What did you do to your S650 Mustang today?? 🙋🏻‍♂️

[Wiley Marmot]

Yesterday actually.

Stomped on the loud pedal at about 5 mph and blasted up to 55 (2 clear lanes; no oncoming or following traffic). My Great Grandson (8 yrs) yelled out, "Awesome, this is like a race car!" Then he told me I had to keep the GT until he turned 16 so he could buy it; offered me $17,000 for it!

Who says Mustangs don't hold their value?

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[DarkHorsePremium]

I ordered a J&L catch can in black for the passenger side. I picked it up from American Muscle since I live in California and nobody else would ship me one.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

You'd think a catch can would be a plus for California emissions.

 

[DarkHorsePremium]

I have years to go but when smog starts I'll have to disconnect it to pass.

 

[Snakebyte]

I have years to go but when smog starts I'll have to disconnect it to pass.

Hmmm...so CA wants you to burn the oil (add'l pollution) instead of capturing/disposing of oil properly? Very interesting. But then I have learned to toss logic out the window when trying to understand some of the CA laws.

 

[Coleybouleoliss]

I turned off auto stop start permanently.. Well, it was the other day.. I feel it's the best modification possible.. Definitely the best free modification

 

[DarkHorsePremium]

Hmmm...so CA wants you to burn the oil (add'l pollution) instead of capturing/disposing of oil properly? Very interesting. But then I have learned to toss logic out the window when trying to understand some of the CA laws.

Oh yes. It doesn't matter if your car is not emitting any measurable hydrocarbons. You will fail visual inspection if you make any modifications to the emission system. This is why I went NA with all the horsepower I wanted. Otherwise you're swapping everything out every two years for a 15 minute test.

 

[Tripower]

I have years to go but when smog starts I'll have to disconnect it to pass.

You may be OK leaving it on. I added a catch can to my 05 GTO in 2007 and have gone through 8 smog tests using 3 or 4 different places and passed every time without a word about the can. Now the CARB approved JBA shorty headers with an EO # is another story... LOL

Oh yes. It doesn't matter if your car is not emitting any measurable hydrocarbons. You will fail visual inspection if you make any modifications to the emission system. This is why I went NA with all the horsepower I wanted. Otherwise you're swapping everything out every two years for a 15 minute test.

That has always been the rub since the early days in the 80s of the CA emissions program - If your car is within specs at the tailpipe, what difference does it make with what is under the hood? Makes one wonder what the point of the visual is if the car burns clean.

 

[Tripower]

...and with the above in mind, I added a PCV side catch can to the Stang over the weekend!

 

[Dapsters]

Hit a pothole

 

[Ryunker]

Going to pick it up in a few hours from the oil change, strut mount install, alignment and no service appointment is complete without the full detail.

 

[Sofa King]

Hit a pothole

I think the air might come out of that...

 

[UberBricky]

Got an alignment after Steeda Sport progressive springs, stop the hop kit with vert links and diff lock out kit.

 

[MidwayJ]

You will fail visual inspection if you make any modifications to the emission system.

A catch can is a modification of the emissions system?

 

[Tripower]

A catch can is a modification of the emissions system?

In CA, technically it is a mod as you are removing the factory installed line from the PCV to the intake. They don't want you to touch anything. Back in the 80s had a 76 model car subject to emissions testing that I ran an open element air cleaner on. Every 2 years I had to swap on the stock enclosed air cleaner or the car would fail the visual inspection, even if it passed the sniffer test.

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