bajanstefan
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For those of us who retain factory emissions hardware and cat converters, increased emissions from a tune are negligible. But we'll have to comply to stay street legal.
BY CHRIS ROSALES UPDATED JUL 13, 2021 4:24 PM
Some folks on social media have started to post about a new California smog testing procedure that is supposed to check for modified or non-CARB compliant software in-vehicle ECUs, which I did some digging into. Using the link posted at the bottom of the screenshots Iāve seen, I followed it back to the California Bureau of Automotive Repair smog FAQ page, where the confirmation was clear as day: California is indeed going to start sniffing for tunes during smog checks.
Hereās the relevant excerpt from the above-linked FAQ page. Image: BAR.ca.gov screenshot
As many of you may know: Cars need to pass a smog check for emissions compliance every other year if they want to be registered in California. Itās pretty much the only legal requirement to keep your car on the road here, but inspectors can be real hardasses about modifications even if they donāt really make your carās pollution any worse.
Full article here - https://www.carbibles.com/california-will-start-checking-for-ecu-tuning-in-smog-checks-this-month/
BY CHRIS ROSALES UPDATED JUL 13, 2021 4:24 PM
Some folks on social media have started to post about a new California smog testing procedure that is supposed to check for modified or non-CARB compliant software in-vehicle ECUs, which I did some digging into. Using the link posted at the bottom of the screenshots Iāve seen, I followed it back to the California Bureau of Automotive Repair smog FAQ page, where the confirmation was clear as day: California is indeed going to start sniffing for tunes during smog checks.
Hereās the relevant excerpt from the above-linked FAQ page. Image: BAR.ca.gov screenshot
As many of you may know: Cars need to pass a smog check for emissions compliance every other year if they want to be registered in California. Itās pretty much the only legal requirement to keep your car on the road here, but inspectors can be real hardasses about modifications even if they donāt really make your carās pollution any worse.
Full article here - https://www.carbibles.com/california-will-start-checking-for-ecu-tuning-in-smog-checks-this-month/
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