morning,

wondering if anyone has any updates on california smogging our trucks? i am thinking the state will start with the 6.7 and not require of the 5.9s. any thoughts?

thanks,
david
socal

 

the letter we got from BAR and the training our service man got at his recent smog training was 1998 and newer. visual inspection to include intake manifold, exhaust manifold, turbo, Cat ect. any system that is equipt with an OBD II setup will be tested. snap throttle test for opicity and visual inspection both

 

What's a OBD II set up?? What's going to happen in my case with all of my mods., is it going to be like the gas vehicle way:: if it costs so much to be able to bring back to stock, it has to go to a referee or something??

 

On Board Diagnostic

http://www.obdii.com/

 

i got a bad feeling about this. and to add insult to injury i think the SOBs at the DMV will be raising out annual tag renewal. pigs that they are.

david
socal

 

I thought they already have?

 

I think today was the start of DMV tax increase.......

I did know about the obd but not the II part. I have my smarty pod plugged in the port.

 

most the guys i know are waiting to see but a handfull are starting to collect the parts to remove thier twins and get close enough that it looks stock for the inspection and they are downsizing injectors to make sure the smoke isnt an issue oon the opacity test.

its bad its ugly and so far the referees are not willing to discuss any options outside of manufacturer specs since very little has a CARB # and state and federal law for years have stated that it is illegal to change without a federal or state approval i am not sure what leg any of us are going to stand on. ive rounded up a he351, air box ect and i have also registerd my truck in one of the depression areas that for gas vehicles are exempt from testing in the hope that they might roll that over to diesels in the case they dont i am ready in one weekend to roll my rig back to close enough to stock that unless you are inclined to pull the snail shell off my turbo you wont find the ported out exhaust housing, ported wastegate and upgraded compressor size since stock was smaller on the 03's. myu ats manifold had a cummins part number stamped in it now where it used to say ATS. i am not playing this game again i remember what happened to us guys who had 440's in baracudas that stock came with 318's....... bend over or bend the rules as far as you can.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I understand this only applies to vehicles weighing less than 8,500 lbs? If so, I should be good to go since I’m way over that weight but my Beetle TDI will not be so lucky.

If I have to go through this **** inspection, it is easy for me to reinstall my OEM intake horn, grid heater and air box. However I don’t know if they will say something about my Banks intercooler?

 

Pretty much for OBD all manufacturers had their own little system. What OBDII did was make them all uniform.

Its a good thing then where I'm moving to in San Diego is far in BFE that I don't have to worry about smog.

 

See, I think there are going to be alot of trucks that are going to sit 'cuz they know it won't pass visual, (never mind with the unemployment issues not being able to afford the CA tax-increased 5/09) The state is going to see the loss in dmv renewals and then start bending the rules like what was done on the good ole muscle cars.

 

Hmmmmmm, well the only mod i have is a 20 inch magnaflow. still got the cat so thinking i should be okay? i got the magnaflow in prep to put on a volant CAI but glad i held off on the intake.

does the board think the magnaflow will be an issue?

thanks,

david
socal

 

The muffler shouldn't be an issue, it's like a cat back system. As long as anyone hasn't played with the cat, it should be okay.

 

I think I'd be putting my house on the market and moving!

 

http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/p...0305_dca.shtml
Smog Check for diesel-powered vehicles will consist of a visual inspection of the emission control components, and On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) test, and a visible smoke inspection. The inspection will include 1998 and newer diesel-powered vehicles under 14,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.