[Supras] NJ inspection

[cthommes at adelphia.net]

Black paint is your friend.  :)

But-- I know that anything capped or plugged is generally a huge red flag on this coast... I'd suggest even an unmodified accordian if your mod is that apparent.  They aren't expensive even new (just don't fall for the $90 used ebay ones), and you can keep it for next time too.

-Craig

---- berniek at technicaldevelop.com wrote: 
> 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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