VincentZ28

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Here's some pictures of my Miniram with the EGR and my Modified SLP Headers.

jmd

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Nice parts. I take it passing a visual is your next hurdle?

Dakota W.

Will it pass with just the egr and not the A.I.R. system?

VincentZ28

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No! But everything will be hook up.

abray1

What state do you live in? How serious is this emissions thing? We don't have this in Arkansas thank god.

Jeffs82TA

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I was going to try a setup like this on my 90 vette. Sadly the TPIS logo's are a dead giveaway and most smog techs will immediately look for a CARB number. Good luck though ......

VincentZ28

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California

Burnout91

That EGR set-up looks just like the one in the HSR / BO91 mod kit.

Orr89RocZ

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Very interesting setup...wonder what most smog techs would do when they see that. Its not visually acceptable as its altered from stock but it is there and works and could blow clean...so hard to say what shop would pass that, especially in cali where its pretty strict. Around other parts you tend to get away with alot more.

Dakota W.

Mine passed in OR without the A.I.R.

gp90gta

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Is that way TPIS recommends to intall the kit, there is no pic's online and I have done many google searches but these are the first good pic's I've seen of it.

Kind of hard to tell from the pic's you have here but I was thinking of getting the kit also, though I was going to drill a hole in the intake right under the egr and plum it that way, but looking at the kit I don't think there's enough room.

Do you think my idea would work?

VincentZ28

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If you have a Miniram then go the same route. You just have to weld on a fitting into the header.

sofakingdom

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Good luck... looks like a good clean install... as long as they don't ask for the CARB EO #, you might make it. Technically any non-OEM part must have that, which of course requires all manner of testing and the payment of ludicrous sums to various greedy bureaucrats; but in reality, if the test station OKs it, at least you can license your car. Let us know what happens.

Beater79TA

I run one of these on my 88 GTA and it passed AZ emissions. No CARB number requirement here though. If you can do it, move it to the driver's side before installing. It plumbs in extremely tight on the passenger side to get to the header and you've got a lot more room on the driver's side.

KiLLJ0Y

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Why would you need a CALIFORNIA Air Research Board emission # for Arizona emissions?

Beater79TA

You don't. But the OP most likely will in CA.

jmd

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There's a BIG difference between "getting by with something" and it being "legal."

What you may or may not be used to now is inspection stations which have streamlined significantly in the past 15 years. They can plug into the OBD-II cars, check for error readings and done. Which means the inspection stations can hire persons with minimal mechanical, drivetrain or emissions training who are simply reasonably computer literate.

This has had a trickle down mentality where if an OBD-I car comes through, the tech isn't going to care to fine-tooth-comb inspect it and the station isn't going to be as profitable or cost-efficient as if they sniff and pass.

In the past with a CCC 4bbl car, I've had E.O. numbers looked up for headers and intake manifolds. I've had a tech press in the plunger on the underside of an EGR valve to see that it's functional, one looked over the line routing decal to compare to how the engine had things set up. In my experience that no longer happens in NM nor AZ. It used to, to an extent.

One could make the argument that "good. if it passes, it should be allowed." And that's how things are happening now. But it doesn't mean the car is as low on emissions as it could be. There are a lot of hack ways of doing things that "get by" without actually fixing the problem or that are only done for inspection time.

The OP sharing his setup is great IMO. The Mini-Ram has been a longstanding available, aggressive aftermarket intake. But it's great if something is legal and capable of the positives an EGR system can offer.

Oh and I don't think most mainstream vehicle lines sold new are done in a "CA version" and a "49 state" version anymore. It' not cost effective for manufacturers and it's easier for the feds to jump onboard CA's existing regs.

AZ has a lack of enforcment of Federal regulations. Not a whole other set of standards from CA.

VincentZ28

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I will never take my car to the referee for anything. I would be a fool.

jmd

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maybe LT1 fuel rail covers that appear riveted on would be a good idea.