Any way to "cheat" inspection?
#51
I've been trying to deal with this problem for 3 years now. I don't have headers. I have CAI , pulleys, pypes o/r H pipe.. currently I have brenspeeds tune with the rear o2s turned off. every year I have to take out the off road H pipe and install the factory pipe with cats. I have to load the emissions tune from them with the rear o2s turned on, drive it for 20-40 miles (depending on if you know how to do this) to reset all the monitors. once everything is in the ready state I have my tech inspect it, re install the off road pipe, re tune it.
I have non foulers installed. Purchased from brenspeed, and it still does not work. Now I do NOT have high flow cats installed. perhaps installing high flows from brenspeed into the off road pipe AND having the non foulers, is the next step to take without having to uninstall and reinstall the off road pipe each year
I have non foulers installed. Purchased from brenspeed, and it still does not work. Now I do NOT have high flow cats installed. perhaps installing high flows from brenspeed into the off road pipe AND having the non foulers, is the next step to take without having to uninstall and reinstall the off road pipe each year
#52
LOL - Kinda funny to read all the issues people are having here..
I had a 01 Lightning fully built engine/trans around 600WHP - No cats, longtube headers, whipple 2.3l s/c, sounded like a nascar. I took it in for inspection, they plugged in the OBD2 port - Done! Passed!
Are you guys really pulling all your stuff off to go through emissions?
I had a 01 Lightning fully built engine/trans around 600WHP - No cats, longtube headers, whipple 2.3l s/c, sounded like a nascar. I took it in for inspection, they plugged in the OBD2 port - Done! Passed!
Are you guys really pulling all your stuff off to go through emissions?
#53
LOL - Kinda funny to read all the issues people are having here..
I had a 01 Lightning fully built engine/trans around 600WHP - No cats, longtube headers, whipple 2.3l s/c, sounded like a nascar. I took it in for inspection, they plugged in the OBD2 port - Done! Passed!
Are you guys really pulling all your stuff off to go through emissions?
I had a 01 Lightning fully built engine/trans around 600WHP - No cats, longtube headers, whipple 2.3l s/c, sounded like a nascar. I took it in for inspection, they plugged in the OBD2 port - Done! Passed!
Are you guys really pulling all your stuff off to go through emissions?
What state did you have that Lightning in?
#54
The surest way to prevent your failing for not ready O2 sensors is to have your tuner write them out of your tune.
I'm running an O/R X pipe and my I/M monitors are written out of my tune. When they plug the OBD2 reader in my catalyst status reads not supported and my inspection report sez passed.
Without cats you'll fail the visual so you'll need a shop that'll pass you and wont question why your monitors are NA.
The non fouler trick doesn't work as well on the S197 cars without making some tweaks to your tune to change O2 transport delay and heater duty cycle.
I'm running an O/R X pipe and my I/M monitors are written out of my tune. When they plug the OBD2 reader in my catalyst status reads not supported and my inspection report sez passed.
Without cats you'll fail the visual so you'll need a shop that'll pass you and wont question why your monitors are NA.
The non fouler trick doesn't work as well on the S197 cars without making some tweaks to your tune to change O2 transport delay and heater duty cycle.
#55
Also Im not sure the inspection is the same there as it is here.
Someone told me to try and double up the foulers. Is it worth a shot ?
Last edited by 06stangGT; 07-16-2012 at 01:29 PM.
#56
My tech looks pass the "visual problem" but the things Ive tried and the reputable tuning shops Ive gotten ahold of lead me to believe its nearly impossible with the S197 in NY. One shop I called in PA said they could take care of it no problem, once I said I live in NY, he said "no guarantees to pass there."
Passes in NY no problems.
im 99% sure your inspection is no different than MA:
Visual - Easy to pass
OBDII readiness checks
#58
You can try doubling up the anti foulers. I just can't believe they're gonna pass you without some sort of cat on it. Surely the rich fuel smell of a catless system is going to alert them to look under your car and find the cats missing. Why don't you just put the stock Ford cat pipe back on and go take the test? You still have the factory cat pipe don't you? If not your going to need to buy some Pypes hi flow cats most likely. But why spend 200 bucks on cats when a pipe swap is do damn easy? I do it every year. It ain't a big deal.
#59
Lets face it, the visual is the easiest thing to pass, as long as you know the guy.
#60
Well here in TN we don't have the good ole boy system where you can take your car to just any shop where your mama's brother works and get it inspected. TN has dedicated and regulated emissions test centers. All they do is emissions inspections. They have cameras that monitor the process and will have you arrested if you try to bribe the testers. They take it pretty serious here.