CA emissions

[slammed95gt]

I am currently in the Marine Corps and I am getting ready to move to Camp Pendleton just outside of San Diego. I will have to have my mach1 CA smog checked. I have a 5.1 stroker motor with the stock exhaust still in place, with other small modifications. Does anyone have any information on the process or level of difficulty involved in getting my mach 1 certified?

[mayamach]

I've been avoiding it myself... I've been in Cali for 11 months now with no inspection sticker. I've heard as long as you have the stock mid-pipe it should pass (and I wouldn't think that they will be able to tell you have a stroker via visual inspection).

Luckily I'm moving back to San Antonio in another month... so I'm just going to continue dodging cops until I'm back in Texas...

[not a gt]

I think ANYONE in the military should be exempt from that kind of BS !!

[sinister07]

This is from the California Department of Motor Vehicles-

Nonresident Military Personnel Operating a Vehicle in California

Nonresident military personnel, and both military or civilian members of NATO who are not citizens of the United States are permitted to operate a vehicle in this state with valid license plates from either:

the individual's home state or country or
the state or country where the individual was regularly assigned and stationed when the license plates were issued, if the following requirements are met:
The license plates displayed on the vehicle are valid plates issued by a foreign jurisdiction.
The vehicle registration and license plates are issued to the military person or spouse of the military person.
The vehicle registration and license plates are issued by the foreign jurisdiction where the military person was last regularly assigned and stationed for duty by military orders or a jurisdiction claimed by the nonresident military person as the permanent state of residence.
If the vehicle is a motor vehicle, the owner or driver has insurance.
NOTE: Military orders do not include military orders for leave, for temporary duty, or for any other assignment of any nature requiring the military person's presence outside the foreign jurisdiction where the owner was regularly assigned and stationed for duty.

This section applies to all vehicles owned by the military person or spouse except any commercial vehicle used in any business manner wherein the military person or spouse receives compensation.

[sinister07]

So, in other words, military personnel ARE exempt. No worries!

[na svt]

Originally Posted by slammed95gt

I am currently in the Marine Corps and I am getting ready to move to Camp Pendleton just outside of San Diego. I will have to have my mach1 CA smog checked. I have a 5.1 stroker motor with the stock exhaust still in place, with other small modifications. Does anyone have any information on the process or level of difficulty involved in getting my mach 1 certified?

Keep it registered in your home state. I was in the military, in California for 20 years and my vehicles were registered in Michigan the entire time.

Originally Posted by not a gt

I think ANYONE in the military should be exempt from that kind of BS !!

they are

[spanky192]

In practice, CA smog testing is not that bad. They are SUPPOSED to do a visual inspection and make sure everything is within regulation but most technicians are petty lenient with mods. My car has catted bassani x-pipe and borla stingers and I have never failed the visual or the emissions test.