Well its about that time i finally saved up the money i needed for my minis overhaul in febuary 2014 and i wanted to hear from the power mod guys in CA are your cars smog legal in ca with say a Head a camshaft bigger fuel injectors as well as a tune from RMW Or how do you get it to pass smog because if i cant get it too pass smog its kind of a waste of 6 grand or so

 

I've got a cam, bigger injectors, pulley, RMW tune and it just passed smog a few weeks ago. Now that I've got another two years I'm considering a Milltek header to go with the exhaust.

 

Thats good to hear i wanted some assurance that id be able to pass. How much more power did you notice with the injectors and cam? From just say the pulley?

 

I've just done all the stuff you talked about, I've got 22 months to make sure it passes smog ") Fresno CA
Do your smog before you start, you can do it any time you want.. It get's recorded!!

 

I just had my smog done about 6 months ago and it passed with the pulley i had to changeout the intake however but i was just wondering if the head or cam injectors would be detected in the tests somehow and or cause my car to fail smog i intend to keep the mods permanently in the car

 

I have A RMW head, RMW cam, RMW race header, CAI, W-A intercooler, RMW tune CP pistons 17% pulley, 2% crank pulley and several other things and I passed, but I have the stock cat. the high flow cat would not pass.

 

Hmm thats interesting ive never heard that before so as long as i keep the stock catback exhaust rather than say a alta catback ill pass?? Why is that??less emissions flowing freely out the cat because its more restrictive? How much performance do you lose by not allowing the exhaust to flow better?

 

Yes and no. I have an aftermarket exhaust ( that I got from RMW) that I had a muffler shop replace my high flow cat with the stock one. To tell you the truth I can't feel any difference in the way the car runs.

 

Well thats less money i have to spend for the same performance im happy i can always buy fancy exhaust tips :P. I just noticed how many mods you have on your mini checkers!! That thing must be able to pull on 335is on the freeway ?!!!

 

It goes very well, but I've learned there is always someone faster. I'm very happy with Checkers.