[Supras] NJ inspection

[berniek at technicaldevelop.com]

Dear Craig and everyone else who wrote back:

I'll get the engine compartment as stock looking as possible, but will
still have a piece of curved 2-1/4" curved pipe coming through the fender,
which I can paint black.  I'll take off the Raptor, but I have a 1-1/4"
copper ell (1-1/2" OD for Raptor recirculation) with one end permanently
installed in the AFM end of the accordion hose.  I guess I can plug the
end, paint it black, and hope that no one complains.  I'm also hoping the
convex mirrors the inspection police use to look under the car do not
recognize the 3" exhaust.  The Random Tech cat is small too, about half
the width of the stocker.

Before I sold my '90T, the inspection police tried to get the HKS LET-T16
exhaust to sound loud, which seemed to be touch and go for a moment
because of the boominess inside of a steel building (with bay doors open).
 They are supposed to use decibel meters but do not.  I have the same
exhaust now on the '91 with the mods described in other postings.  Also,
I'll paint the top tank of the IC black.  But in all the years I've taken
cars to NJ State inspection I've never had a hood opened, and had never
seen one opened.

Thanks.

BernieK



> Hi Bernie,
> I don't know about New Jersey, but in CA smog inspectors have never once
> balked about the precat being missing.  This is over 12 years of smog
> inspections between my turbo sups and the old CA spec n/a sup.  (To those
> who want to discredit this point: please look into the differences in the
> CA spec n/a cars before you try to tell me n/a sups didn't have a precat).
>
> Never had anyone balk at the stock airbox replaced with a FIPK either.
> Even without the CARB EO sticker on the FIPK...
>
> Nowadays when I smog, I replace the upper hard pipe, 3K pipe and BOV with
> stock items and the engine bay looks completely stock.  It's a 10 minute
> job to save hours of headache.
>
> -Craig
>
> ---- "berniek at technicaldevelop.com" <berniek at technicaldevelop.com> wrote:
>> Although next inspection time is some time in the future, I'm curious
>> about experiences anyone has had with NJ inspection at a state
>> facility.  I's rather go to a small private place and pay $100-$150 just
>> to get the damn sticker, if anyone knows of one.
>>
>>
>> If I'm forced into going to the state, I'll take off the Raptor BOV
>> temporarily, but will leave the hard piping stating that the plastic
>> went to polymer heaven.  Aside from the polished aluminum intercooler
>> and hardpipes, the engine bay will look stock (well, maybe I'll put back
>> the plastic piece feeding the 3000 pipe hose).
>>
>>
>> I guess the biggest concern is the single cat, part of a Random Tech 3"
>> downpipe assembly.  There is no precat, but I don't know if the
>> inspectors with their convex mirrors know enough to look for it, since
>> the Supra is old and not too many of them exist now.  Just wondering if
>> I should reinstall the stock airbox.
>>
>>
>> Any and all opinions would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>> BernieK
>>
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