Stage 2 emissions question
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- captainslow
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Stage 2 emissions question
Hey peeps, I'm considering going stage 2. Alexandria requires emissions testing so just wanted to know if anyone with stage 2 has had any emissions-related problems.
*edit - found the answer to the dp question.
*edit - found the answer to the dp question.
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
Wouldn't pass with my catless but I put the OEM down pipe back on and I was good to go.
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
I passed emissions testing in Alexandria easily enough now that they just OBD-II, and technically I was catless (had a pipe that started out full of cats, but one by one, they left until none were left...)
But I did get dinged for safety with an exhaust leak.
So rock the STG-2, but just make sure your gaskets do their job.
But I did get dinged for safety with an exhaust leak.
So rock the STG-2, but just make sure your gaskets do their job.
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
Yep, now that all they use is OBD-II checks, it's easy to pass with one or no cats. Load up stage two and have fun!
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
Thank you all for your insight
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
Getting ready to do the same thing in Arlington, anyone had any issues there?
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
http://www.dmv.state.va.us/webdoc/citiz ... ssions.asp
seems like most of us are in the same emissions inspection boat.
But there should be no inspection differences from one county to another on the list.
seems like most of us are in the same emissions inspection boat.
But there should be no inspection differences from one county to another on the list.
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
you all have it SO easy.
CO does mandatory load-referenced tailpipe checks. without at least one really, really expensive cat (turboxs cat is not enough) you will fail.
CO does mandatory load-referenced tailpipe checks. without at least one really, really expensive cat (turboxs cat is not enough) you will fail.
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
This is where you run your tank down to 1/4 or so and add a gallon of toluene. Wait a day or two and then take it for testing.complacent wrote:CO does mandatory load-referenced tailpipe checks. without at least one really, really expensive cat (turboxs cat is not enough) you will fail.
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
+ water/methanol mix
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
drwrx wrote: This is where you run your tank down to 1/4 or so and add a gallon of toluene. Wait a day or two and then take it for testing.
while that may be true initially... it doesn't get you by the mobile smog stations that test you at random on and off ramps in the area. fail two of those in a year and they'll yank your registration.
they don't fool around at all when it comes to emissions here. it really only takes one good smoggy day in downtown denver to understand.
i've been researching some of the higher-end randomtech cats available. but a twin-catted downpipe is somewhere in the ballpark of a grand to a grand and a half. dunno, we'll see.
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Re: Stage 2 emissions question
Stop me if you have heard this before, but...
WATER INJECTION
Equal to a Prius that comes in at 18 ppm.
WATER INJECTION
Equal to a Prius that comes in at 18 ppm.
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^^^ That's freaking awesome Zak!
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.