longtubes vs emissions test..
its all in the tune, some pass and others will not depending on tuner. you could have your tuner build two tunes for you. 1 for emissions testing and another for performance. load the first tune in for the testing every year and once you pass, load the performance tune in.
first off, find out if there is a visual test you have to pass first. if so, long tubes WILL FAIL. and dont buy shorties, theres only a 0-5 rwhp gain. hell, the long tubes are only 10-15 rwhp gain
first off, find out if there is a visual test you have to pass first. if so, long tubes WILL FAIL. and dont buy shorties, theres only a 0-5 rwhp gain. hell, the long tubes are only 10-15 rwhp gain
You'll have visual issues on both long tubes and lack of all the stock cats. Technically they should fail you on that alone (who knows if they will or not).
Sniffer will be hard with aggressive cams and high flows.
Sniffer will be hard with aggressive cams and high flows.
With my setup in my Sig I pass emmisions perfectly everytime. I have the hotrod cams though. Just makesure your cats are ceramic and not metallic. I load the street tune a couple weeks before I get it tested also just to be sure. I was told by bama that the race tune shuts off the obd system. Doubt that's true but if so you won't pass with it on.
Last edited by johngt10; Dec 21, 2012 at 06:14 PM.
With my setup in my Sig I pass emmisions perfectly everytime. I have the hotrod cams though. Just makesure your cats are ceramic and not metallic. I load the street tune a couple weeks before I get it tested also just to be sure. I was told by bama that the race tune shuts off the obd system. Doubt that's true but if so you won't pass with it on.
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