!
3.obd1 wiring - b/c wiring obd2 has more sensors...i don't like. and it's a 98 spec motor
4.no egr

 

I smell a bribe. BTW-EGR not required on most Civic/Integras.

 

EGR is on the VX, HX and H22's. If you have one of these engines it is required.

 

i dunno y the guy was hassling me then. heh. ^^ oh well, no more worries...and i got the nice dark blue colored sticker.

 

ot: my little smog deal when down like this. two years ago(2001) i got a state ref ticket. passed cleanly...then came time for tag renewal in jan 2002. totally failed. did everything possible to pass except remove supercharger. still didn't pass. then i found a friend that helped me. i was rolling around the bay with a jan. 2004 sticker in november of 2002.

 

smog laws are gay
ive got 2 cars up for smog shortly, both twin cam vtec motors, both far from stock...
the payoff is getting expensive theses days\
it used to cost 100$, then 150, then 175, then 225, now 250!!!!!! fock that

anyone in So-caL have a stock cx swap

 

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