What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Rocket Man]

They would need quite the database of tunes to compare against.
+ different versions etc.
I understand what it would take, and i don't see them doing it.

It’s Cali, they have enough money and will to make anything happen. If the dealerships can tell, what makes you think the government can’t?

 

[Just Fishing]

Takes quite the trained eye, and i'm glad I'm not in that terrible place.


That said, i miss seafood at Redondo beach.
Oh so much i miss that seafood place.
all sorts of live creatures that they steam for you per order.


so much miss.


I just got back from seaside or, not much in the way of seafood found.
So much want, yet so little found..

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

It’s true as of July 19 but if the tune is CARB compliant you’ll pass. Also you can flash a stock tune, pass emissions, then reflash your custom tune. This would be no bueno for me since my Denali would destroy the engine trying to pass emissions.

There’s lots of articles about it out there, surprised you haven’t heard. I don’t know how they detect the tunes but supposedly they can.

ECU-tuned cars will now automatically flunk California smog testing

However, the state still says you're free to flash an ECU to stock and return the tune after the test.

www.cnet.com

The Nation's Toughest State For Smog Testing Is Getting Even Tougher

Want to run a modified ECU or software reflash? Good luck in California.

www.motortrend.com

Yeah, by the time I have the twin screw, cam, bigger injectors, and ethanol, there's no way I could run CARB tune and pass...
There might still be a few guys around that can help with that though.
Until I can get this thing registered out of state and not deal with this hell hole of a place anymore

 

[Rocket Man]

I’m pretty sure they can just have all the vehicle manufacturers provide them with the ECM files for every one of their vehicles, load them into their emissions testing servers and as soon as they enter a VIN the computers bring up the stock tune files and run a comparison. If there’s discrepancies the vehicle fails emissions. I doubt it’s too hard. Just a simple comparison program. Sure it’s a lot of vehicles and thus tune files but it’s just data. They might have to lease more cloud space from Amazon Web Services or whoever handles that for them.

 

[CaptainAmerica1]

Just reason number 999,999,274 not to live in California…

 

[Doubeleive]

mine will probably be due for a smog in February I guess I will find out then, I will give them the hypertech carb number and see what happens

 

[alpha_omega]

I lucked out and was in a good spot when the market crashed, houses bottomed out in something like 11 or 10.
Sister had a guy that was really good with short sales.
(Pretty much he is good at pushing and annoying banks until they finally settle on a price)

I don't think it will be too much longer until the cycle starts over again.

When it does, i want a rental.
(probably buy a better house and turn this one into a rental)
then if it ever spikes like this again, sell sell sell!


Garage is the bees knees, you will get there.
Just be sure your in a good place when the time comes.
Also research short sales.

Math i used to buy a house,
Rough value of the house on the market vs area.
How much it would take for the bank to make it sellable
It takes roughly 10k to foreclose (iirc, might have changed too).

Math for teh offer! _(Insert price here)_

To explain more
say the house value "ready to sell" was something like 160k
Rough amount of money to get the house ready to sell if a contractor was to do it, roughly 50-55k
Expect the bank to spend another 10k on top of that in order to foreclose.
= 95-100k rough value
come up from that slightly to make the offer oh so sweet to the bank, say 105k.


With that, and a perfectly timed offer right as the market analysis predicted doom = house!!

You don’t want a rental. Trust me on this. Nobody ever say those words. Please…please for the love of all things holy don’t ever rent a house to someone and if you can help it don’t ever rent from someone. Bad idea. Bad bad idea. I will burn the next house to the ground before I consider renting it to someone. At least insurance will pay out better than a resale will after having renters. And burnt to the ground will look better than the paint and flooring job done by the renters. Any work for that matter…

 

[swathdiver]

When we last had emissions inspections our cars could pass when we turned the fuel pressure down and that was with our cat hollowed out. Love how those Statists tell us what they'll allow us to do with our private property. No thanks, I've visited and that's it.

 

[alpha_omega]

It's all about the burn scar from last year's fires that are a bit north of the highway. The ground there got heated up enough that rain can't soak in, so it causes all sorts of mud and debris to move downhill when it rains. And it's been raining there. This will be happening for a year or more, I would bet, and they're going to need to inspect the decking and piers to see what permanent damage has been done. I think that road's going to be out of commission for a while.

Wait…you’re saying from the wild fires the ground is too hot and the water evaporates instead of soaking into the soil, or that the ground is damaged from the fires and it won’t allow the rain to soak in.
This is a new concept to me so I’m curious how that works exactly. Either way I can see how mudslides could easily happen as a result.

 

[alpha_omega]

Took the hoe into get emissions done.
No funny business in the tune, but it passed with flying colors.

Now i can fk with the hoe, get some grounds re-done, wideband, and new NB O2's installed w/o worry.

You can’t mess with any of that prior to your emission inspection? For fear of throwing a possible code or the inspector will see the modifications?

 

[Fless]

Wait…you’re saying from the wild fires the ground is too hot and the water evaporates instead of soaking into the soil, or that the ground is damaged from the fires and it won’t allow the rain to soak in.
This is a new concept to me so I’m curious how that works exactly. Either way I can see how mudslides could easily happen as a result.

It's that the ground won't absorb the rainfall, and that causes flash flooding and mudslides.

Flash Flood Threat Within Fire Burn Scar

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Headed to work, got on the freeway. Started merging over to the fast lane.
Explorer went flying by.
Checked the mirror again, Tahoe with lights and siren on, coming in hot...dang ol car chase.
I'll have to look at my dash cam footage later.

 

[alpha_omega]

It's that the ground won't absorb the rainfall, and that causes flash flooding and mudslides.

Flash Flood Threat Within Fire Burn Scar

Ok. That makes a whole lot of sense, I was confused how the soil can flash flood so easily, but science tell us that if the soil has become hydrophobic, then it’s the result of the burnt plant matter releasing chemicals that solidify once they reach the surface and form a waxy like substance at the top layer. The same thing happens if you add water to ash, while most of it will shrink down, what is left creates a slippery paste.
So question #2 is there anything you guys do in those areas (till/scar/aerate the ground) so the slides arent so bad?

 

[alpha_omega]

Headed to work, got on the freeway. Started merging over to the fast lane.
Explorer went flying by.
Checked the mirror again, Tahoe with lights and siren on, coming in hot...dang ol car chase.
I'll have to look at my dash cam footage later.

You didn’t follow?

- Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. A normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cops heart. Make the bastard chase you. He will follow! But he won't know what to make of your blinker signal that says you are about to turn right. This is to let him know you're pulling off for a proper place to talk. It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. -

 

[Geotrash]

Ok. That makes a whole lot of sense, I was confused how the soil can flash flood so easily, but science tell us that if the soil has become hydrophobic, then it’s the result of the burnt plant matter releasing chemicals that solidify once they reach the surface and form a waxy like substance at the top layer. The same thing happens if you add water to ash, while most of it will shrink down, what is left creates a slippery paste.
So question #2 is there anything you guys do in those areas (till/scar/aerate the ground) so the slides arent so bad?

That, and imagine pouring a bucket of water onto the forest floor when it's covered with pine needles, leaves and various plants. Then imagine doing the same thing to bare soil. That water will run right off in comparison. And, with no live active root systems in place, there is nothing to keep the soil from shifting.

 

[Just Fishing]

You can’t mess with any of that prior to your emission inspection? For fear of throwing a possible code or the inspector will see the modifications?

Too hot to reset the drive cycle stuff.
I had to do it early in the morning, and i really don't want to do it again.

I also like to pull the negative battery lead when doing anything with wiring.
Less likely to damage something etc.

 

[Just Fishing]

You don’t want a rental. Trust me on this. Nobody ever say those words. Please…please for the love of all things holy don’t ever rent a house to someone and if you can help it don’t ever rent from someone. Bad idea. Bad bad idea. I will burn the next house to the ground before I consider renting it to someone. At least insurance will pay out better than a resale will after having renters. And burnt to the ground will look better than the paint and flooring job done by the renters. Any work for that matter…

My parents have a rental, good to have someone else pay the mortgage for you while it builds equity.

Yes some renters suck, like the time that one renter decided to remove a fruit tree with out checking with us first.

My dad brought that thing back from japan, it was a gift from a dear friend.

He was not happy, nope not happy.

Good news is my house came with one, a Japanese pear tree.

 

[the_tool_man]

Just reason number 999,999,274 not to live in California…

Some enterprising person in NV or OR should come up with a business model whereby they sell a quarter acre of worthless land to CA residents so they can establish residency to bypass all the crap. Here in SC, we see LOTS of NC registrations because NC car taxes are lower. I know one person who's lived here for 12 years, and hasn't changed their out-of-state plates (ID) yet. It can't be that hard to fool 'em.

 

[gooffeyguy]

I'll have to look at my dash cam footage later.

Why?

 

[Rocket Man]

Some enterprising person in NV or OR should come up with a business model whereby they sell a quarter acre of worthless land to CA residents so they can establish residency to bypass all the crap. Here in SC, we see LOTS of NC registrations because NC car taxes are lower. I know one person who's lived here for 12 years, and hasn't changed their out-of-state plates (ID) yet. It can't be that hard to fool 'em.

There were a lot of Washington residents who used to do that. I’m not sure how they found out but I heard they started writing tickets for not registering their vehicles in the state they resided.