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if you are in cali then you're screwed. well maybe not. it's going to be decidedly more difficult as our wonderful left coast friends are trying to make hot rodding a crime. you'll just have to find the right shop that knows what they are talking about.
anywhere else in the country you can do what ever you want to the engine / drive train as long as you can pass the emissions test. and any good tuning shop will be glad to take your business. the problem is most hho folks go to a mechanic. mechanic's are not tuners! they fix things back to oem stock. that's not what we want. we want performance. so we need to take it to a performance/race shop.guys that set cars up for the drag strip. slap blowers and turbos on cars. shops that think nothing of pulling out a built 700hp ls3 and dropping in a lsx block to make a 1000 hp street driven 2010 camaro. guys like adm performance here in texas.
Sounds good but if you even read Mega Squirt's (posted below) or Adm Performance's own disclaimer you will see the law is national just enforced in California more. There is only one approved system that I know of but maybe more now. One thing we both agree on and that is if you live in California you are screwed!! It is a real sad affair when you make your car burn more efficiently and you take it to California and because the exhaust is too clean you fail their test and get fined for the alteration. If that don't crisp you nothing will.
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WARNING: In the U.S.A. or Canada, federal law makes it illegal for ANYONE to tamper with, disconnect, remove or otherwise render inoperative ANY automotive emissions related control device. In general, the entire fuel system and all its individual components (including the EFI ECU) are considered 'emissions related control devices'. The penalties for tampering can be substantial. A violation may make you liable for a fine of $2,500 or even more!