legality of turbos or charger?
05-26-2005, 09:21 PM
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legality of turbos or charger?
o k. i want to know. is it legal to have a supercharger or turbo? from what i hear theyre illegal right now cause of california emisions. but if TRD were to make an OEM number. it can pass legally VS smog. am i right? or whats the rundown
05-26-2005, 09:35 PM
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Basically trd will not sell a 49 state part when such a huge amount of their market is california . if it cant/wont pass cali smog they normally dont waste time and money making it for other states , 90% of the time thyere all or nothing regarding parts.
For it to be legal they have to do lots of tests and procedures then once theyre certain it worth their time they submit it to the state of california to the bar and then it gets tested for smog if it passes all it normally then gets the toyota usa a-ok
For it to be legal they have to do lots of tests and procedures then once theyre certain it worth their time they submit it to the state of california to the bar and then it gets tested for smog if it passes all it normally then gets the toyota usa a-ok
05-29-2005, 03:40 AM
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yea if it comes from factory you can bet its safe and legal. Nebraska was pretty damn stupid a couple years back. They tried bassing a law making them illegal...
yea, like that would go over
dumbass Unicam. thank god there was some talks with SEMA that resolved the issue quickly and without worry 
not that i could afford to throw a turbo on the box anyway though
yea, like that would go over
dumbass Unicam. thank god there was some talks with SEMA that resolved the issue quickly and without worry not that i could afford to throw a turbo on the box anyway though
06-07-2005, 02:34 PM
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A friend running the same Power Enterprise supercharger on their xB as me had a run in with the police. The car was considered race ready. They had to strip the supercharger off and go get it inspected to prove it wasn't race ready.
06-07-2005, 03:59 PM
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the supercharger/turbo has to be registared with the state of Califoirnia or else just having a number will not help. Every smog place has a book with all the aftermarket cali numbers, so if you have a turbo on and it doesn't match whats in the book; than you will not even get on the machine.
06-07-2005, 04:04 PM
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The TRD turbo will not be brought to the US. If it were, it would have been here already. That and the the fact that the ECUs are different in Japan and here in the US. If you want forced induction, I'd go w/ the PE unit. I know of too many people snapping connecting rods. Plus, fuel delivery, and once again, the US ECU.
06-07-2005, 05:36 PM
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Re: S/C
Originally Posted by matchbox
A friend running the same Power Enterprise supercharger on their xB as me had a run in with the police. The car was considered race ready. They had to strip the supercharger off and go get it inspected to prove it wasn't race ready.
06-07-2005, 05:48 PM
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Different state, different laws.
It's not an issue of will it pass the Emissions test, it has to pass the VISUAL Inspection.
Originally Posted by UndyingVisage58
whats the smog currently for the 1nzfe engine? and whats the max?
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