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Old 05-08-2003, 03:16 PM
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I'm in CT. How would the know the car is supposed to have an air pump? Who looks? Police?
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Old 05-08-2003, 03:57 PM
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ask an place that smogs cars what kind of inspection they do...and what not.. if they just do a tail pipe check thats good you can get it to pass easy...its just many places now are doing a visiual inspection along with a tail pipe sniff test... Also you can ask your local dmv for smog check regs..
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Originally Posted by DaveC' date='May 8 2003, 12:16 PM
I'm in CT. How would the know the car is supposed to have an air pump? Who looks? Police?
well theres a sticker under the hood, and if they are sharp the mounting brackets and stuff



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Old 05-09-2003, 01:44 PM
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Can the airpump be kept with some of the single turbo kits? I would hate like hell to spend that kind of $$ and not be able to run it on the street.
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Originally Posted by DaveC' date='May 9 2003, 10:44 AM
Can the airpump be kept with some of the single turbo kits? I would hate like hell to spend that kind of $$ and not be able to run it on the street.
yes, the newer apexi rx6 kits, and the hks to4e and t51 kits let you keep it



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Old 05-09-2003, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='May 9 2003, 01:44 AM
actually the physical turbo itself has no impact on emissions at all, he only reason most wont ever pass is because they put the turbo where the air pump was



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I think I mayhave written my thought down wrong. I was trying to say what you just said But what I meant by HP loss is a catalytic converter, even a high flow cat will cause HP loss...so why bother.
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Old 05-21-2003, 10:56 PM
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Even retaining the smog pump doesn't make it smog leagal. You will need to provide a CARB # or they can fail you. They can fail you for an intake that does not have a CARB # and most likey that is what they will notice or recognice since most cars are not turbo. I don't know if HKS has one but I did call Apexi and they said theirs does not nor is there one pending.
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Originally Posted by GoRacer' date='May 21 2003, 07:56 PM
Even retaining the smog pump doesn't make it smog leagal. You will need to provide a CARB # or they can fail you. They can fail you for an intake that does not have a CARB # and most likey that is what they will notice or recognice since most cars are not turbo. I don't know if HKS has one but I did call Apexi and they said theirs does not nor is there one pending.
some of the hks ones do. nobody around here knows what a carb number even is, my friend got pulled over once and they saw the carb sticker and went looking for a carburator



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