While You're In There... CA BAR Certified S52 OBD2 Swap

[Zeemz]

Got to meet Raphael and check out his car at The Vintage last month. Awesome car and awesome guy.

[2mAn]

Can you post in here so we have at least one consolidated area of different peoples experiences with the BAR?

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=229213

[2mAn]

Gotcha, thought you were running obd2 exhaust for some reason.

I had OBD2 manifolds originally, but swapped them over to the OBD1. I knew the plugged o2 sensors wouldve attracted attention. I dont want to attract any attention to anything. I want them to look for something, see it and move on to the next thing.

I am so close. Just need to get this, replace a post cat 02 and my Cam Pos Sensor (those are my only 2 trouble codes), then weld the down pipes to the cats and I'm Bar ready! I almost gave up. Thanks for the encouragement not to throw in the towel!

Hang in there Jeff! You're so close

[arch4ngel]

Good luck, hope that works for you.

[MrGreen]

My plan is to have them welded to the Cats as they are supposed to be and spray the whole exhaust with rustoleum. We'll see... It is the only part I'm a bit pessimistic about.


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[arch4ngel]

Nice! They are a bit less expensive than the K&N. Thanks!

I am so close. Just need to get this, replace a post cat 02 and my Cam Pos Sensor (those are my only 2 trouble codes), then weld the down pipes to the cats and I'm Bar ready! I almost gave up. Thanks for the encouragement not to throw in the towel!


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Happy to help but beware you may not pass with welded down pipes.
I did not and had to find another set of midpipes, on top of all the other modifications I needed to make to get them to fit.

[arch4ngel]

Wild that in Amerika one would need to do this... think of our forefathers, coming back from war, modifying cars and deleting pieces of their motorcycles for speed,style and because WTF.

Anyhow, good work subscribing to the rules and getting what you want out of it.

Thanks.
It's worth it to me if it keeps more crap out of the air.
Some of the laws are ridiculous but CA air has gotten much cleaner over the years.
That said I burned a shit load of gas idling and driving around trying to set my monitors just to pass emissions, oh well.

[MrGreen]

Just saw the air filter question, it's an ecis intake.
Pricey but comes with the needed CA legal sticker.

Nice! They are a bit less expensive than the K&N. Thanks!

I am so close. Just need to get this, replace a post cat 02 and my Cam Pos Sensor (those are my only 2 trouble codes), then weld the down pipes to the cats and I'm Bar ready! I almost gave up. Thanks for the encouragement not to throw in the towel!


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[arch4ngel]

Gotcha, thought you were running obd2 exhaust for some reason.

[2mAn]

Yep exactly, I had an exhaust shop cut the flanges off and welded to a new fabricated downpipe. If they would have done some bending and flattening they probably could have gotten it to fit, alas that was not the case.

I was able to confirm with the ref that some bending is fine, so you should be ok.
Are you running the stock obd2 midpipe? I'd like to see some pics with the stock subframe in place.

Im going OBD1 so I have M50/S50 manifolds and a S50 downpipe. Its not cut & welded luckily. Subframe clearance is kind of visible here


No pics of the underside with the downpipe though. I will probably take some down the road after I am done with the BAR and getting a new exhaust done. Im leaving it as OEM as possible right now so they dont give me a hard time

[TimeMachinE30]

Wild that in Amerika one would need to do this... think of our forefathers, coming back from war, modifying cars and deleting pieces of their motorcycles for speed,style and because WTF.

Anyhow, good work subscribing to the rules and getting what you want out of it.

[arch4ngel]

Just saw the air filter question, it's an ecis intake.
Pricey but comes with the needed CA legal sticker.

[arch4ngel]

Yep exactly, I had an exhaust shop cut the flanges off and welded to a new fabricated downpipe. If they would have done some bending and flattening they probably could have gotten it to fit, alas that was not the case.

I was able to confirm with the ref that some bending is fine, so you should be ok.
Are you running the stock obd2 midpipe? I'd like to see some pics with the stock subframe in place.

[2mAn]

Congrats on getting an OBD2 to successfully pass the BAR. How was your old downpipe "modified?" Was it cut & welded ? I think they just bent mine and "massaged" the subframe for the clearance. I have been lagging, but I just need to finish the CEL and then Im going to make my appt, assuming my CEL isnt illuminated

[MrGreen]

What air filter are you using? K&N 57-1000?


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