I told the wife I wanted to rebuild my engine to get more power...

[cwisenheimer]

Titus said: FM2 would get you there, but you won't pass inspection.

I must be mis-informed? How is it that the FM2 won't pass inspection? I know it's a lost cause in CA, but TX? Is the same true for any programmable ECU on an NB?

[Titus]

Titus said: FM2 would get you there, but you won't pass inspection.

I must be mis-informed? How is it that the FM2 won't pass inspection? I know it's a lost cause in CA, but TX? Is the same true for any programmable ECU on an NB?

As you probably know, Texas inspections of ODB2 car require a scan of the port to show no codes. With a full ECU in a car, the port is still there, but they can't get a signal from it. In the past, the law allowed for the car to take the roller/sniffer test if they could not get a signal. This is how these cars were able to still pass inspection. In the last year, the law was changed and the roller/sniffer test is no longer an option. If you don't have an active functioning ODB2 port free of codes, you don't pass. There are a few people on this board who now have parked FM2 cars, and a few others (I suspect) that had to grease palms to have their inspector plug the scanner into a second car during the inspection.

[juxt3r]

Can't run Hydra in a parallel configuration? If not, you could always run something else (Megasquirt comes to mind, as does Adaptronic) that can run with a parallel install, thus keeping the OBDII port functional. The FMII is available without electronics...

[Titus]

Can't run Hydra in a parallel configuration? If not, you could always run something else (Megasquirt comes to mind, as does Adaptronic) that can run with a parallel install, thus keeping the OBDII port functional. The FMII is available without electronics...

Parallel installations are possible, but no where near plug and play.

[cwisenheimer]

It sounds like the plan (if a person wants an FMII with a Hydra in TX) would be to swap the Hydra and injectors for their stock counterparts at inspection time. Perhaps wire the wastegate open for a couple of days too. If you didn't want to wire the wastegate open, you *could* use a Voodoo box too. I didn't realize the rules had changed here. What really stinks is that a tuned Hydra probably runs much cleaner environmentally than a stock ECU.

[creek]

Tim should check with his local inspection station, he may live far enough from the metromess to not have emission testing. I keep my vehicles registered in Wood county and they don't even lift the hood.

[jeepinbanditrider]

IIRC your county has to have less than 25k people in it to not do emissions testing. Palo Pinto county doesn't and all they do is the light and horn check and make sure you have insurance. After 25 years your car is an antique and exempt. So I just have to get by for the next 6 years and I'll be good to go

[Tim the Teacher]

I live 1 mile south of the Grayson County line which still makes me a Collin County resident. I am going to think some more about this but my car may come up for sale during the summer.

[patf]

chiming in here to a bunch of good information already. I am not sure what you have done on the lower end, but would the 62 require beefing up the rods or other work? would it be better to work on the head and take what you could get. you may want to chat with John Day and see. He is pretty realistic.

i did just rebuild my 1.8 and as noted in earlier messages, be it the cleaner fumes or assembly lube osmosis.. budgets tend to fall apart when your staring into the engine bay

[POS Racing]

Tim you should get this one - http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/1757330776.html