Alright dudes, my Integra was scheduled for its smog test today and it passed with flying colors. They asked me what I did and I said nothing. It must have been your machine...they were not convinced, but did not argue since their machine was down mon, tues and 1/2 of weds and so I my tues. appt. was cancelled because of that, so they may have believed me.
I talked to the guys for about 20 mins. afterwards and found some shit out. Did you all know a cop can still sight you for anything w/a carb number? He can do it just to be a dick and have the ref. check you out. Cause apparently the EO Numbers for aftermarket parts are specific t the vehicle they are made for. So for instance, if cross your aem short ram from a civic and surprise it fits a del sol too but the EO number does not match the car, the ref. can fail you. I was surprised, these guys actually knew quite a bit about engine swaps and what needs to be in order for it to be tested as that car. For instance a b18c1 in a hatch has to be done so that the civic can be tested as an integra. If the block and head don't match up (lsvtec or some other mixed and matched motor) the ref. can fail you. The hose between your valve cover and intake must be fuel/oil resistant hose. I did not know this and my stock one had split and I replaced it with a silicone one. He was cool and replaced it in a minutes time, but let me know that can be a fail as well. I found out that the Ref, is NOT a DMV employee and they are privately contracted through the Bureau of Automotive Repair (B.A.R.) and that cops use them cause they are mostly out of colleges to whom students are "properly' being instructed as to how things are to be "properly" inspected. He was telling me that he sees our cars all damn day and that he actually thinks most of them are pretty cool, but he has a job to do and so he does it. So yeah, we talked about some other shit too, but I can't remember it all. I learned a few things though...