What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2023]

[bruisedbanana79]

Passed the wonderful bi-annual California smog test. What is crazy is I passed even cleaner than I did two years ago, only change was going to long tube headers and dual cats. You are welcome California for modifying my car and having it burn cleaner than it ever has? 2022 results

2024 results

 

[Ugly1]

Passed the wonderful bi-annual California smog test. What is crazy is I passed even cleaner than I did two years ago, only change was going to long tube headers and dual cats. You are welcome California for modifying my car and having it burn cleaner than it ever has? View attachment 236745 2022 results

View attachment 236746 2024 results

Newer cats?

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

I'm sure there's an "inspection charge" with that every 6 month visit too.

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

I'm sure there's an "inspection charge" with that every 6 month visit too.

I'm so glad we don't have that here in KS. No catalytic converter? No brakes? No problem.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

There's some stuff like the safety items I think need to be in working order, I've seen some sketchy stuff on the road over the years.

Then again Darwinism, just don't hit me or anyone else minding their own business.

 

[mclellan83]

There's some stuff like the safety items I think need to be in working order, I've seen some sketchy stuff on the road over the years.

Then again Darwinism, just don't hit me or anyone else minding their own business.

Yeah the unfortunate part is that I understand why the states should do it when you see the sh*t that people in Ohio drive around in, but then PA takes it to the next level of screwery. For the big trucks we used to have a bi yearly inspection to make sure they were safe since they were out running all day every day and go through things quicker, they decided to take that away knowing people only do what you make them. So now all the locals have a DOT vehicle that pulls the commercial stuff trying to get tens of thousands of dollars in fines at a time

 

[Hurricane77]

There's some stuff like the safety items I think need to be in working order, I've seen some sketchy stuff on the road over the years.

Then again Darwinism, just don't hit me or anyone else minding their own business.

Couldn't agree with you more. We ditched the smog checks here a few years ago, it really wasn't accomplishing much. For most OBDII vehicles the check had been reduced to basically checking that there were no codes being thrown.

But a period safety inspection wouldn't be a bad idea. Had a Ram pull out in front of me from the salvage yard the other day and watched it crab down the road at 50 mph. Rear axle had to have been tracking at least 6 inches to the right of the front.

 

[86LK]

Couldn't agree with you more. We ditched the smog checks here a few years ago, it really wasn't accomplishing much. For most OBDII vehicles the check had been reduced to basically checking that there were no codes being thrown.

But a period safety inspection wouldn't be a bad idea. Had a Ram pull out in front of me from the salvage yard the other day and watched it crab down the road at 50 mph. Rear axle had to have been tracking at least 6 inches to the right of the front.

it's RAM, isn't that normal from the factory? 😁

 

[bruisedbanana79]

Newer cats?

No the side we sniffed was the same cat I used last time. What really changed was last check was done with shorty headers that Y'd into a single cat and then split into dual exhaust. Now I am running true duals with a cat per side. So I think having a big cat meant to handle all 8 cylinders now only having to burn off 4 cylinders really made a huge difference.

It has shocked me that with how strict California is on a lot of things that we do not have to go through a safety inspection only a sniff test.

 

[melloelky]

It has shocked me that with how strict California is on a lot of things that we do not have to go through a safety inspection only a sniff tetest.

that's wild no safety inspection.