Falken

I have a couple of questions.

I know that there are people on this forum who run catless, turbocharged RX-8s. I also know that there is no way those cars could pass emissions. To those owners: How do you pass the smog test?

My next question is to those with engine swaps. There are people who have put older engines into RX-8s, which is apparently specifically illegal. How do you get away with that?

Thanks,
-Falken

Outkast187

I dont know if I own anything that could pass. We dont have tests here, so no problems there. Register in another county without emission is the best method.

At $4+ a gallon, if I want to let raw gas pour out of the exhaust I will do it.

Also on the boosted ones, just turn the boost way down, and lean it way out. Just make a emissions friendly map if you have a aftermarket ecu.

Falken

I was under the impression you had to have an address in another country/state to register your car to?

636

$200+poor smog man= very happy rx8 owner.

nuke0907

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no smog test in FL.

just don't tell them you have an engine swap.

tdiddy

No, smog tests in central Illinois but I would use the AccessPort to turn off the CEL for the deleted cat and air pump.

tajabaho1

well what I do is have a spare cat lying around :D

Socket7

I second the motion of bribery. they'll just leave the test probe out of the tailpipe

NgoRX8

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just go to the shadiest smog station you can find and ask to smog with Ben Franklin.

Falken

I'm really more concerned with the engine swap problem.

Just for example purposes, lets assume a 20B RX-8 with a good size turbo has to pass. How does it get done?

I heard something about "show car insurance"?

Outkast187

You do. If you have family in another state, it makes it easy.

Smoke Honda

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I'm pretty sure there is a lot of people that do this but: You can pay off them off. I usually give an extra 30 bucks when no one else is around. They can override anything, it just takes a couple of dollars to motivate them.

Falken

Well felony convictions for bribery are not worth it to me.

But this IS illinois, and anyone who lives in IL should know what I'm talking about...

mdw1000

Not sure how you would do it with a different engine. With a SC, you would just disconnect the belt, and perhaps unplug the Interceptor or EMU if you are running those. Not sure what all is involved in disconnecting a turbo. Or like tdiddy said, use an AP to shut off those codes.

04RX8man

I don' think you can register a car in another state without having insurance from that state and that states tags.....but another county that does not have testing is possible as long as there is someone u know with an address there

Falken

Haha, just my luck. Guess where my only other family lives...

You got it.

California.

636

Yes sir , with a swapped engine in california your car can be taken away without matching vin numbers. They are implementing smog machines to take a test while your driving. Seen some on the freeway. If you're thinking about getting a turbo or a swap then you've come to the wrong state pal....

Falken

Well I'M not in cali but I'm in illinois which is almost as bad.

Flashwing

The Accessport will disable all the emissions related CEL's so when the smog place checks the PCM for trouble codes they won't find any.

With a proper tune, you could run the car lean enough to pass emissions (in theory) but unless there is a problem with the PCM they shouldn't be performing a sniffer test. Some places will do a visual inspection but only to make sure you don't have an exhaust dump.

If someone asked me where my CAT was I'd tell them it's on the manifold. GOOD LUCK finding that!