Just wondering.

-M

 

For most intended purposes yes. Stock cams with gears should pass without trouble. The gears aren't the thing that will prevent passing a smog check, cause you can adjust them back to zero especially with stock cams. Aftermarket cams with greater duration and lift are what will most likely prevent passing smog with or without gears.

 

I see.

How is it that the cam gears increase HP by over 25HP? What's so special if you don't have cams?

-M

 

It would fail for the visual part of the inspection of the smog check. Whether it passes for the functional part of the test would have to depend on its +/- timing BTDC.

 

if you put the timing belt cover back on, who's going to know?

 

Well, as a smog technician i would have to take off the cover to make sure that the timing is set at the ECS(sticker underneath the hood) recommendation. And if i see aftermarket cam gears installed, under law, i have to report that as a failed item.

 

How much would it cost to pay you to pass the car


Is this CALI law?

 

That's the most retarding thing i've read.

 

This doesn't make sense. Are you saying that if I went out and bought cam gear stock replacements by a different manufacture, that you'd fail because they aren't the factory ones from Mitsu? That's like saying, I'll fail your alternator because you bought a GM one instead of a Misubishi one.

-M

 

it may be retarded, noodle, but then agian most of California laws are retarded. It doesnt however curtail the fact that i or any other smog tech can overlook something as important as the timing.

 

Point me to some documentation where it states a car equipped with adjustable timing gears automatically fails.

And I have yet to have any tech remove cam gear covers to verify cam timing on any of my cars during a smog check.

 

Timing can be set properly with aftermarket cam gears. Simply because they are aftermarket shouldn't be grounds for failing a visual. People don't buy all their parts from the stock manufacturer all the time. As long as the car operates like it should on the computer, there shouldn't be any problems.

-M

 

Anything can be overlooked for right price.

I kept my stock cam gears just in case.

 

Well, Boostez, you made a good analogy but you faulted when u brought up the alternator into the picture as this has nothing to do with Emisssions and the Cam gears and timing has everything to do with it. If you bought an OE replacement thats fine whether its from Mitsu. itself or someone else, but if on the other hand you were to buy an aftermarket "off-road" use only cam gears with/without different setting on the timing THEN you would fail smog, functional/visual. I'm not sure about other states laws on this, so i can only confirm this for Cali. ppl.

 

lol snoop....u know how we do it in Cali if u can't beat the system, pay your way out of it.