What I'm saying is that the smog shops never did a visual inspection of the turbo kit components, probably because they'd have no clue what they were looking at anyway. A smog referee certainly would but I never had cause to visit one. A non-stock car coming from out of state might have to go through referee inspection though.
----- Original Message ----- From: Stephanie Turner To: 'Miata Power List' Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:56 AM Subject: RE: California and turbos? The turbo components would be CARB legal. You would have to remove the link and re-install your MAF/AFM to make it pass inspection though. You might also have to re-install the stock exhaust. But the turbo components would be covered under our current EO. And to pass visual inspection, you might need to borrow an dummy FMU. Hope that helps! Stephanie BEGi/Bell Engineering Phone: 830-438-2890 Fax: 830-438-8361 www.bellengineering.net From: Ray Ayala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:11 PM To: Dan Wink; 'Miata Power List' Subject: Re: California and turbos? I ran my '94 for many years as a BEGI System IV in So Cal. All I had to do was show the smog test place a printed copy of the BEGI EO (available on the internet) and actually pass the standard smog test. Even though I had a full-on FM/Link installed the test techs didn't know the difference. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Wink To: 'Miata Power List' Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: California and turbos? Good day all, I work for a large organization (more than 200K employees in the US) and am being asked to consider relocating to California. The package is pretty attractive, however I am not feeling that the prospects of bringing my Miata with me are very good. It is a 1991 Mariner w/ 90K miles, turbo (series 3 from BEGI), Link, 3" exhaust, wideband, etc. The car does have a catalytic converter in place, but I believe that I would need to be concerned with CARB approval or some such thing to register and operate in CA, right? Is there any possible workaround (like giving the car to my dad in Maine and "borrowing" it for a couple of years?) Appreciate any assistance, we don't even have emissions tests back here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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