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T Loz Enthusiast

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Talked to a mechanic friend of mine about the Black bear Tune as well as others and he was telling me that after your vehicle is tuned, because of the adjustments made to your engine, it will not pass an emission test. True or False...Where I live in Canada I am not susceptible to emission testing, but if I go elsewhere I may get stopped to have one done...

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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No, You shouldn't have any troubles. On my 03, I had lower readings from the previous (non-tuned) years test when I got my pcm tuned.

66nova Senior Enthusiast

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I live in TX, and we do have emissions test here. My truck passed with flying colors. If anything he makes them more efficient.

 

I was originally worried about the same thing, so I talked to Justin about it. I wanted to know if I should switch my stock modules back. He told me I wouldn't have a problem and he was right.

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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I think Robert meant to say "He told me I wouldn't have a problem and he was right."

 

I had no problems getting mine inspected, earlier this year..

66nova Senior Enthusiast

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I think Robert meant to say "He told me I wouldn't have a problem and he was right."

 

I had no problems getting mine inspected, earlier this year..

 

 

What are you talking about? :thumbs::lol:

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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I think Robert meant to say "He told me I wouldn't have a problem and he was right."

 

I had no problems getting mine inspected, earlier this year..

 

 

What are you talking about? :thumbs::D

 

:lol::D

T Loz Enthusiast

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Thanks for the quick replies.....As soon as we get a date for Justin to be in Minnesota I'll be there...

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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I live in Calif and we have testing every 2 yrs after some extended honeymoon period for new vehicles. I'm not worried. I have the same reassurances, but also have the original ECM and TCM.

 

I'm not sure of the legalities in Calif. I suspect it may be illegal to tamper with anything related to emmission output in Calif.

brims Senior Enthusiast

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I live in Calif and we have testing every 2 yrs after some extended honeymoon period for new vehicles. I'm not worried. I have the same reassurances, but also have the original ECM and TCM.

 

I'm not sure of the legalities in Calif. I suspect it may be illegal to tamper with anything related to emmission output in Calif.

 

Yes, it's completely illegal. Like putting an intake on. It has to have a CARB EO in order to be allowed, and that basically states that the device won't effect emmisions and won't require engine recalibration. But if the tune actually lowers emmissions... then every vehicle should be tuned.

txab Senior Enthusiast

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Talked to a mechanic friend of mine about the Black bear Tune as well as others and he was telling me that after your vehicle is tuned, because of the adjustments made to your engine, it will not pass an emission test. True or False...Where I live in Canada I am not susceptible to emission testing, but if I go elsewhere I may get stopped to have one done...

 

:thumbs:

 

I call BS on your mechanic friend. He needs to bone up on his knowledge of engine tuning. He clearly doesn't know what is involved with a BB tune or most tunes for that matter. Can you tune an engine so that it doesn't pass an emissions test? Sure you can. But I don't see a whole lot of advantage to it for daily driver vehicles.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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Chris,

I'm going to see Justin in a few hrs. I'll ask him about the CA legalities. I'm sure you're right about CARB approval. I'm guessing a BB tune likely doesn't carry that approval since it would have to be a "canned" parameter change that was repeatable.

 

Darral,

I'm in agreement with you that BB tune would likely pass an emissions test easily, but I think that's purely because of the skill of Justin. I'm sure he could easily make it not pass, as well.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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Jenna,

I saw Justin tonight. He's a great guy. That Vette he was driving was pretty cool too. ...Oops, I probably wasn't supposed to mention that... :lol:

 

He cleaned up my mailorder tune and made me happy. The truck drives like a pro tuned it...because he did.

 

Thanks to both of you for a great biz and service. :thumbs:

 

P.S. I'm sorry guys, I forgot to ask Justin about CARB legalities.

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