California smog check, need to find "a guy" Options

[NaderG]

i live in California and as almost everybody knows , our emission laws are stricter than the rest of the nation .... so in order for me to swap my engine i will have to find somebody to look the other way and kind of pass it through the evil smog check ..... anybody here on the website lives in southern California and knows "a guy" that would do such thing .... because i been asking people that i know without any success ....

[6strngs]

I think they have different ECUs. the 94-95 cali specs had 2 o2 sensors (all 96+ had 2 o2 sensors, cali and fed). There is a different part number for the EGR valve. 94-95 cali specs had 2 catalytic converters (all 96+ have 2).

in any case, a federal spec should still be able to pass california emissions if it's in good working order. if you failed, then there is something wrong with your car. if you post what your numbers were on the smog check I could help you figure out what is wrong with it.

[NaderG]

I think they have different ECUs. the 94-95 cali specs had 2 o2 sensors (all 96+ had 2 o2 sensors, cali and fed). There is a different part number for the EGR valve. 94-95 cali specs had 2 catalytic converters (all 96+ have 2).

in any case, a federal spec should still be able to pass california emissions if it's in good working order. if you failed, then there is something wrong with your car. if you post what your numbers were on the smog check I could help you figure out what is wrong with it.

Well , i think he gave you the information you need , you also said on another post that your getting low gas millage , so i think there is something that needs to be done , the fuel/air ratio is probably messed up , giving you bad millage and bad emissions , you should consider changing the O2 sensors , PCV and check your EFI and all the other emission goodies

[6strngs]

I think they have different ECUs. the 94-95 cali specs had 2 o2 sensors (all 96+ had 2 o2 sensors, cali and fed). There is a different part number for the EGR valve. 94-95 cali specs had 2 catalytic converters (all 96+ have 2).

in any case, a federal spec should still be able to pass california emissions if it's in good working order. if you failed, then there is something wrong with your car. if you post what your numbers were on the smog check I could help you figure out what is wrong with it.

Well , i think he gave you the information you need , you also said on another post that your getting low gas millage , so i think there is something that needs to be done , the fuel/air ratio is probably messed up , giving you bad millage and bad emissions , you should consider changing the O2 sensors , PCV and check your EFI and all the other emission goodies

before you go dropping money into stuff like that, you should really look at the number from your smog check. if you failed case you HC and CO was high, that tells you something... in that particular case it would probably be a misfire or that your timing is off. If you've taken the smog check (how else do you know that you failed?) just post the numbers up. I'm learning alot about diagnosis in my auto classes this semester, and one of the main things we've touched on so far is what each of the exhaust gasses mean.