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Old 04-21-2022, 08:36 PM   #24
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Just curious, has anyone running flex fuel with forced induction in a CARB-compliant state successfully passed emissions?
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So why not? Is it because a tuned, forced induction FA20 will produce more emissions and therefore it would exceed allowable amounts or because the emissions would be so much lower than the test would "expect" to see and fails because the assumption is that something else must be wrong to result in lower numbers. I'm not trying to be argumentative, I literally just don't know. I'm going on the high-level assumption that using flex fuel = lower emissions, but I have no idea how forced induction affects that assumption in practice.
Carb only applies to CA. CARB=California Air Resource Board. I do our emissions certifications at work. For carb it would have to be a carb certified setup. So unless the manufacturer is going to pay for the testing($$$) and apply for the cert there isn't such a thing. It would also be a locked tune due to that.

The only way to know in your area is to run the car at an emission test facility and see if it passes.
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