This topic has come up recently and given my past experience in this area I felt it would be good to post the following link:
Calif. BAR Referee Program
This page details the referee process in California w/ particular emphasis on grey market cars and vehicles with difficult to find or expensive emission control equipment.
In my case I took the 5.0 to a referee after the car was repainted and the BAR sticker was lost/destroyed. The ref. was mainly concerned that the car had catalytic converters and passed the tailpipe emissions test. My capped EGR valve and lack of a smog pump was not an issue.
A 'properly' tuned 026 engine will pass Calif. emissions with just a catalytic. It may be that the new cat. technology is more effective than what was originally available.
Calif. BAR Referee Program
This page details the referee process in California w/ particular emphasis on grey market cars and vehicles with difficult to find or expensive emission control equipment.
In my case I took the 5.0 to a referee after the car was repainted and the BAR sticker was lost/destroyed. The ref. was mainly concerned that the car had catalytic converters and passed the tailpipe emissions test. My capped EGR valve and lack of a smog pump was not an issue.
A 'properly' tuned 026 engine will pass Calif. emissions with just a catalytic. It may be that the new cat. technology is more effective than what was originally available.