Get away with murder in cali thread *any state that strict on engine mods*

[HyperTek]

ok well not murder thats stupid,.. lol

but ok, thought it would be a cool ass thread or even some cool tech on being able to mod your stuff in strict areas and still get away with it by making stuff look less noticible. Driving a stock motor is borring.

Besides painting everything black, what else is there? Ive painted the chrome trim black on an air filter before.

Im debating to paint my hks top mount ic in my fc just so it wont stand out soo much *as much as id hate to do that*.

Super stock SR swaps could possibly pass? maybe paint the valve cover silver like KA?

Maybe when rocking an electric fan, leave the big fan shroud? i dunno.

Im thinking it would be pretty cool tuning game to do the most mods and still look factory stockish.

[i8yourfwd]

I can't think of much really, other than keep it a dull color. Black piping etc, painting the valve cover might be an idea, since lolred screams "i probably don't belong here." Hell, if your engine bay is dirty, they'll probably not even really examine it. I've been hood popped with my KA, and the notice it's a bit dirty in there and don't even bother looking around.

[HyperTek]

good point.. a clean engine bay could mean someone likes to spend time underneath the hood

[bejota180sx]

ill try to find this again but i saw a civic (i think it was a EK) in a article that was turbo and all the piping was made hidden inside stock airfilterbox and everything... no pipes visible from the engine bay view... it looked stock! i dont think it had like very much upgrade in performance but it did look nice and stock...

[undesiredshoe]

Get a huge plastic engine cover from a newer nissan to cover your engine..........and use zip ties to hold it on.

[i8yourfwd]

ill try to find this again but i saw a civic (i think it was a EK) in a article that was turbo and all the piping was made hidden inside stock airfilterbox and everything... no pipes visible from the engine bay view... it looked stock! i dont think it had like very much upgrade in performance but it did look nice and stock...
Also a good point, we talked it over with some friends. I suppose you can cut/modify a stock airbox to hide intercooler piping and what not.

Get a huge plastic engine cover from a newer nissan to cover your engine..........and use zip ties to hold it on.

LOL

[bejota180sx]

yeah keep everything sort of dirty not all shinny, not always flat black means stock something a bit more greyish or satin like gives a more 'plastic' oem look to it also... and about muffler everybody things painting them black makes them look oem, police over here tend to look more at black cause they know your hiding somethig... a bit silverish maybe something that could look rusted give the look of ou well its just a beat up car with old exhaust forget about it...

[hitman]

cops are retarded
when i got pulled over, at the same time by the same cop with my friend max, the pair of cops in the car were pointing at our o2 sensors and starters and shit asking if that was nos. get outa here with that weak shit lol
bottom mount 3017 on top mount cast manifold looks pretty stealth with black piping. lol

[hassanbakar123]

wow thats geniuses haha
if i ever turbo my ef i'm gonna try that

ill try to find this again but i saw a civic (i think it was a EK) in a article that was turbo and all the piping was made hidden inside stock airfilterbox and everything... no pipes visible from the engine bay view... it looked stock! i dont think it had like very much upgrade in performance but it did look nice and stock...

[bejota180sx]

Get a huge plastic engine cover from a newer nissan to cover your engine..........and use zip ties to hold it on.

LOL!!! HAHAHA :rofl:

Also a good point, we talked it over with some friends. I suppose you can cut/modify a stock airbox to hide intercooler piping and what not.



LOL

if i find that article or pictures ill be sure to post them up
it was a really nice job like i said it looked completly stock not even a cone filter or anything visible and cops wouldnt search for a turbo or even a filter if they see the big ass box stock cars come with...



on new celicas and scion xb its really easy to hide everything and make it look like it has nothing really... cause ive worked on turbo made celicas and all the piping was fabbed to run under the engine sortof(no other way to run it without starting to eliminate stuff) and the intake on the turbo can be left behind the engine (next to the firewall) and the piping that goes from the front mount to the intercooler goes in the same way the stock filter goes so if u cut up the stock airbox it could be just put on top of the piping, or you could use a injen carb legal as the intake tube (modify the end cause its hidden in the bumper) the blowoff could either go inside the stock airbox or hidden in the bumper next to the cooler...
since the exhaust manifold is on the back facing the firewall you could fab up a metal sheet to look like a stock heatshiel and paint it dark so its harder to see at night...
the xb is sort of the same when i worked on a turbo one i saw an easy way to hide everything even the front mount is hidden behind the stock grills...

[HyperTek]

ok heres my fc
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Justone1/driftoX7/black%20FC/DSC03238.jpg
whatcha think? i could paint the intake tube black.. what about the intercooler? maybe just spray the piping and end caps to look "cast" ? hate to deface it

[bejota180sx]

found the article my friend had the mag but couldnt remember the name but found some scans on the internet after a few searches


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/SIRIUS00/stupid%20pics/DSC01582.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/SIRIUS00/stupid%20pics/DSC01583.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/SIRIUS00/stupid%20pics/DSC01579.jpg
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3264/turbosleeper2lg0.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5480/turbosleeper3wv3.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8709/turbosleeper1aj6.jpg[/URL]
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4334/turbosleeper4mu5.jpg[URL="http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5480/turbosleeper3wv3.jpg"] (http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8709/turbosleeper1aj6.jpg)

[SexPanda]

shit... BMW has those huge ongainly plastic valve cover... er... covers. Make one of those say Nissan, cut it down, sand it, et cetera.

It'll be all good.

[bejota180sx]

i separated the pics from another car so it wouldnt be such a long long post

heres another setup hiding the piping so you get ideas... i think if everything was less BLING and was black and the piping was black also and the msd and all that was properlly hidden it wouldnt look modded at all

http://htracing2.homestead.com/files/Integra/GSRengturbo6c.jpg

just in case anyone cares heres the mod list


Engine Valvetrain / Top End
- Canadian Cylinder Head Tech Ported Cylinder Head
- CTR Camshafts
- TODA Racing Valve Springs
- TODA Racing Cam Gears
- Crower Titanium Retainers
- ARP headstuds
- Mugen Style Valvecover with 5/8" Breather Ports
Engine Internals / Bottom End
- 0.5mm Overbore Stock Stroke B18C Dart Block with Billet Steel Mains Caps
- 81.5mm 10.5:1 CR Wiseco Forged Strutted Design Pistons
- GP Engineering Moly Coated Skirts and Gold Coated Piston Tops
- Eagle Forged Steel Connecting Rods 5/16" Bolts
- Reworked and Ported B20/B18C Hybrid Oil Pump (http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2194834&page=2#)
- Complete Engine Balancing
- Fluidampr Street Harmonic Balancer
- Engine Fully Assembled by Canadian Cylinder Head Tech
Turbo and Exhaust
- Garrett GT2871R Dual BB Turbocharger
- 0.86 A/R T2 Turbine Housing
- HKS Turbo Exhaust Manifold (http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2194834&page=2#)
- Forged Motorsports 16 PSI Billet Wastegate Actuator
- APEXi Twin Chamber Blow Off Valve
- 3.0" Downpipe with ATP V-band Adapter
- 3.0" High Flow Cat
- 3.0" Thermal Exhaust Piping
- 3.0" Vibrant Stealth Black Muffler
- 3.0" Vibrant Resonator
- 3.5" APEXi Active Silencer Exhaust Valve
- Moroso Crankcase Evacuation Kit
Induction / Intake
- Jenvey/Hayward Performance 51mm Individual Throttlebodies
- Dynamotorsports Custom Turbo Plenum
- Dynamotorsports Custom Vacuum Canister
- Dynamotorsports Custom Throttle Bracket and TPS
- Hondata Intake Manifold Gasket
- Dynamotorsports Custom 6.0 x 24" x 2.5" Front Mount Black Intercooler
- ATP Silicon Couplers and Clamps
- Dynamotorsports Water Injection System
Fuel System
- RC Engineering 750cc/min High Impedance Injectors
- Custom -6AN Fuel Rail and Lines
- B&M Fuel Pressure Regulator
- B&M Fuel Pressure Gauge (http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2194834&page=2#)
- Walbro 255LPH Pump
Ignition
- NGK (http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2194834&page=2#) #9 Race Plugs
- MSD 8.5mm Plug Wires
- MSD Pro Billet Distributor
- MSD Ignition Module
- MSD Blaster Coil Management / Monitor
- AEM Standalone EMS Tuned by Tony the Tiger @ Dynamotorsports
- AEM 3.5 Bar MAP Sensor
- AEM UEGO Gauge-type Wideband O2
- APEXi AVCR Boost Controller
- GReddy 60mm Warning EGT Gauge
- GReddy 60mm Warning Water Temp Gauge
- Nordskog LED Oil Pressure Gauge
- SW Mechanical Boost Gauge
- SW Electric Oil Temp Gauge

hope this helps out more than just honda guys and gives an idea about how to hide everything in a engine compartment

[singlecamslam]

Get a huge plastic engine cover from a newer nissan to cover your engine..........and use zip ties to hold it on.

I dont know why people are laughting at that idea, i think its a great idea. Another thing i was thinking off, since i have a front mount and i didnt paint any of the IC pipes black, i was thinking of grabbing some OEM looking plastic or rubber tubing and just kinda like wrap it around the IC pipes. As for my BOV i'm gonna paint it black most likely and recirculate it.

[bejota180sx]

ok heres my fc
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Justone1/driftoX7/black%20FC/DSC03238.jpg (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Justone1/driftoX7/black%20FC/DSC03238.jpg)
whatcha think? i could paint the intake tube black.. what about the intercooler? maybe just spray the piping and end caps to look "cast" ? hate to deface it

wow sad you want to make it stand out less, it should be for a good reason i know but its sad...
if you could make that topmount say mazda or something on top and the piping sort of cast or flimsy oem plastik looking you could pull of a its stock! look it even says mazda! all the blue and colorful things just paint it or cover it... if u wanna go overkill on hiding, hide the filter inside a stock box and stuff like that

oh and singlecamslam (couldnt quote you wrote after i finished this message) were not laughing as in making fun, i laughed because i myself have taken a cover of a car and put it on top of another engine as fun of covering everything it has... and yeah the taking plastik tube or something isnt that bad but the blowoff you could hide it someplace you cant easily see it... like next to the front mount like on some setups and like sidemounts that the blowoff goes on the IC and you cant see it from the engine view...

[norcal_black240]

1. Rubber tubing around intercooler pipes
2. Paint intercoolers black with that radiator paint stuff
3. recirculate bov's and paint them black and hide them out of site as much as possible
4. No visible gauges that cops can see. Hide them in a ash tray or glove box
5. use black everything in engine bay - no blue vacuum lines etc.
6. Heatshields are your friend. Try to make a heatshield to cover aftermarket mani if possible.
7. Keep your fan shroud on.
8. Factory as possible exhausts and add a extra resonator or muffler and then dirty it up, paint it black, or scratch up the tips to where its not shiny at all.
9. Sr owners make the valve cover look like a KA valve cover as much as possible.
10. Keep the shell of a cat convertor around a test pipe.
11. Keep engine bay dirty and not super clean.
12. No stickers pertaining cars or car part makers
13. Use as little window tint as possible because cops love to use the window tint excuse as a reason to pull you over then they go on to ask about mods etc.
14. Keep stock body, stock tailights, stockish looking seats. Cause what attracts attention to begin with is the looks of the car.

Or just tell a cop your other car is a mustang or camaro and this is your 4 cylinder japanese commuter car and that you love Tom Petty, Nascar, and American Made products hahaha

And damn that red civic = really flying under the radar. Props to whoever modified that civic.

[!Zar!]

I've been popped on a stock blacktop swap before.

Cops thought it was stock.

But in the end, you'll get caught, so whatever.

Just buy a dirt cheap DD and don't worry about all this bs.

[1989rps13]

^^^^^ werd or buy another 240sx and daily drive it till it dies! my friends single cam lasted to 235k i was fucken amazed

[Matej]

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3117/img0126ok9.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6412/mehnd7.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2876/yoobu9.jpg

[imnotmatt1189]

eww in my personal opinion i think all 3 of those ^ look like ass.

[aznpoopy]

ok heres my fc
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Justone1/driftoX7/black%20FC/DSC03238.jpg
whatcha think? i could paint the intake tube black.. what about the intercooler? maybe just spray the piping and end caps to look "cast" ? hate to deface it

install a stealthy flat black fmic
then put the stock turbo II top mount back on along with fake piping for it

:keke:

[handinpants]

i[m going back to school to get a degree, and when elextions comes around you all better vote me into the department who makes the smog rules, cause as an sr owner, i'll make some sneakey loophole

[HyperTek]

^^ by then we will all be driving buicks and oldsmobiles

[ericcastro]

^LMAO!

oh so positive and suportive!! lol

[Nan Desu Ka?!]

i[m going back to school to get a degree, and when elextions comes around you all better vote me into the department who makes the smog rules, cause as an sr owner, i'll make some sneakey loophole

I have a feeling you wont be getting far if you spell "elections" with an "x"...

[i8yourfwd]

I have a feeling you wont be getting far if you spell "elections" with an "x"...
You sir, are a grade A douche bag <3

[driven_]

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2876/yoobu9.jpg
^LOL i hope you guys know this one is a wastebasket lid



http://trashcansunlimited.com/library/SpringTopWastebasket.jpeg

[coreansurfer]

i've been rocking the black intercooler for about a year now

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16045080/293355921.jpg


http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16045080/245113539.jpg

[Antihero983]

um its a rotary, the cops won't know what the fuck theyll be looking at anyway, nevermind be able to tell if its modded!

get the plastic cover out of a subaru legacy turbo (2006 and up) and take off the suby b/s and it should work with the top mount.

[bejota180sx]

um its a rotary, the cops won't know what the fuck theyll be looking at anyway, nevermind be able to tell if its modded!

get the plastic cover out of a subaru legacy turbo (2006 and up) and take off the suby b/s and it should work with the top mount.

yeah most cops dont even know what a rotary has or doesnt, if they even know what a rotary is sometimes haha... the legacy things isnt a bad idea really... shaving off something plastik isnt hard i do it all the time on toyota covers and stuff like that for my friends when i paint theyre plastik covers...

[ZX88]

haha that post with the civic running the fmic piping though the stock air box is too cool. that a pretty good disguise if you ask me.

[Addicted2Kouki]

1994 Honda Civic - Sport Compact Car Magazine (http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0602_sccp_1994_honda_civic_budget_boost/index.html)


link to full article. :]

[shishcabobers]

1994 Honda Civic - Sport Compact Car Magazine (http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0602_sccp_1994_honda_civic_budget_boost/index.html)


link to full article. :]

dangit you beat me to the punch...

[artdrifter]

When people get all of the purple pulleys and stuff for the belts can you paint those as well or is it not good for the belts?

[tt99ol]

heres your rotary solution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBr4X_icRAhttp://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBr4X_icRA

[!Zar!]

Wow, the people on that video and what comment in it are retarded.

Not to mention modding the renesis motor is like trying to mod a dog.

[HyperTek]

in one of my old option2 or driftengoku mags there is a company who actually makes bolt on bay covers that connect all the way from the rad support to the strut towers.. ill see if i can find that issue..

could make a quick buck if someone where to introduce those to the US market.. but eventually someone will knock em off lol

[DriftMUH]

i've been rocking the black intercooler for about a year now

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16045080/293355921.jpg


http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16045080/245113539.jpg


Yep i got a tiny front mount and im about to paint it black, even though it kills me to do so...

gonna paint it in a few mins

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8554/hpim0903kb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8554/hpim0903kb4.6593fbae21.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=183&i=hpim0903kb4.jpg)

[murda-c]

Someone show me how to make an obd2 sr already so i can put one in my 96.

[DriftMUH]

Yep i got a tiny front mount and im about to paint it black, even though it kills me to do so...

gonna paint it in a few mins

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8554/hpim0903kb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8554/hpim0903kb4.6593fbae21.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=183&i=hpim0903kb4.jpg)

more like a day.. but yea, half of me regrets it.. but i kinda like it too.. iono..

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7370/hpim0909wf1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7370/hpim0909wf1.192abc43e7.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=165&i=hpim0909wf1.jpg)

[Boostin on you]

http://i33.tinypic.com/260a6x3.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/mk8xkx.jpg


all it needs is a " heat shield "
black couplings
and 1 black wire

the end result = LOW PRO

[xpertsnowcarver]

^^^^^ gorgeous...

[downshift_sideways]

Those engine covers make me wanna throw up.

[HyperTek]

why havent these been produced stateside?
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPat/889822/p1.jpg

[bigtom]

there is a real easy way to get away with whatever you want in cali and never be hassled, EVER. most cars its $2000 or less. If you read ALL the emmisions laws its in there.

[silviachik420]

??????????


there is a real easy way to get away with whatever you want in cali and never be hassled, EVER. most cars its $2000 or less. If you read ALL the emmisions laws its in there.

[HyperTek]

the alternative fuel thingie??

[juice.def]

there is a real easy way to get away with whatever you want in cali and never be hassled, EVER. most cars its $2000 or less. If you read ALL the emmisions laws its in there.

wait what...:tweak::tweak:

[Slammed180]

heres your rotary solution
YouTube - Kane's RX8 BOV Greddy Type-R (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBr4X_icRA)http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBr4X_icRA

Since when does Julian Drive an RX8?
Coming out of a car with rum&coke.....awesome.

[Ben G]

just throw grease everywhere make it look nasty cops wont know... ghetto stealth

[gotta240]

I spoke to an actual referee about making a car run on propane.. He said it was just as illegal as throwing a turbo or nitrous on it and that it IS NOT SMOG EXEMPT.

WTF!?

[lolatclint]

Hmm I'm still debating on whether to go SR or DOHC. Since I drive around Ontario alot with there being dick cops and all, I'm not sure. Could you get impounded for a KA-T?

[JAYTRON]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1921/valvecoverwk9.jpg

You can say you went turbo for.. AMERICA F**K YEA!

[!Zar!]

Hmm I'm still debating on whether to go SR or DOHC. Since I drive around Ontario alot with there being dick cops and all, I'm not sure. Could you get impounded for a KA-T?

ka-t is just as illegal as sr.

[LA_phantom_240]

ok heres my fc
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Justone1/driftoX7/black%20FC/DSC03238.jpg
whatcha think? i could paint the intake tube black.. what about the intercooler? maybe just spray the piping and end caps to look "cast" ? hate to deface it
That's pretty :drool:

[lolatclint]

lol where can i get those plastic covers? any nissan ones ?? aha. serious

[Addicted2Kouki]

bump. one of those covers would be awesome.

on another note.
keeping the stock fan shroud helps a lot.
Ill post my setup in a bit.

[aoiken3]

http://i33.tinypic.com/260a6x3.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/mk8xkx.jpg


all it needs is a " heat shield "
black couplings
and 1 black wire

the end result = LOW PRO



this is a work of art!!

[s13 @ fullboost]

Get a huge plastic engine cover from a newer nissan to cover your engine..........and use zip ties to hold it on.

hahahahah best response yet Super ghetto

[KA240SX808]

http://i33.tinypic.com/260a6x3.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/mk8xkx.jpg


all it needs is a " heat shield "
black couplings
and 1 black wire

the end result = LOW PRO


That an S14 SR Air Box Set-up?

[KA240SX808]

Props to this guy...


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u159/zilvia_album/100_0224.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u159/zilvia_album/100_0225.jpg

[!Zar!]

Still has a manifold that doesn't look stock. That alone in enough to be sent to state ref.

Not to mention that gauge and hose fittings.

[Mangudai]

Get a huge plastic engine cover from a newer nissan to cover your engine..........and use zip ties to hold it on.

Lmao :rofl:

[holaback]

http://i33.tinypic.com/260a6x3.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/mk8xkx.jpg


all it needs is a " heat shield "
black couplings
and 1 black wire

the end result = LOW PRO

Looks good and i agree

[wgJoY]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u159/zilvia_album/100_0224.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u159/zilvia_album/100_0225.jpg

I dont care what anyone says, thats badass man. my brother is painting his intercooler and pipes sometime this week.. he's afraid that that wont be enough.. like a cop would still be able to hear the BOV or something. But that would only be if they were listening for it i think, if you kept under 2k rpm im sure it would be sutle enough not to notice i think.

[soreballz]

^Tell him to stop being a ricer and recirculate the blow off valve.

[KwKouki]

lmao wow my old trashcan cover popped back up on zilvia :rofl:

[holaback]

I dont care what anyone says, thats badass man. my brother is painting his intercooler and pipes sometime this week.. he's afraid that that wont be enough.. like a cop would still be able to hear the BOV or something. But that would only be if they were listening for it i think, if you kept under 2k rpm im sure it would be sutle enough not to notice i think.

Tell him not to run a bov at all bov's are for fags anyways

[KA240SX808]

Still has a manifold that doesn't look stock. That alone in enough to be sent to state ref.

Not to mention that gauge and hose fittings.


I wanna do the same except w/ an G-Spec T2 Cast Botto-Mount Mani :bigok:

http://www.gspec.com/images/PRODUCT/large/exhmanifold.jpg

[soreballz]

Tell him not to run a bov at all bov's are for fags anyways
Blow off valves do serve a purpose... It should just be recirculated is all.

[womenbeshoppin]

Throw up westside and bone out, problem solved.

[lolatclint]

what kind of paint did you use to paint your intercooler?

[rc1honda]

This makes me love my state. As long as the car is a 95 or older i never has to pass emissions and if i get pulled over the last thing he will want to do is check the engine bay and if he does so what turbos are not illegal.

[TurboStrong]

shinny pink paint!!!!


p.s radiator paint.

[MongolPup]

I've always wondered about this. That blacked out SR is amazing. Thank god I live in a less......progressive state.

[BrownDogg]

What about just dis-abling the hood poping function so you cant pop your hood if a cop says, Pop your hood.

I thought about doing this because I got popped and sent to the state ref in my DD car. SUCKED!

[OBEEWON]

Cali is like Nazi Germany.

[Addicted2Kouki]

I wanna do the same except w/ an G-Spec T2 Cast Botto-Mount Mani :bigok:

http://www.gspec.com/images/PRODUCT/large/exhmanifold.jpg

more info on this manifold please.

[5150Fab]

while in school i had a buddy with an easy 10gs under his evo's hood. (Hes from texas) Tons of aftermarket stuff. First day out here he got reffed, he was always getting his ball busted by cops.

He took his wing off, no more ball busting. It really was that easy.

I have anouther evo buddy that did the same and painted his intercooler black, he no longer gets looked at either.

Cops just look for an exhaust, wings, bodykits, anything that might put you into the "import tuner" catagory.

Back in cali i would see crazy ass american muscle cars with big ass blowers driving down the street on sundays. Cops never bother them, if anything they will get pulled over so the cop and check out the car just to check it out. Its :bs:. But since im not a hater good for those guys to beable to drive a 700hp car on the road and never get bothered.

The engine cover made from a trash can lid is hilarious, some cops are dumb, but none of them are retards. (well maybe not none of them).

[OBEEWON]

Just put a box of crispy creme under your hood. When you pop the hood say feel free to help your self to some warm donuts...

bingo bango no more ref...

[VROOOM]

wow sad you want to make it stand out less, it should be for a good reason i know but its sad...
if you could make that topmount say mazda or something on top and the piping sort of cast or flimsy oem plastik looking you could pull of a its stock! look it even says mazda! all the blue and colorful things just paint it or cover it... if u wanna go overkill on hiding, hide the filter inside a stock box and stuff like that

oh and singlecamslam (couldnt quote you wrote after i finished this message) were not laughing as in making fun, i laughed because i myself have taken a cover of a car and put it on top of another engine as fun of covering everything it has... and yeah the taking plastik tube or something isnt that bad but the blowoff you could hide it someplace you cant easily see it... like next to the front mount like on some setups and like sidemounts that the blowoff goes on the IC and you cant see it from the engine view...

you can find one of these off a Mazdaspeed3 and try and get it on there. it says turbo and it has the mazda emblem
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/intake.jpg

[INeedNewTires]

the Infiniti M has nice cowling that would cover up everything. time to "test drive" a car without a salesman!

http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/InfinitiM45/Images2006/Engine-md.jpg

oh just uses pop rivets to hold it on too! and its functional, it has little holes in it so heat isint just trapped in there, it vents a bit.

[Homer_Simpson]

I wanna do the same except w/ an G-Spec T2 Cast Botto-Mount Mani :bigok:

http://www.gspec.com/images/PRODUCT/large/exhmanifold.jpg
I've just got an email from Greg of Gspec, he said that he's just sold the last 2 and the manifold is no longer available.

[landins13]

i cant find anyone who has it in stock but koyorad is now making fmic and they say koyorad on the front of them, so you could totally get one and convince a cop that its the radiator

[SuperiorS14]

That an S14 SR Air Box Set-up?

nope its a s15. its paulx2's car.

[worangejuice]

put a box of these in the bay....deterred
http://outnumberedtwotoone.today.com/files/2009/02/dunkin_donuts_3.jpg

[ZakS13]

where i live, we dont have laws like this...the day cops in Cali (sorry) start pulling over muscle cars for having a 455ci in a car thats supposed to have a 305ci and crushing it is the day i'd start trying to hide my engine..

[georgesal]

dont want to get harrassed modify a new engine cover like let say from like from the new altima's, or even better yet the new is350. most newer car have a big plastic cover saying "the most bitching motor is under here, somewhere".

[dondochaka]

same deal with the new Lexus LS cars.. they have the full compartment plastic:

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/6709788/0610_z+2007_lexus_LS460+engine.jpg

[ZakS13]

plastic covers = clean a$$ engine bay, but also PITA because you have to remove them to work on the enigne..

[soreballz]

^Oh yeah, totally. Removing 4 or 6 10mm bolts is sooooo tedious!

[jon ceballos]

ok I obviously dont know anything, so help me out here, but why the hell are ppl trying to hide front mount intercoolers and turbos?
is it because you just dont want cops pulling you over and giving you tickets for things that are actually legal, but the cops are stupid and will ticket you anyways

or is it because those are actually illegal??

I spoke to an actual referee about making a car run on propane.. He said it was just as illegal as throwing a turbo or nitrous on it and that it IS NOT SMOG EXEMPT.
WTF!?

Is it illegal to have add a turbo application to a naturally aspirated car??? are you kidding me?
and rbengines, and sr engines are illigal?? are all engine swaps illegal? or just japanese ones
thats rediculous, they are fantastic for emissions, I have to pass emmissions standards here in BC canada (its called aircare) anyways, they also have emissions standards in Japan, so im really confused.

so if I drove through socal on a road trip with this I would get pulled over??
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/long_street/dsc00078zg1.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/long_street/Picture271copy-1.jpg

[singlecamslam]

Within minutes you would get pulled over and i dont know if you're being sarcastic. Engine swaps are legal in california as long as ALL emissions and OBD plugs and shit are there. Yes SR's pass emissions with no problem, but they fail visual and dont have an OBD plug which i think is fucking useless because emissions is all they care about anyways.

[jon ceballos]

they fail visual and dont have an OBD plug .
no i wasny beein sarcastic i guess just mis-informed
What the heck is a"visual" and OBD plug?

[SochBAT]

They see if its stock or not.

If anything is shiny, they make you repair it to stock, or you pay the fee.

[soreballz]

ok I obviously dont know anything, so help me out here, but why the hell are ppl trying to hide front mount intercoolers and turbos?
is it because you just dont want cops pulling you over and giving you tickets for things that are actually legal, but the cops are stupid and will ticket you anyways

or is it because those are actually illegal??



Is it illegal to have add a turbo application to a naturally aspirated car??? are you kidding me?
and rbengines, and sr engines are illigal?? are all engine swaps illegal? or just japanese ones
thats rediculous, they are fantastic for emissions, I have to pass emmissions standards here in BC canada (its called aircare) anyways, they also have emissions standards in Japan, so im really confused.

so if I drove through socal on a road trip with this I would get pulled over??
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/long_street/dsc00078zg1.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/long_street/Picture271copy-1.jpg
Well, you definitely know nothing about California's smog nazi laws. lol... In Cali, anything that isn't stock and doesn't have a CARB stamp on it is illegal (basically).

If you drove that Skyline through Cali, you might get pulled over. In fact, you probably would. But, you're from Canuckistan, so as long as your license is legit, they couldn't do anything to you.

[dkgonecraza]

even though the rb and sr engines are illegal people shit use them and of course u have to lie to the officier my favorite line "I bought it like this." and to be tech about it they can only look but they cant remove anything in the engine bay because they would be putting the there hands on ur property and u could sue them if it broke some how and also covers on turbos and stuff like that is a great idea because out here in cali cops love to pull u over from cracked windsheilds too worn tires.
and to driving a skyline that must be nice:)

[jon ceballos]

holy cow you guys got to be kidding me
the car has to look stock, I.E> has to be stock.
So if you modify an engine in anyway its illegal
such as putting a turbo on an NA engine.
But if the car came with a turbo then you can upgrade the system? no? yes?
Friggen, that is sooooooo rediculous. I cant believe it.
i definately feel lucky now

[artdrifter]

im just gonna get my car registered in michigan. sweeet. rockin the RB and i'll be fine

[allntrlundrgrnd]

can you please get the fuck out of this thread.

you do know nothing and this isnt the place to ask your vague and circumstantial questions.

[jon ceballos]

...relax...

[NoPistons!]

Flat wrinkle black or hammered black finish hides shit WELL.

Get a mazda stencil too.

[roninwon]

i think the easiest thing is i you have family in any close state then have your car registered there i have my rhd sr powered 180sx still registered in idaho and a cop pulled me over for expired tag but i know it was for my exhaust i told him they were up to date just cause theyre different but i think he felt stupid for walking up on the wrong side of the car but they cant do shit about it cause it doesnt fall under their laws lol kinda like i got street immunity

[bradystrib]

ill try to find this again but i saw a civic (i think it was a EK) in a article that was turbo and all the piping was made hidden inside stock airfilterbox and everything... no pipes visible from the engine bay view... it looked stock! i dont think it had like very much upgrade in performance but it did look nice and stock...
uhm, i shota smiliar thing (i think it was an accord or a prelude...maybe an integra) for S3 magazine in 07. i'll see if i can dig up pictures.

[whyrun?]

hyper, didnt the fc come turbo? why would they be hasseling you?

[Tantwoforty]

i live in riverside, its like Hitlers asshole :(
i get profiled with the 1000's of gay hondas with giant wings and poorly installed hid's and 4 inch exhaust. /wrists

...fucking lawn mowers

and to the white skyline, you would get probably 2 stop lights and get pulled over, arrested AND frisked!

[deukalionS14]

lol i agree with the out of state plates. thats what i did as well. you need to put their name on the title too though. and for all of the military personnel like me, you can run out of states plates with no problem and have no need to register your car with this state and its hippie laws! yay!

[kouki-gymkhana]

i think the easiest thing is i you have family in any close state then have your car registered there i have my rhd sr powered 180sx still registered in idaho and a cop pulled me over for expired tag but i know it was for my exhaust i told him they were up to date just cause theyre different but i think he felt stupid for walking up on the wrong side of the car but they cant do shit about it cause it doesnt fall under their laws lol kinda like i got street immunity

Be careful with that 'ish. If the car is in your name, registered and has plates from Idaho and you're driving on a Cali license you may end up getting your car impounded. Up here in MA, if you've been in the state longer than 30 days you are required to register the vehicle in MA and change to a MA license. If you don't and you get pulled over, they will impound the vehicle on the spot. Of course, the burden of proof is on them to prove that you've been there longer than 30 days but whatever. I've still got FL plates and a FL license though I've been in MA for 3 years. If I get pulled over, as far as they know, I'm just passing through the state!

[kamikazekid]

fuck guys.... you all over looked one loophole... im so disappointed. I have a black top SR, i took the injen C.A.R.B sticker from the Ka intake. bought a shinny front mount IC. and simply modified the intake to fit the intake to the turbo and put the carb sticker on the intake and the injen dyno prove performance sticker on the hotpipe. and passed the test with CHP... i live in sacramento and DD everyday with a brite red S-13 with a body kit and gold 962's. bottom line... get creative and keep a positive attitude when you get pulled over, dont be defensive. I have pictures but probly not gonna post them cause i hate dealing with computer bullshit.

[HyperTek]

hyper, didnt the fc come turbo? why would they be hasseling you?

heres my bay now
http://i39.tinypic.com/2cmp7iv.jpg
in the eyes of teh average person, that dont look stock
*i dig myself deeper into modding it,.. just installed a chip, oil catch can, and removing the oil metering pump and going block off in the next week or so*

heres what mine should look like by law lmao
http://i17.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/46/5f/5370_1.JPG

since my car is a original non-turbo chassis wooo! :love:

Turns out though that my HKS intercooler should be carb legal as hks intercoolers are.. but my model part number is off by 1 digit..

hks intake kits are also carb legal, so im planin to invest in one of those *even tho i know the filters arent the best out there*

I bet this would fly though if the parts where not polished an a hks carb legal filter
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/user/155825/p1.jpg
rx7 FD upper intake manifold, front mount intercooler.... as opposed to the original top mount

[NismOkatFreaK]

I bought it like this always works for me here in O.C. dumbass cops always beleive me for some reason i even had a cop call the chevy dealer once right in front of me ( to ask if my truck came with HID's, Headers, and Intake) thank god they had my back and told him I bought the truck like that (or i would have been screwed) then he just let me go with a warning saying "dont come through my city again" lol i live here idiot.

[HyperTek]

yeah you try that with an old car and see what happens

[arabtitalator]

fuck guys.... you all over looked one loophole... im so disappointed. I have a black top SR, i took the injen C.A.R.B sticker from the Ka intake. bought a shinny front mount IC. and simply modified the intake to fit the intake to the turbo and put the carb sticker on the intake and the injen dyno prove performance sticker on the hotpipe. and passed the test with CHP... i live in sacramento and DD everyday with a brite red S-13 with a body kit and gold 962's. bottom line... get creative and keep a positive attitude when you get pulled over, dont be defensive. I have pictures but probly not gonna post them cause i hate dealing with computer bullshit.

What exactelly do you mean? There is still a visible turbo. Im sure even if you have a carb legal intake and a turbo they are still going to send you to a ref. I've seen that process used on non carb intakes.. but thats much more simple.

[roninwon]

Be careful with that 'ish. If the car is in your name, registered and has plates from Idaho and you're driving on a Cali license you may end up getting your car impounded. Up here in MA, if you've been in the state longer than 30 days you are required to register the vehicle in MA and change to a MA license. If you don't and you get pulled over, they will impound the vehicle on the spot. Of course, the burden of proof is on them to prove that you've been there longer than 30 days but whatever. I've still got FL plates and a FL license though I've been in MA for 3 years. If I get pulled over, as far as they know, I'm just passing through the state!

but the main thing is im also military and im currentl deployed in afghanistan with a california unit so i have to leave my car there and im still running a idaho drivers license for the time being

[Colin1337]

im diggin this whole registered out of state thing.
my grandparents have a house in arizona, i could just say i get transfered in my job a lot between cali and arizona.

or that im just down my fam in cali for a week or 2. unless the same cop sees you continuously i think your in the clear?

[bansheeracer2003]

i was on reseda bl on friday like 5pm and a cop just pulls me over for no reason after about 1 houre of bs he gives me a ref ticket and lets me go
f*uck em!!!!

-Ron