NOVA -- Emissions Inspection
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NOVA -- Emissions Inspection
Anyone in the NOVA area have a recommendation for a place for emissions testing for modded cars? I can't be the only one in the area that has a C5 with long tube headers, high flow cats, etc.
Any help would be appreciated!
Any help would be appreciated!
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St. Jude Donor '12
Originally Posted by Homer4598
Anyone in the NOVA area have a recommendation for a place for emissions testing for modded cars? I can't be the only one in the area that has a C5 with long tube headers, high flow cats, etc.
Any help would be appreciated!
Any help would be appreciated!
You may want to drop by an emissions station and just talk to them and see what they suggest.
Laurie - How did the 89 fail? Post your numbers in the C4 tech section and someone there will be able to tell you how to fix.
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What did you remove from the car?
As long as you have the cats, egr (if equipped), and the A.I.R. System you will pass. They don't care if you have after market headers and/or cats and long as you don't put out more nasty stuff...
As long as you have the cats, egr (if equipped), and the A.I.R. System you will pass. They don't care if you have after market headers and/or cats and long as you don't put out more nasty stuff...
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St: Jude Donor '10
Originally Posted by jaa1988
By your signature you have a 2004. I think they have gone to just plugging the car computer into the emissions computer and making sure there are no codes.
You may want to drop by an emissions station and just talk to them and see what they suggest.
Laurie - How did the 89 fail? Post your numbers in the C4 tech section and someone there will be able to tell you how to fix.
You may want to drop by an emissions station and just talk to them and see what they suggest.
Laurie - How did the 89 fail? Post your numbers in the C4 tech section and someone there will be able to tell you how to fix.
Probably gonna give it to Joe and have him deal with it at this point...
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Ahh the old visible smoke problem.
Hopefully its just the seals around the valve stems.
Ya might want to do replacement rocker arms at the same time. mmmmm maybe a cam. Maybe new heads - polished and ported
Hopefully its just the seals around the valve stems.
Ya might want to do replacement rocker arms at the same time. mmmmm maybe a cam. Maybe new heads - polished and ported
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As was said, 1996 and later is just OBD-II plug in now. No codes, no stored stuff like misfires, no need to get it on the dyno. They will still do a visual, though, so you have to have the various emissions components in place.
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Originally Posted by LilRedCorvette94
I didn't get any numbers AT ALL. The guy said they do the visible smoke test first and if they see smoke, they refuse to put it on the dyno.
Probably gonna give it to Joe and have him deal with it at this point...
Probably gonna give it to Joe and have him deal with it at this point...
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St: Jude Donor '10
Originally Posted by jaa1988
Ahh the old visible smoke problem.
Hopefully its just the seals around the valve stems.
Ya might want to do replacement rocker arms at the same time. mmmmm maybe a cam. Maybe new heads - polished and ported
Hopefully its just the seals around the valve stems.
Ya might want to do replacement rocker arms at the same time. mmmmm maybe a cam. Maybe new heads - polished and ported
I have various mods in mind over time but I gotta pass emissions first and store up some $ for those mods
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St: Jude Donor '10
Originally Posted by 93 ragtop
If you change the oil to synthetic and its fresh, you dont get near as much or any smoke on start up when valve seals are bad. By the way, have you been back to old dominion any more?
Haven't been to ODS in a while, been too darn busy. How about you?
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St: Jude Donor '10
Originally Posted by Bluewasp
lilred, so you are going to keep the car?
I'm probably gonna keep the car...pending the results. From our conversation, he doesn't think the engine is bad, but we'll see what he says.
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I just moved to NOVA, I have a 98 with long tube headers, high flow cats, LS6 intake, polished TB, dual air intake, small cam, all they did was plug in under the dash, I passed right away with no problems, hell I even passed on CA (a buddy just tested the output from the tail pipes) I think you'll have no problems passing in VA
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Yep, they did the OBD-II test and I passed. I was worried because I saw some people on General/Tech that were having problems passing.
Of course, the non-stock bulbs didn't go over well, but I can change bulbs. D'oh.
Of course, the non-stock bulbs didn't go over well, but I can change bulbs. D'oh.
