| Re: Air filter box question |
Subject: Re: Air filter box question by bogus on 2020/4/14 7:38:34 I respect your decision. I truly do. I preached to folks about being responsible regarding performance and emissions. Got into a lot of arguments, mostly from people who were more concerned with that extra 5hp vs being marginally good team playing citizens. My contention was simple... and this issue is still rampant in FL and TX and other states without testing... These morons go out, buy some expensive car, then start gutting the emissions controls due to some preconceived notion that they are being robbed of hundreds of horsepower and they don't want the man telling them what they can and cannot do. Well, what I tried to tell them is that on one magical day, the state in question was going to get nailed by the EPA and it will require smog testing... where will you be then? I prefer some flexibility in the laws. CA is sooo anal... and I don't like that either. However, I will say that the CA laws have done wonders to clean the air out here... most people don't understand why it was so important in the LA Basin. Because it IS a basin with some 13 million people stuffed into it! And their cars! There are mountains to the north, east and west. The only real passage out is on the 10 freeway near the California Speedway in Fontana! Add in the natural wall of air that is the cold Pacific Ocean - an inversion layer that keeps the smog inland. In short, there is little that allows the air to easily evacuate. Florida, for example, has constant natural trades to clear the air... not CA. We get stuck... But a few years back, West Palm Beach County FL did have to smog check. In time, other cities in FL will be mandated and those arrogant dumbasses will be stuck with undoing thousands of dollars worth of mods and getting all pissy about it! Trust me, adding a Borla and skip shift will make a C6 one helluva car without the need of cutting off cats and adding headers and such. I do wish that the CA legislature would get off their asses and revise the exemption year... currently, is is 1975+ that must be tested. They are debating/discussing bringing that up to 1983. It would make it much easier for collectors who won't have to worry about the few cars that are worth collecting... vintage Ferrari come to mind. Also would open up a lot of cars for modification! If I want ultimate performance, I would build a track car. I don't see the need for that much on the street. If you can afford to mess with a Vette, just spend the $$ and buy the Z06 or ZR1! Get all the power with a damned warranty and EPA blessings... jeez... |
