Legal in IL

[scort2498]

So i think im going to be moving up to chicago.... what all needs to be done

tags registration and license change i know... Im woried about emissions...

a have a full length header and exhaust all the way back.... Im not sure what else i need to do to make my car legal... It's been spo long i dont even know if they still do emissions or if it vary's from county to county any help would be appreciated.

[Manbearpig]

Cook county (Chicago) has emissions testing. They will pull any codes first, then in the case of a FWD/RWD car they will put it on rollers and sniff it. With out a CAT you are guaranteed a fail. A full exhaust alone wont fail but a cat less one will. Once you fail you then have I belive 60 or 90 days to fix it and get a retest. I have no idea what happens after that.

They test every 4 or 6 years I believe.

Good luck.

[Manbearpig]

Here is the official link:

http://www.epa.state.il.us/air/vim/enhanced-testing.html

[Fordboy]

4 or 6 dam thats long in Racine WI wich is just past the border its every 2 years, but i hate when states do that crap where they only test in the south side of the state but in wisconsin the norhtern cities dont have emissions i think that is how it is in IL to, the north has to test but i dont think the south has to

[gunman_sr5]

1/2 way down state we don't have testing at all.

[zxtwou2]

cook county and maybe another county or two in the chicagoland area are the only emmissions places in IL...the other 90 or so counties don't have it.

[blue_2001]

dude ur lucky we get it every year in pa

[crayolazx2]

i think you manly have to test if your north of i 80. because half of will county doesnt have to test. im not sure how far west they go though.

[zx2cambo]

i know some places in south IL like granite city and that area have emissions

[ZX2tomcat]

If your car is '96 or newer (being a ZX2 it must be), the emissions people only connect to your OBD-II harness and look for codes and check to see that your check engine light works. They only have to run the pre-96 model years on the dyno. And even if they do try to run your car on the dyno (rollers) I would stop them right away and demand an explanation, and then walk (drive) out. I've seen the way they drive other cars wouldn't trust them AT ALL with my Z. If you have no codes there should be no reason for them to have to run it.

So, that being said, since you don't have a cat. you can use a nice little O2 sensor simulator so that your PCM still thinks its reading clean exhaust. This will keep you PCM free of codes. I've never seen them actually do an inspection to physically look for a cat. SO as long as ur PCM is clear you're in good shape. Oh, and I'm pretty sure the testing is every 2 years.

[scort2498]

i will ask my cuz he lives in the same county as my self on wether oor not he has to get his tested or what not... I was just wondering how hard the tests were. Thanks guys for all the inout i appreciate it verymuicg but when my exhaust comes off in two weeks i might throw a high flow cat in there just to be safe.( god i hate having to cajange the oil pan gasket but i guess i will be killing 2 birds with one stone on this fixer upper.

[scort2498]

so what does everything think of a meet b4 winter and chris i wanna see the sti in snow!!!

[Y2KSE]

Other suburban counties near Cook also have emissions testing: DuPage, Kane, Will, Lake, McHenry, and maybe Kendell.

Also, some near East St. Louis, [not sure about Springfield/Rockford/Peoria?]

[zxtwou2]

^not peoria. none in the central IL region have it.

[scort2498]

i will be in dupage county.... so whos house can i register my car too where it dosn't have emissions testing....

[ZX2BASSER]

are there any guys that have zx2's near stl