@Rochester That makes sense.

My exhaust guy turned me on to Magnaflow performance cats that have CARB EO numbers (~$300 premium over non CA, NY and CO version): https://www.magnaflow.com/collection...UaAvfeEALw_wcB

In the past, I had always thought that we were only allowed to replace a bad cat with an OEM unit.

MotoIQ had installed these on their Tundra project and liked the quality/performance of the CARB certified cat: https://motoiq.com/project-tundra-ca...rom-magnaflow/

I'm sure this ruling will soon make its way to the great state of NY as well: https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...or-tuned-cars/

Uprev has a CARB compliant etune, but when they filed the paperwork, they excluded the 2013 model G37 by accident (i called and spoke with them), so it's off limits for me: https://www.uprev.com/shop/uprev-carb-kit/

Another note. Technically, we are not supposed to modify anything on the intake side after the MAF sensors, so my silicon intake tubes are technically illegal. I ordered the CZP version because they have no branding on the outside and look stock. I ran through emissions a few weeks back and they weren't flagged.

With the mass adoption of iPads with Wheels, I doubt any of this will be relevant in 10 years.

 

Soon they'll say no big brakes allowed for emissions Recent study I remember looking at showed that brake dust is polluting just as bad if not worse than exhaust gas and will get worse with more electric vehicles on the road since they use brakes a lot more. The pollution is bad too, its a lot of heavy metals.
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/...on/4a4dc6ca-en

 

EVs generally weigh more, so it makes sense that they consume more of the existing brakes (may require larger brakes as well). I recall seeing something about brake pollution. Older brakes contained asbestos right? I wonder if other non toxic substances are being tested?

 

I'm pretty sure the goal is to get as many people out of privately-owned transportation as possible.

 

Unfortunately, I agree with your assessment. California has a long road to travel with 40M people and some of the worst public transportation in the country.

 

I've done public transit in Germany, Japan, Czechia and it's wonderful. In the US the only one that kinda works is the DC Metro. Here in Charleston area getting 5 miles by bus takes 2 hours. Our major roads have no shoulders (or just grass) so walking/biking is nigh suicidal. Uber is what most folks use - even poorer folks, since no one has time to spend half the day in transit to someplace just down the road.

Not trying to one-up anyones experience, just sharing mine. Public trans is a dream in the US that was killed by congress in the 70s if not before.

I think we're headed to unmanned rideshare, a la Johnny Cab.

 

Yes, but probably not Johnny Cab, LOL. When not in the mass transport system, personal (urban) transportation will be more like the autonomous pods in Minority Report.

The only truly large metro areas that I've ever had to drive into, around and out of are Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta and NYC. (I suppose Boston qualifies too.) And without exception, the experience sucks.

 

I basically learned to drive in DC in the 90s, so DC/NYC/ATL don't bother me. Parking in DC is a lot harder than it used to be though.

The one town I *hate* driving in/through is Norfolk VA. Go North to go south, kinda stuff. Almost as bad as all roads in ATL = Peachtree Street.

 

"Truer words have never been spoken." Just about every other street in ATL is Peachtree this, that, and the other. Got confused a few times way back when, but...

 

Thank DARPA for GPS when I visit Atlanta...

 

Try driving around lost in downtown Chicago during peak hours with a GPS that can't differentiate between upper vs. lower roadways.

My kids were laughing so hard, that I had to pull over and scream. It was only funny for them, because I was losing my mind.

"RECALCULATING..."

 

My wife and I went back to Germany for our second anniversary and the rental car should have had GPS. It did not, and US cell phones didn't work in Europe at the time. I didn't have an iPhone that I could just get a new SIM for either.

Think 20 year old Rand McNally atlas of Germany, in german. We made it work but there was lots of cussing and 'where the hell are we'. Best example - I blew past a sign that was blue with a circle of yellow stars and said "Österreich"... we were both like "Ostriches? WTF?" before we figured it out.

Or traveling on Greek islands with limited roads - the GPS *always* showed us driving through fields or the ocean.

 

that sums up my Chicago visit, everything was under construction too

 

New test pipes because the diy test pipes I made started to leak and the resonators were blown out already. High temp ceramic coated and wrapped on the new resonated TPS. I used oem donut gaskets and a bunch of high temp copper RTV and let cure for 24 hours. Also installed some new front rotors from z1. Got them on sale for $150. My oem rotors were warped.

 

Ceramic coated *and* header wrapped? I get wrapping headers, but what's the point of wrapping test pipes?

And how long do you think those worm gear hose clamps are going to last?