CARB legal turbo?
 

Just wondering if anyone knows whether there are plans for a CARB approved Turbo or SC? I love all these kits that are coming out, but having built a car before that wasn't "legal" i would much rather wait for something that I won't have to take off every few years for certification or have to worry about when a police officer asks me to pop the hood. Thanks in advance for your response

Probably not going to happen for a while/if ever. They had a good explanation of this in last months Sport Compact Car on why the superchargers have this advantage over the turbo. The turbo delays the light off of the catalytic for a bit. in that 30 sec.-1 minute is when 90% of the pollutants get out. So a turboed car will fail emssions.

There is no way a cop would see a Greddy turbo, as the turbo is on the bottom of the engine bay near the right side wheel, unless he really knows what he is looking for.

Unless he has one and knows what to look for.. :)

thats true

:mad: IT'S NOT FAIR!!! I BOUGHT THE 8 SO I WOULD HAVE OPTIONS AND BE LEGAL!!!! NOOOO!!! Well... i guess for now i will just wait... hhmmmm.... anything out yet?

Wait for a supercharger kit. Those have a much better chance of being CARB legal.

Well, there are CARB legal turbo kits out there for some cars. Miatas have this, for example. I think the fact that Greddy locked the e-manage may point to them possibly looking for certification.

~ Matt

Vaillant, you just made my day... now i hope you're not just doing this to toy with my emotions. haha, but now that you point that out that could be true, heres hoping :D

Well, I don't have any insider info, but why else would they lock it? I've got my fingers crossed, anyway. :D

~ Matt