I'm not due to go in until august but I was wondering if anyone with a I/H/E setup has gone in already? If you did were there any problems? I figure the emission readings would be better but my main problem is that where I work I see emission failures all the time and to be honest I'd rather find out if I should put everything back to stock before I go in. Thanks.

 

Id like to know as well! And if anyone knows, do you think I would pass with my stock manifold on but running a straight pipe?

 

buddies have MR2 turbos with more than $6k in motor work, and went through inspection no problem

also have a few other buddies who went to go through inspection but they passed becuz they couldn't get the car over the dolly

 

I wonder too.. I need to get something for my CEL..

 

VA's emission laws are a bit stricter then MD and DC's. I don't see to many "tuned cars" in VA when I am in the Fairfax, Alexandria, Falls Church, Annandale areas. I am starting to see more but compared to certain areas in MD VA has very little in the way of tuned cars.

 

I took my Integra through MD emissions testing with i/h/e and it passed fine and the car was more than 10 years old.

 

you shouldnt have a problem. its all odbll, and no visual inspection, a sniffer is rarely used. but if you have a CEL, you WONT pass

 

Nice, I was worried about VEIP saying something about aftermarket parts on the car. Well, that and emissions readings.

 

MD is better than VA on that stuff
but MDs bike laws are stricter than VAs
its retarded

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of government. . . sometimes the law doesn't make any sense.

 

Well that makes two of us.. I hate the Gov somedays.. I wonder what the world would be like if I were Prez'y Prez




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if you have OBDII they normally just plug in the diagnostic machine and check for codes. If you have a check engine light they automatically fail you on the spot.

I took my 89 civic hatch through emissions a few years back with a motor swap, boost and no cat and it passed. I was shocked.

 

most VEIP places dont give a poop, they just hook it up and then check it off

 

The new system sucks... cant fudge it anymore, unless its OBD1. So if it doesnt pass, which it might not if the header removes the first cat. Thats the 2 way cat if im not mistaken. Get rid of the CEL and give it shot. you can always throw the stock manifold back on if you have it. only takes like 10 min.

 

2-way cat? to my knowledge there are only one way flow cats... the exhaust only flows one direction...

 

In Maryland, they don't do a visual. They plug into your ODBII port and let you go. Even with I/H/E, I doubt you'd fail emissions unless it was an RX-7. I don't think those things pass emissions when they're stock...

 

 

Thats because RX7s run like a 6 year old Forrest Gump.

 

Awww man.. thats great!

 

Last time I went, the woman walked around my car with a mirror on a stick and checked under it. I'm not sure what she was checking for, but she didn't say anything looked questionable.