A California friendly cam?
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Drifting
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: san diego CA
A California friendly cam?
Living in CA has it's ups and downs, obviously one of the downers being smog. No LT headers or huge cams. So my question is this, what do you guys think would be the biggest cam that I could pull off without having to worry about smog at all? Now obviously it isn't going to be that large, but do you think the largest CA friendly cam would still require valvetrain upgrades as well?
Thanks for any input.
Thanks for any input.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Baltimore Md
My question would be..... How is the CARB guy going to give you an issue with a cam if you have no codes and it passes visual inspection?
serious question... its not a part he can see to give you **** about
serious question... its not a part he can see to give you **** about
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: San Diego California
California smog inspections currently have a sniffer. The overlap on a large cam allows unburned gasoline to exit the tail pipe. The sniffer picks it up and you can't register your car.
Melting Slicks
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From: Bay Area CA
Instructor
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From: Galt CA
I ran a 220-224 on a 114 lobe center advanced the exhaust +3 with 581 lift. Car runs strong and passes smog with no problems. I have had to have it sniffed twice. It passed so well I was kinda disappointed because I think I could have got away with a little more but as hard as it is to install a cam on a C5 I guess it's better safe than sorry
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