Smog Nazis March on NY

[22xy]

While the mechanic at my local shop was fixing my car, he was kind enough to alert me to some fun new NY laws. A new law was passed and will go into effect July 1st. It basically says that on top of emissions testing they will hook up a computer to the ODBII and check "readiness codes" (whatever that means) to see if the computer says that emissions are okay as well. In other words no PFC for me. :cry: Have any of you encountered this and/or gotten around it with PFC?

[00CericaRuss]

you stick the stock ecu back in for the test... takes what.. 10 min tops?

[MarkyMark]

good for them, it's about time someone did something about the pollution around here

[Zero2sicksty]

welcome to california

[S|Lv3rBu||et]

They've been doing it that way in mass for a few years now.

[cntrlledINERTIA]

Originally posted by Zero2sicksty
welcome to california
:werd:

[22xy]

Originally posted by 00CericaRuss
you stick the stock ecu back in for the test... takes what.. 10 min tops?

Not that easy. The computer has to have seen driven data for a set number of miles and I'm not sure what that is. I don't know if the mechanics know either.

How have you CA guys gotten around it?

[Sirk_2]

You do realize that you can buy a stock ECU that is used. If the miles don't match up, then you can tell them that it is a different oem ecu

[FriedRice]

Originally posted by Sirk_2
You do realize that you can buy a stock ECU that is used. If the miles don't match up, then you can tell them that it is a different oem ecu

i dont think they're going to give u that much crap that the miles dont match...

say ur old one broke or someone haxored it ;)

[DiabloGTS2000]

how often is the test? It's every two years in MD, I would just run the stock ECU for a month before the test, I drive like about 1500 miles in a month, I think that would be enough

[aerospike2002]

Easy way around it. Purchase the Hydra Nemesis 2.0 EMS. OBDII port.

PFC = old technology.

[po9i]

i got a better idea....move to FL no emmision laws here..i know lots of people that have cut the cats on their cars

[NP_gts]

Originally posted by Zero2sicksty
welcome to california

:werd:

[aerospike2002]

Originally posted by po9i
i got a better idea....move to FL no emmision laws here..i know lots of people that have cut the cats on their cars

some us us care about the environment....

[Fiero]

Originally posted by aerospike2002
some us us care about the environment....

We had emissions testing in Florida for years. The simple fact was that 94% of the cars passed and the ones that didn't, didn't really make an impact on the atmosphere.

Actually, just by working with Teco Electric in Hillsborough County, 30,000 tons of harmful emissions per year were removed. That is obviously much more then the 700 tons put out by the failing cars.

[hellr]

Originally posted by po9i
i got a better idea....move to FL no emmision laws here..i know lots of people that have cut the cats on their cars

f them :thumbdown

[SweetGirlChicag]

I'd rather be living with cleaner, fresher air than to have it more polluted than anything.

[UCF202]

i agree, i'll take clean air over a hobby!

[po9i]

clean air my @$$ we will be long gone before we are affected

[alphasubzero949]

Originally posted by SweetGirlChicag
I'd rather be living with cleaner, fresher air than to have it more polluted than anything.

:rolleyes: :jerkoff:

[ringthree]

Originally posted by aerospike2002
Easy way around it. Purchase the Hydra Nemesis 2.0 EMS. OBDII port.

PFC = old technology.

And the Hydra is vaporware, whats you point?

[hellr]

Originally posted by po9i
clean air my @$$ we will be long gone before we are affected

Thats the spirit! :rolleyes: