Hughes intake

[fowlerdodge]

Has anyone in CA actually used the Hughes intake and passed smog?

 

[dapepper9]

Guys do it all the time with good tuning. Even with blowers

 

[fowlerdodge]

^^ not too worried about the tuning, more concerned with the visual.

 

[dapepper9]

^^ not too worried about the tuning, more concerned with the visual.

You're worried about how the intake looks and not how it performs? Wrong priorities

 

[fowlerdodge]

^^Wrong reading comprehension skills. Let me type slower.....Worried about passing smog in CA. We have a visual inspection along with the dyno/sniffer.

 

[dapepper9]

Oh gotcha gotcha gotcha. My bad lol. Iowa nor any of the states around me has any of that so i kinda forget about it.

 

[fowlerdodge]

Just wanted to re-ask the question since my post was hijacked.

 

[dapepper9]

Answered in my first reply

 

[dudeman2009]

Just wanted to re-ask the question since my post was hijacked.

No one hijacked your post, you and Dapepper were the only ones in here.

As far as your question, Dapepper is right, a good tune will ensure you pass, you may or may not pass. An old high school buddy of mine moved to Denver where they require inspection to register your vehicle and he passed there with a Hughes intake, shorty headers and rockers, Tuned, but before the tune he didn't have emissions related codes. I've heard of guys with as little as an intake, failing smog in places like Maryland.

If you want to be safe, get the intake and a tune. You won't regret it.

 

[dapepper9]

Visual passes fine for most

 

[fowlerdodge]

I will try to type real slow..... I'm not worried about the sniffer. It's the visual inspection in CA, not iowa or michigan. Have either of you two that seem to know everything actually passed or even taken a smog inspection in CA?

 

[dudeman2009]

I will try to type real slow..... I'm not worried about the sniffer. It's the visual inspection in CA, not iowa or michigan. Have either of you two that seem to know everything actually passed or even taken a smog inspection in CA?

Nope and i'd like to keep it that way. I've never had a vehicle inspection as its not a requirement, As Dapepper said previous, visual is fine. As long as you dont cobble it together with paper clips it will look proper and pass.

 

[dapepper9]

I will try to type real slow..... I'm not worried about the sniffer. It's the visual inspection in CA, not iowa or michigan. Have either of you two that seem to know everything actually passed or even taken a smog inspection in CA?

I'll type real slow as well, guys do it all the time. I can tell you a few by name if you wish

I may have misunderstood you initially but the answer to your question didn't change. In fact more guys are less concerned with the visual thsn they are the sniffer. But yes I've seen plenty of guys pass the VISUAL without an issue