Colorado Miatas
#61
Wow lots of Colorado guys on this site now! I've been Miata-less for a whole year now. I'm building a motor to correct that problem and hope to have it running before spring is over. Colorado Miata meetup would be awesome for sure.
In regards to emissions testing, up until a year ago it was possible to pass with a Megasquirt. This year the law was changed and now the test requires a working OBD system and no CEL. A parallel install would work I guess. You can pass emissions safely with the stock ECU and your turbo wastegate wired open, I did that one year and tried to build boost but it wasn't even making 1psi at 6000rpm.
In regards to emissions testing, up until a year ago it was possible to pass with a Megasquirt. This year the law was changed and now the test requires a working OBD system and no CEL. A parallel install would work I guess. You can pass emissions safely with the stock ECU and your turbo wastegate wired open, I did that one year and tried to build boost but it wasn't even making 1psi at 6000rpm.
#64
Find a friend outside of the Denver metro area and register the car at their address.
In other news, the time attack was a ton of fun yesterday. Kind of a shitshow early in the day and I didn't think I was going to end up with more than 3 runs all day, but I squeezed in 6 total. Will post some video once I get it sorted.
In other news, the time attack was a ton of fun yesterday. Kind of a shitshow early in the day and I didn't think I was going to end up with more than 3 runs all day, but I squeezed in 6 total. Will post some video once I get it sorted.
#65
New vehicles are exempt from inspection for the first seven model years.
A 2011 vehicle, for example, doesn't need an inspection until 2018.
Vehicles 8 through 11 years old will be inspected using onboard diagnostics (OBD).
If the “Check Engine” light is turned on, these vehicles will fail the inspection and need repairs.
Vehicles manufactured beginning in 1982 that are at least 12 years old will be inspected using the “I/M 240” dynamometer (treadmill) test.
literally just copied this off the air care Colorado website
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdp...g-changes-2015
#69
Boulder here. So it's looking like anyone with a NA/NB should be fine on a standalone as long as you can pass the treadmill/sniffer test?
You had me panicked for a second, and then I read through the DMV's page and breathed a sigh of relief after reading this:
Vehicles manufactured beginning in 1982 that are at least 12 years old will be inspected using the “I/M 240” dynamometer (treadmill) test.
In 2016, this requirement applies to model year 1982 through 2005 vehicles and so on.
A check engine light on a vehicle at least 12 years old may still pass if the I/M 240 test can be run and the car can pass the test. An advisory may be issued.
100% down once my car's running.
You had me panicked for a second, and then I read through the DMV's page and breathed a sigh of relief after reading this:
Vehicles manufactured beginning in 1982 that are at least 12 years old will be inspected using the “I/M 240” dynamometer (treadmill) test.
In 2016, this requirement applies to model year 1982 through 2005 vehicles and so on.
A check engine light on a vehicle at least 12 years old may still pass if the I/M 240 test can be run and the car can pass the test. An advisory may be issued.
100% down once my car's running.
#74
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For those in Denver Metro who want to hit canyons, the Colorado Miata Club, which is on Facebook, meets pretty much every Wednesday @ Wolly Mammoth @ 6:30 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562...59238/?fref=nf
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562...59238/?fref=nf
#75
For those in Denver Metro who want to hit canyons, the Colorado Miata Club, which is on Facebook, meets pretty much every Wednesday @ Wolly Mammoth @ 6:30 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562...59238/?fref=nf
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562...59238/?fref=nf
I'll be there tonight in a white bugeye wrx, still building my motor.
For anyone interested:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/denverautoenthusiasts/
https://www.reddit.com/r/denverautoenthusiasts/
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