passing smog in cali? - Honda Prelude Forum

xxATARAXYxx · 08-20-2008, 06:26 PM

hey so ive been thinking lately about weather or not i want to turbo my lude (obviously if i do decide to im going to do alot of researching first becuase i dont know much about boosting just yet)......but for me....the deciding factor is weather or not it will pass emissions in california...ive heard that it will or you can get a governor sticker for it or something like that

any help that anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated : )

spin_r_g · 08-20-2008, 06:39 PM

No turbo kits for the prelude are legal in California. So they will fail visual.

xxATARAXYxx · 08-20-2008, 06:57 PM

ok well that prety much shoots that out the window

thanks though man i needed to know that haha

coulda made a big mistake >_<

Qveon · 08-20-2008, 08:05 PM

Try a JRSC. Its boost and it has CARB cert.

keahistight · 08-20-2008, 09:43 PM

or pass emissions then put the turbo on and take it off every time you smog it

Qveon · 08-21-2008, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by keahistight

or pass emissions then put the turbo on and take it off every time you smog it

lots of work, how often do you pawns have to smog?

Rodmunch · 08-21-2008, 11:33 AM

Every 2 years.

keahistight · 08-21-2008, 09:05 PM

I know some one at the DMV so when I had my old lude I just paid and had it done.

xxATARAXYxx · 08-23-2008, 03:54 PM

yea i was possibly thinking about just turboing it than taking the turbo off to pass smog but dont you have to remove al of the pipeing for it as well?

keahistight · 09-13-2008, 08:46 AM

yes, you need to remove EVERYTHING. Another problem is the EGR as that is a complete PITA.