Wake County safety inspections and engine builds
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Wake County safety inspections and engine builds
Those of you in Wake County know that unless your vehicle was made before 1979, it is still subject to an annual safety inspection, but not an emmisions inspection. Even so, I am told by my favorite shop of 25 years, and others, that to pass inspections, all the vehicle's emmissions equipment (and everything else) has to still be "on" the vehicle, (whether it works or not).
My question is, what does this mean for engine builds that go beyond the usual list of bolt ons, which I already have.
On my '92 5.0, can I install new heads, intake and cam to pursue a 300HP vehicle and still have an inspection ready vehicle?
My question is, what does this mean for engine builds that go beyond the usual list of bolt ons, which I already have.
On my '92 5.0, can I install new heads, intake and cam to pursue a 300HP vehicle and still have an inspection ready vehicle?
#2
Hahaha emissions.....yeah heads are ok. It's pretty much just having cats and probably the egr system. Lots of the nc guys have done exhaust mods and no issues with the inspections. If you do have issues give this guy a call.
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#3
Heads, cams, intakes all OK as long as you don't strip the cats off of it or disable the EGR. By 93 the air pump was a thing of the past, thankfully, so no need to worry about that. You can put high-flow cats on it as well if you want to as long as there are cats on it.
#4
As long as they don't use the sniff test, gutting the factory converters might be a cheap alternative. I did it on several fox body's that I owned and never had an issue. Of course, if you know the shop owner sometimes they can "look the other way" since it is only a visual issue rather than hooking it to the computer and having to pass that way.
#8
Can't go the speed limit so I classify those as farm equipment and pass them when it's safe lol.
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