Smog CALi stuff, Whats so diffrent between CA vs others Options

[urbandork]

I know that California celicas have less horses because of emmision laws. But what reduces the power. Is it a chip or a restricter plate kinda thing. How easy would it be to make a non CA celica legal for CA (better yet a turn CA celica to a non legal and then turn it back when ever i need to)

Its a potenial 5 hp that might not be to hard to get.

[Fox-N-It2]

Over the summer I swapped a 96 CA 5sfe into a non CA 96 GT. The main differences are Injectors and ECU. There is also a vac port on the back of the head you'll need to cap for making it non CA. The CA injectors work fine with a non CA fuerail and non CA ECU.

So to recap if your swapping in a CA motor to a non CA car use your stock ECU, use the CA injectors, cap the hole on the back of the head and your good to go.

[importceli]

yeah im in ca too, the other thing if you want a quick boost is run the higher octane gas...but id like to hear what actually happens and how we get so screwed with this emissions stuff.

[urbandork]

humm i c

[Chrobis]

the way the egr system is run and I believet cat placement are different.

But, if anyone plans on buying a new car there is good news... Cali specific cars will be a thing of the past, as manufactuers are now making 50 state smog legal cars... but this dosnt help us now does it

[Benevolence]

glad my celi is from Illinios still passes smog perfectly here in CA too.

[thedevilmaycrie]

my celica doesnt even think about cali smog lol.... i couldnt even pass smog if i wanted to

-DMC

[thedevilmaycrie]

my celica doesnt even think about cali smog lol.... i couldnt even pass smog if i wanted to

-DMC

[Fox-N-It2]

the way the egr system is run and I believet cat placement are different.

But, if anyone plans on buying a new car there is good news... Cali specific cars will be a thing of the past, as manufactuers are now making 50 state smog legal cars... but this dosnt help us now does it
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Using the NON Cali EGR on the Cali engine worked fine for me.

[Coligeon]

I just got a 1996 Celica GT that was bought in California. I never knew it lost performace...is the torque also affected? I don't even live in California (Arizona), so I must say I feel a little cheated .

[importceli]

dont feel too bad its nothin special maybe 3 or 4 hp easily picked back uo

[fastgt]

actually theres a difference in the distibutor as well

[97sccelica]

the way the egr system is run and I believet cat placement are different.

But, if anyone plans on buying a new car there is good news... Cali specific cars will be a thing of the past, as manufactuers are now making 50 state smog legal cars... but this dosnt help us now does it
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and new cars dont need a smog check till they are 5 years old.

first smog check for my WRX is scheduled for Feb. 2010

HAHA