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Old 09-07-2006, 04:09 PM
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Anyone in CA. using the REVI intake?
Was thinking about ordering it in, and heading over to Tripoint...

My question is, CA. is very strict on smog, i wanted to see if anyone else had problems getting there registration tags with the REVI installed..

Any opinions on whether the REVI is the best intake available?
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Old 09-07-2006, 04:37 PM
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well, considering racing beat is located in california... many people here have it.
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I have the Revi Intake, Duct, and RB exhaust. (also located in CA)

I wouldn't worry at all about trying to pass smog. It'll be a few years before we have to do it and I recall some forum members hooking it up to a smog machine and still passing with flying colors.

The intake rocks!
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I don't know if it will pass the visual test if they pop the hood. I don't think it would effect emissions though.
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Old 09-07-2006, 08:20 PM
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I doubt most Smog techs are gonna look that closely...RB intake looks really close to stock. (minus the big logo)
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Old 07-27-2011, 01:30 PM
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I went to a shop today and they wouldn't even run the test because I didn't have "EO#" sticker... Maybe I should just take it somewhere else?
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I had no problem with getting the car smogged with the RB intake installed.
I suppose certain smog stations are more lenient than others. The guy even commented on the intake but said nothing about it being an issue.
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try another shop
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Tried another shop and it was fine. *phew* 19th and Judah=Nope, 19th and Lincoln=Yes for people in the SF Bay.
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Guys,

Good news... maybe. We just finished testing the REVi for a CARB exemption, and now the test results have been sent to CARB for confirmation. We've got our fingers crossed, much depends on how CARB decides to round off a test result number. We'll know more in the coming days/weeks... if they accept the results I'll post the good news up on our site.

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Welcome back to RX8Club, Jim!

I just noticed your last post was in 2005!

Much respect, from someone who first dealt with RB in 1976!!

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Kewl. Removes a major PITA for me.
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Good to know Jim. Thanks to you guys at RB for keeping that moving forward
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Not sure if this was posted already or not, but for those who are interested: the exemption has been granted. From now on, the REVi is CA emission test legal.

Here is how to get a CARB exemption decal: http://www.racingbeat.com/mazda/perf...on-decals.html
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RB intake is now carb legal just talked to an RB rep at SS14, he said they got CARB approved .
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Cool! Thanks for the update.
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