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This is very disturbing...
 

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Mazda has a tune I haven't had to smog it yet.

I don't know how the Ford Tunes work, but I can revert mine back and forth at will with my laptop...well I've never tried but 🤷
 
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The best part of stuff like this is that it won't be long until no one actually lives in CA anymore, and it'll be awesome to visit and enjoy the weather without traffic.
Yeah, but then they ruin cool places like Austin, Montana and Idaho.....
 

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Interesting, thanks for posting. Would you all figure that private company tunes may be an issue in the peoples republic in the future, but that official Ford factory tunes should be OK? I thought I saw someone say supposedly Ford was going to offer a tune for the 2.7, similar to what they offer for the Ranger?
 
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Leave it to Cali.... Mazda has a tune I haven't had to mod it yet.

I don't know how the Ford Tunes work, but I can revert mine back and forth at will with my laptop...well I've never tried but 🤷
Apparently this is a new twist. If you have EVER loaded a tune, the smog Nazis will know, even if you put it back to stock and fail you (even if all emission monitors turned on and working fine). Then you have to pay Ford to reset this indicator.

Interesting, thanks for posting. Would you all figure that private company tunes may be an issue in the peoples republic in the future, but that official Ford factory tunes should be OK? I thought I saw someone say supposedly Ford was going to offer a tune for the 2.7, similar to what they offer for the Ranger?
Yes, unlikely Ford would be selling a tune that is not emission compliant. That said, Roush (which might as well be Ford), sells 3 different versions of their blower setup for my 14 Stang GT. Only the mildest with the closed air cleaner assembly is CARB approved.
 

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Does the tune in question have an EO#? It took us years to break back into California. The EO process is a slog for sure. But we're selling all kinds of blower kits with accompanying tunes in that state. The only issue is that the kit is only legal when installed and maintained exactly as it was certified in the EO.
 

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Maybe keep 2 ECM's on hand :unsure:
 

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Does the tune in question have an EO#? It took us years to break back into California. The EO process is a slog for sure. But we're selling all kinds of blower kits with accompanying tunes in that state. The only issue is that the kit is only legal when installed and maintained exactly as it was certified in the EO.
I doubt it, how many do? Roush makes you send them processor for EO blower tune. Who's "we're" and what kits are you selling?
 

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I doubt it, how many do? Roush makes you send them processor for EO blower tune. Who's "we're" and what kits are you selling?
That's the logo on the other side of my QA lab.

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Move to Alberta,no smogs here
 

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Same thing happened to my daughter in Maryland years ago. Hyundai Elantra. The computer in the car was not playing well with the emissions computer so instead of testing the actual emissions, they flunked it. I was willing to to court to get a writ to force them to, but daughter sold it...

Edit: I now live in the area of the state where it's not required...
 

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I live in ca in 2001 i built my cobra ,i had to register it as a special construction the process i could write a book about . An sb 100 is what i ended up with a goofy sticker applied under hood ,when the referee put it on he turned to me and said "you know thats like gold" oh boy he was right. It makes the car smog exempt for life ! I could put a jet engine,radial aircraft,potbelly stove in there and its good in ca.
Hopefully we can get by this latest gut punch and move on.
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