Jump to content
LegacyGT.com

mx5

Members
  • Posts

    15
  • Joined

Personal Information

  • Location
    SoCal
  • Car
    '05 OBXT, '13 WRX

mx5's Achievements

Apprentice

Apprentice (3/14)

  • First Post
  • Collaborator
  • Conversation Starter
  • Week One Done
  • One Month Later

Recent Badges

0

Reputation

  1. Change back to stock injectors for the smog check. It takes 20 minutes or so.
  2. An update. With the ROM linked in the first post (supposedly OEM for my car model/year) I just passed smog. I don't know what the exact CVN is, between the EcuFlash (SSM) or CarSys (OBD2) showing different, but whatever it is the smog station OBD2 computer accepted it so the ROM is confirmed good for '05 OBKXT. Because covid I couldn't get closer to the display and film what the machine showed during testing. The engine is converted from the original side feed injector setup to top feed /rails/TGV from a '08-'14 WRX. The OEM WRX blue top feed injectors are slightly bigger than the original OBK side feed ones, but the stock ROM compensates for that without triggering a check engine light/codes. By the way I just noticed the smog database in the Pass/Fail column now has the code D if a car has failed the CalID/CVN check: https://www.bar.ca.gov/pubwebquery/vehicle/pubtstqry.aspx
  3. Well, BAR posted that starting July 2020, they are pretty much checking all cars manufactured past 2000. Even if for whatever reason they don't have all CVN from the manufacturer for a specific model, it is quite easy for the machine to compare the CVN vs all other smogged cars of the same model across the state. If it is an unique one, it is obvious that something's going on and the machine will send you to a referee to look into what's going on. Keep in mind that they have been logging the CVN information from all smogged OBD2 cars for years, but just not acting on it. Now they just decided they logged enough data to recognize what's what. I guess they can do something with the new cars. But not much they can do with a smog station machine hooked to a 15-20 year old ECU which all id information it could report over OBD2 is Cal ID and CVN.
  4. I just noticed that EcuFlash also shows CVN in the log when loading a ROM. And for that same stock ROM it shows "CVN: 0091BE32" That is puzzling - a totally different number than the CarSys output. My car is not stock either. But the smog check machine needs to see calibration ID and CVN it is expecting I wish in the OBD-II section along "Force Pass Readiness Monitors" field there was a "Force CVN" one too so I didn't have to take out the ID1050x
  5. The new software in the smog test stations in California started checking the CVN (Calibration Verification Number) and send you to the smog referee if it doesn't match the ones by the manufacturer or if you're running an unique one (compares vs what the machines read from other cars of the same model across the state) So I started looking towards converting my car to run the stock calibration. It is a manual '05 OBKXT (A2WC522S) Then I got the stock ROM for my car from here and flashed it with Tactrix OP 2/EcuFlash : http://www.romraider.com/forum/download/file.php?id=5114 To check the CVN I used a regular ELM327 reader - OBD2 (and not SSM) to be as close the way the smog station is pulling the info as possible. For software I tried Torque first, but the only smog/calibration info it was showing was the emissions readiness. I searched further and another suggested app for the ELM327 was CarSys. So I ran it and for my current custom ROM it listed this as the CVN: 21DE1D8C94B81CC1 Anyone else with same gen car & running stock software willing to check and post their CVN to compare? Any other programs which show CVN?
  6. I am converting the engine of my '05 OBKXT from side feed to top-feed injectors (boost is going up soon so I need bigger injectors) I am using the TGV and OEM fuel rails from a later engine. While browsing the part numbers I noticed that for the early cars (like mine with the side feed injectors) the parts listing for the gasket between the TGV and the head is 16272AA001 and is called insulator. For later LegacyGT/OBKXT (with the top feed injectors) the gasket is listed as 14035AA421. Any idea why Subaru switched to these thinner gaskets? I got a new pair of each to compare and 16272AA001 are much thicker pieces and have lots of rubber on both sides. The shape is identical thus both types look interchangeable. I would imagine the thicker ones with the rubber might keep the engine heat off the TGV/intake manifold better. So ... with the top-feed TGV should I use the thinner gasket or keep my original thicker insulator style? I am currently swayed more towards keeping the thicker one, but have there been issues with those for the change?
  7. +1 from personal experience. Avoid Comp Stage 3 or a Sound Bend Stage 3 Daily in a daliy driver. These two feel identical (pedal pressure, bad shudder when going from a stop, will burn/smell bad if you try to slip, etc.) and are race car only thing.
  8. Avoid the TSK3 unless you have a damaged tranny snout. It is a very tight clearance between the TSK3 sleeve and the TSK3 bearing and in ~10k miles it is very likely to end up with the bearing not sliding on the sleeve anymore but the whole sleeve sliding on the snout ripping through the set screws. Then you'll have to drop the tranny again and fix the whole mess. BTDT. Use TSK3 only if you have a damaged snout already and you don't want to replace your transmission yet.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use