Worth getting stage 1 from Dizzy/Stratified with plans to go E30

[Brianmc27]

yeah its just annoying that at the 6 year mark you have to start getting smogged. Can't upgrade the turbo because you'd have to run a tune which will fail you right away.

I thought it was 8 years now?

Also, would it be detrimental to just put the stock tune on immediately before the smog?

 

[SrsBsns]

yeah its just annoying that at the 6 year mark you have to start getting smogged. Can't upgrade the turbo because you'd have to run a tune which will fail you right away.

Or you just have to know a guy. I have some friends with some pretty wild cars and somehow they always pass CA emissions.

 

[Spork1569]

Or you just have to know a guy. I have some friends with some pretty wild cars and somehow they always pass CA emissions.

With a friend like Benjamin Franklin I wouldn't be surprised that they passed

 

[SrsBsns]

With a friend like Benjamin Franklin I wouldn't be surprised that they passed

It's usually Benjamin Franklin and his brother, Benjamin Franklin.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Or you just have to know a guy. I have some friends with some pretty wild cars and somehow they always pass CA emissions.

Been there done that, eventually got sent to a referee station

 

[Spork1569]

Been there done that, eventually got sent to a referee station

Because they got pulled over or just unluckily sent by the DMV?

 

[Clint Beastwood]

I thought it was 8 years now?

Also, would it be detrimental to just put the stock tune on immediately before the smog?

You need the smog readiness monitors to be going which took me like 500 ish miles of driving on my last few cars. I don't know if I'd want to put 500 miles on a car with a big turbo and the wrong tune.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Because they got pulled over or just unluckily sent by the DMV?

Luck of the draw I guess? I also got busted on the way home from the drag strip in my SRT4 and put on a roadside smog test trailer thingy. Never street raced or anything, and I get busted on the way home from *legal* drags with a blown out cat.

 

[Spork1569]

Luck of the draw I guess? I also got busted on the way home from the drag strip in my SRT4 and put on a roadside smog test trailer thingy. Never street raced or anything, and I get busted on the way home from *legal* drags with a blown out cat.

I always thought those were voluntary and supposedly don't effect the owner of the vehicle. Guess not in that case.

Nothing stopping the cop from referring you anyway if he feels like it.

 

[SrsBsns]

Luck of the draw I guess? I also got busted on the way home from the drag strip in my SRT4 and put on a roadside smog test trailer thingy. Never street raced or anything, and I get busted on the way home from *legal* drags with a blown out cat.

Wow, that sounds like bad luck. I'm always worried about getting hassled like that. When I moved out to CA, I brought my E36 M3 which was running catless with a big 3" straight pipe. It sounded gnarly but I was also always paranoid that I'd be royally effed if CHP caught me.

What happened when you were smogged? I'm assuming it failed?

I always thought those were voluntary and supposedly don't effect the owner of the vehicle. Guess not in that case.

Nothing stopping the cop from referring you anyway if he feels like it.

Yeah, I thought I head that too.

 

[RubenZZZ]

I'm running a Stratified 91-octane tune with aggressive throttle response. Unlocked bottom end torque and made the car more "eager" to accelerate. I also opted for the crackles and pops on deceleration. Only had a panel filter and a catback as mods.

I have Depo FMIC on it now, I need to find some E85 nearby to run an E30 tune!

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[Spork1569]

I'm running a Stratified 91-octane tune with aggressive throttle response. Unlocked bottom end torque and made the car more "eager" to accelerate. I also opted for the crackles and pops on deceleration. Only had a panel filter and a catback as mods.

I have Depo FMIC on it now, I need to find some E85 nearby to run an E30 tune!

Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

How common is e-85 in the LA area? Here in Ventura there's literally one station that sells e-85 in like a 30 mile radius so I'm hesitant to try it myself.

 

[HBEcoBeaST]

How common is e-85 in the LA area? Here in Ventura there's literally one station that sells e-85 in like a 30 mile radius so I'm hesitant to try it myself.

e 85 is really common in LA and OC. Venturs only has 1 or 2 stations but Calabasas and Malibu have a few flexfuel stations. The GasBuddy app is very helpful when looking for e85

 

[Brianmc27]

Just to follow up, I got a Stage 1 Dizzy tune (91) and it was totally worth it.

The power is bonkers compared to Cobb stage 1.

 

[Hypergram]

So what is the difference between a 91 and a 93 octane tune? Which is worth getting?

 

[Brianmc27]

So what is the difference between a 91 and a 93 octane tune? Which is worth getting?

That just depends on availability. We only get 91 octane in california, so a 93 tune want an option.

If you can get 93 regularly, than that is absolutely the right choice.

 

[Hypergram]

That just depends on availability. We only get 91 octane in california

So performance-wise they're exactly the same?

 

[Brianmc27]

So performance-wise they're exactly the same?

93 will perform better than 91. The higher octane allows for a more aggressive tune.