Serious discussion about Car Building Needed.

[Ilya]

@SRS BZNS

Looks like its really boiling down to I’m fucked with this car.

DMV states the any vehicle that is OBD II has to pass the standard NYS inspection 100% no matter what. Any CEL present means the car my not be running at its intendedefficiency and there for can not be driven legally on the road even if the error code is in no way related to emissions.

Also in order to register a car as a homemade of kit car it needs to be built from scratch and documented as so. Same deal for limited use. If it was previously ever reigstered as an OBDII vehicle it would have to pass OBDII inspection.

Dunno if this helps but…if you clear the codes before getting tested…

99 and older = allowed to have two incomplete tests (which may cause CEL) during inspection.

00 and above = allowed 1 incomplete test (which may cause CEL) during inspection.

@SRS BZNS

scan tools will not scan Japanese ECUs

This wouldnt be an issue if I didn’t live in fucking shit hole of the world NY state

You sure? Wouldn’t my ECU be classified as “Japanese”? My scan tool ($70 on EBay) scans it fine. Sometimes it says “Manufacturer specific code” but I can just google the few that come up like that.