ECUFlashed, heavily modified, and still passes inspection.
Theres tons of aftermarket parts that most inspectors probably don't even know what they are either.
as i find myself tuning and working on my car, Im starting to really understand how much the stock ECU is really capable of. I cant deny malibu is going in the right direction, way to go man as we pave the way for street legal fun!
New York is nowhere near as restrictive as California, but they do have pretty strict inspections and smog laws on NYC and Long Island, its just that they haven't adopted the visual and CARB certification type things.
For the most part if the emissions controls are intact, and functioning, and the car runs clean (if it requires a sniffer) or passes the OBD-II tests, then it will pass if it also passes the regular safety stuff.
California is probably one of the few places where you can't even make any visual modifications without some sort of certification for the parts.
For the most part if the emissions controls are intact, and functioning, and the car runs clean (if it requires a sniffer) or passes the OBD-II tests, then it will pass if it also passes the regular safety stuff.
California is probably one of the few places where you can't even make any visual modifications without some sort of certification for the parts.
The blowthrough MAF is something no longer available, it uses a Ford Cobra MAF sensor. It was manufactured by Pro-M/Proflow/Best Products, which is now PMAS and hasn't officially made any products available yet.
Its most similar to an early MAF translator but it uses an analog MAF sensor instead of the GM one.
Right now I'm running the Proflow Karmann Converter, UTEC, and a Reflash for my engine management, but I frequently switch between the ECU+ and UTEC depending on what I'm testing.. This is why I kept the seperate pro-flow unit.
Not having a stock MAF sensor obviously removes the "restriction" and anomolous readings from a karmann sensor and very high airflow rates. But I've seen many GT35r's make good power with a stock ECU and MAF so i'm not really sure it makes that much of a difference.
I do know when I first installed it, and finally got it working properly, I picked up quite a bit of power, but It was likely due to how the MAF curve it was outputing was affecting the ECU (Keep in mind this was years before we could see the inner works of the ECU) in a similar way that reducing the signal with an S-AFC would affect the ECU.
On my car, all emissions controls are still intact except for the hose that runs from the valve cover to the intake pipe (there is no nipple for it) but that was something the Inspectors did not notice.
Its most similar to an early MAF translator but it uses an analog MAF sensor instead of the GM one.
Right now I'm running the Proflow Karmann Converter, UTEC, and a Reflash for my engine management, but I frequently switch between the ECU+ and UTEC depending on what I'm testing.. This is why I kept the seperate pro-flow unit.
Not having a stock MAF sensor obviously removes the "restriction" and anomolous readings from a karmann sensor and very high airflow rates. But I've seen many GT35r's make good power with a stock ECU and MAF so i'm not really sure it makes that much of a difference.
I do know when I first installed it, and finally got it working properly, I picked up quite a bit of power, but It was likely due to how the MAF curve it was outputing was affecting the ECU (Keep in mind this was years before we could see the inner works of the ECU) in a similar way that reducing the signal with an S-AFC would affect the ECU.
On my car, all emissions controls are still intact except for the hose that runs from the valve cover to the intake pipe (there is no nipple for it) but that was something the Inspectors did not notice.
Damn bro, where on long island did you take it to and where are you located? Built motor, bigger turbo and still running a maf? Kinda sounds like my old setup of my GSX with the translator, just had a stock bottom end and still made 480+awhp. Are you located in Nassau or Suffolk?
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