[radz28]

Originally Posted by Camfab

Ok this is so weird, somehow my post last night got edited, not by me with the sentence
“He’s not the only one to dyno, stock”
And the whole bit about Magnusson’s original car making 650.
So weird?

Originally Posted by RobZL1

I bet rad's moderator privileges accidentally modified your post or something.

Totally accidental. I was trying to quote that post, to respond, but was rushing, and didn't catch it all.

My bad everyone. Sincere apologies for not catching all of it.

[sactownbwoy]

Originally Posted by Camfab

You can run whatever tune you want until it’s smog time, and then it’ll show up (according to some other threads here), even if you go back to a canned tune. I don’t know if you can just get another computer and simply do a swap or if there are other indicators that show up when your car is plugged in for your smog.

True but with the canned tune you have to flash the ecu so that already changes the checksum. So come smog time, you show that the kit is CARB compliant with the EO sticker/number. I doubt your local smog center would even know anything beyond the kit is CARB legal.


One nice thing that Cali has done is that new cars don't have to be smogged for 8 years.

[clg82]

Originally Posted by sactownbwoy

True but with the canned tune you have to flash the ecu so that already changes the checksum. So come smog time, you show that the kit is CARB compliant with the EO sticker/number. I doubt your local smog center would even know anything beyond the kit is CARB legal.


One nice thing that Cali has done is that new cars don't have to be smogged for 8 years.

Sure that feeeeels nice until you have to pay the registration….

[sactownbwoy]

Originally Posted by clg82

Sure that feeeeels nice until you have to pay the registration….

Haha, paid registration for the first time last this year for my ZLE ('22). When I got that notice in the mail with the price I was blown away. $800+

[Evansa22]

Originally Posted by clg82

Sure that feeeeels nice until you have to pay the registration….

I would gladly pay that fee if I never had to smog my car.

[clg82]

Originally Posted by Evansa22

I would gladly pay that fee if I never had to smog my car.

Same

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by sactownbwoy

Haha, paid registration for the first time last this year for my ZLE ('22). When I got that notice in the mail with the price I was blown away. $800+

You're kidding, right? Or is this the reg fee till the end of the 8-year emissions testing exemption?

[Camfab]

Originally Posted by radz28

Totally accidental. I was trying to quote that post, to respond, but was rushing, and didn't catch it all.

My bad everyone. Sincere apologies for not catching all of it.

Lol, no need to apologize. I was thinking am I losing my mind, I don’t remember saying this? All good

[Schlok]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

You're kidding, right? Or is this the reg fee till the end of the 8-year emissions testing exemption?

Not to derail the thread here, glad that Magnusson has finally accomplished this for you all that get your car checked over at this level. In Northern VA, there is 'personal property tax' which is probably ~2,000 a year on a car like the ZL1. That's on top of the registration and you pay it every year. It is based on their assessed value of the vehicle....So I'd take 800/year any day over that stuff!

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by Schlok

Not to derail the thread here, glad that Magnusson has finally accomplished this for you all that get your car checked over at this level. In Northern VA, there is 'personal property tax' which is probably ~2,000 a year on a car like the ZL1. That's on top of the registration and you pay it every year. It is based on their assessed value of the vehicle....So I'd take 800/year any day over that stuff!

This is not a tax but plain robbery, but I won't derail the thread either (and won't say how good we have it in Tennessee either).

Kudos to Magnuson for finally going through with this process. I am a glad customer of theirs, not the 2650, but still a Maggie, just to make this not totally offtopic

[clg82]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

You're kidding, right? Or is this the reg fee till the end of the 8-year emissions testing exemption?

No he's not kidding, my ZL1 is 700 a year to register, and it's 3 years old.....

[airtroop01]

Either way, this is really good news for us in CA. CA has been systematically been killing hot rodding in the state, so some mod passing with a CARB EO is surprising and keeps us in the game. Yes, I agree with the comments that the out-of-the-box Magnuson tune was not performant. However, if that allows you to flash the computer back if you have to get emissions tested or go to a REF station - awesome! Arguably, I have a lot of stuff on my car to put back to stock if that ever happened… but, I like options.

[BMLMZ]

Originally Posted by clg82

No he's not kidding, my ZL1 is 700 a year to register, and it's 3 years old.....

Move out of that hell hole to an actual free state.

[clg82]

Originally Posted by BMLMZ

Move out of that hell hole to an actual free state.

I am, beginning of March to Fort Worth, put in a transfer through work. Not only is California killing the muscle car scene, they are also doing everything in their power to make it miserable to live here....but that's for another thread....