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Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396
. . .You went through the BAR cetification with your Vette didn't you? How picky were they and where did you take it?
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Yes. I took it to the auto department at Fullerton College where they have an inspector on staff.
They are PICKY. They took about 90 minutes as I recall, here's stuff I had to change after the first attempt.
Remove the more advanced C5 Vette PCV and put on the 2001 F-Body. He caught this by looking at diagrams. Yes, that's correct. The state made me put on the system from my declared year (2001 F-Body) even though it technically was a less efficient system.
Replace the stock 82' Charcoal canister with an F-Body unit. Apparently the charcoal is different.
I don't remember what I originally had, but I had to relabel my check engine light with "MIL".
I passed on the second attempt as I recall.
What they didn't catch is that I was running 4.8L truck heads. I restamped them with the correct casting numbers.
They were curious why the computer wasn't throwing any codes for a pressurized gas tank, but I played dumb and they let it go.
I recommend calling the place you intend to go, talking to the inspector who will do the inspection, and make sure you're reading from the same music. I did this and I'm sure it helped to move things a little bit. If I just scheduled and showed up out of the blue, they may well have been more of a PITA. They will NOT give you a concrete list of "do this and you will pass", some areas are grey and open to interpretation, but they should at least be able to offer guidance.