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Thread: CARB standards for intercoolers?

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    CARB standards for intercoolers?

    A friend asked me about issues with intercoolers and CA smog check. If I recall, we had a a CARB section circulating around that limits the smog techs review of non-stock intercooler solutions. True? If so, does someone have the rule section handy?
    Enough of that, it was giving me a headache.

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    I will have to dig for it, but the exemption exists. Appendix J or K. Any replacement intercooler is exempt and allowed. Many small smog shops are paranoid and don't want to get "busted" by the state ding squad, even though intercoolers are exempt.
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    Appendix K

    Intercoolers:

    AppendixK.jpg
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    Please note the wording "Intercoolers for OEM torbochargers", and not "OEM intercoolers for turbochargers".
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    Does that mean adding an IC to a turbo'd engine that originally did not come with an IC is legal?
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    Crap, his is a supercharger. Scott Courtney, the big guy that works on the EMC engine, is trying to smog his MINI Cooper and he switched to a water/air intercooler.

    He'll have to bluff his way to use that section.
    Enough of that, it was giving me a headache.

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    They also have a provision for an "under carburetor screen" , as well as "blow by seperators and filters"!
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