Anyone with StainlessWorks headers

[tomtom72]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

Tom....I have to admit to you.....in CA we suffer exactly like you in NY and those emission inspections in CA are expensive (been there and done that). I register all my vehicles in SD as I spend time both places and claim that as my residency

In SD no one even looks at the car or truck for anything and licensing is dirt cheap

If I had to add Air Induction to my SW headers it prolly would be less sightly to come into each header (with the smallest tubes that would pass emissions) from underneath between the engine and header (again....I think the Air Induction system is only for cold starts and the Air Induction valve is only open on a cold engine and since your engine is warm at emmisions checking....should be no emissions issue without that system....unless of course there is a rule on modifications and the emissions inspectors know a bit about what is or is not on stock Zs).

Having to modify those clean looking headers would be a BIG bummer for me

Cliff, I envy your residency loop hole! <--- see how green with envy I am!
In the New York suburbs our emission's inspectors have FSM diagrams of what equipment is supposed to apply to the car being tested. If they don't find the stuff they will fail the car for equipment violations before they test the actual engine emissions. I have to have all the "junk" hooked up.

I live in an apartment, so no garage to work in. The car lives in a rented garage in another town, but it's a Co-Op so I can't work there either.
I may just bite the bullet & send them back to SSW or Marc to get the EGR tube cut off & sealed and the AIR tubes welded on. I don't know any one local to me that I trust to do all that, or would even know what the AIR tubing needs to look like to fit an LT5 and fit in the car's engine bay. God I hate the smog regulations....like one LT5 is going to cause the ice to melt!

sorry about the rant!


Tom