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    Swaps & Emissions in CO

    I've been searching high and low all over r3v and the web, and can't find any info about passing Colorado(specifically Denver) emissions with a swapped car.

    Does anyone have an m5x swapped car that has passed emissions? Any hiccups?

    I have almost all the parts for the obd1 swap, but I also have the complete obd2 setup (including all the matching ews stuff & keys) and keep waffling about which way to go. I am going to be driving this daily and need it to pass emissions!

    If I go with obd2, all I need is a driveshaft and I'd start swapping right away and sort that out when I got to it, but I love the clean engine and bay of the obd1 setup...

    Any advice/thoughts are really appreciated.


    Looking for a clean e30 shell for a project.
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    It's based off of the car, if the car is OBDI (anything 1995 or earlier), you only have to pass a sniffer (and a visual inspection depending on where you take it). If the car is OBDII, it has to retain all OBDII electronics. However this is only in counties that require emissions.

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      #3
      yeah, so if you registered it in Kiowa or something, you would be fine.... hint hint.
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        #4
        Okay, next question, where's the best place to take it for Denver to easily pass the visual inspection? :)


        Looking for a clean e30 shell for a project.

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          #5
          I've just gone to the e-test place in Boulder, and didn't have any problems.

          That could be that the previous owner had gone above and beyond our requirements to make it legal in CA.

          I really don't think you are going to have a problem monkey, they most likely won't realize that it is a swapped engine.

          Wheelgap is like a vagina. The more fingers you get in, the worse it is.
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            #6
            apparently in el paso county (CO springs) you don't have to pass emissions. so eventhough my roommate is from Longmont and needed a test for his car they wouldn't do it down here. Just something to think about, i'm not sure which counties have to have emission tests
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              #7
              Two speed or dyno test?

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                #8
                most of them are dyno, but I know of a shop that does 2 speed tests for cars older than 82 or 83.

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                  #9
                  I live in Denver county and they do require emissions. I've owned several cars here, the oldest being a 92 honda accord (I'm sorry), and they have all been dyno tested.

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                  Never had a car fail, but I'm also hoping they won't know the difference between the engines...

                  If I do have a problem, I'll probably go through the procedure to get it marked a custom vehicle. Running OBD1 like the car originally had will probably help my chances of passing without question.

                  Who's got an ecu and harness they want to sell me!? :)


                  Looking for a clean e30 shell for a project.

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                    #10
                    as long as the engine runs properly and you have a catalytic converter, it should pass.

                    visual inspection should go ok as well, because those people don't get paid enough to give a shit (and it's unlikely they know anything about e30s)

                    mainly they're looking for leaks or signs that the car is crap, and even then, I saw one car dump half of it's coolant during the test and they still passed it.

                    As long as you don't have a barrel of nitrous or something plastered in radioactive stickers, it should be fine.....
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                      #11
                      no emissions in Larimer co!

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by ZombiE30 View Post
                        as long as the engine runs properly and you have a catalytic converter, it should pass.

                        visual inspection should go ok as well, because those people don't get paid enough to give a shit (and it's unlikely they know anything about e30s)

                        mainly they're looking for leaks or signs that the car is crap, and even then, I saw one car dump half of it's coolant during the test and they still passed it.

                        As long as you don't have a barrel of nitrous or something plastered in radioactive stickers, it should be fine.....
                        dooo it!!! when I took mine and since it had low pro tires they thought it was a FWD ha such idiots!!

                        make sure most hoses and wires are connected... I took my truck and for one hope it didn't pass so I hooked it up to nothing and I told them WTF last year it passed so he inspected again couldn't find the missing hose so It passsseeedd!!!
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                          #13
                          I have an s50 swapped 90' 325. I live in Boulder and had to do the dyno test. Failed the first couple tries w/ basically straight pipe (the cat that was on there when I bought it was about 25% the size of a stock one. I was right over the limits, but just barely.

                          I finally gave in and got a new cat put on and it easily passed.

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                            #14
                            I'm wondering if I can use the cats from the e39 528 that the engine is coming from, I can weld my own setup so I might get creative...


                            Looking for a clean e30 shell for a project.

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                              #15
                              I have late model E36 midsection, including cats and mine passed. I would assume that the E39 cats would work fine

                              Wheelgap is like a vagina. The more fingers you get in, the worse it is.
                              Originally posted by Chachi
                              young chicks are not keepers. they are for fun.

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