Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks
by themitigating on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @06:01PM
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Older cars aren't subject to smog protection and if the module is set to the OEM configuration it will. I only used a tuning module because it's an easy example
Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks
by jjav on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:37AM
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> Older cars aren't subject to smog protection and if the module is set to the OEM configuration it will.
Only cars prior to 1974 are not subject to smog check in California.
And part of the smog check is a visual inspection which will fail in the presence of any non-factory emission related equipment (such as engine control modules) even if their behavior is 100% identical to factory.
That's not going to pass SMOG checks. It must be the factory control module, and it that's no longer in production, too bad.
For track cars it's fun to replace the electronics with customizable units, but you can't get away with that for a street car (in California at least).