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TurboMirage · 10-26-2007, 11:32 AM

cant find one. they tell me its all "logged by the DMV"

Cashizslick · 10-26-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by TurboMirage

no good now. the DMV is now notified of sticker issues, and if the cops run your plates it comes up. on my black R my plate number is actually ON the sticker.

Hrm, on second thought I had one more thing going for me which helped.

In Massachusetts, the DMV will automatically suspend the registration of a vehicle that (a) fails inspection after a re-test or (b) does not become "re-inspected" in a year following one in which the vehicle passed.

When i bought the 240, i knew it would fail inspection . . . so i NEVER went to get it inspected after registering it. I just inspected it myself and slapped a sticker on it XD.

TurboMirage · 10-26-2007, 12:05 PM

called you cash, gimme a ringback 508-958-9680

Cashizslick · 10-26-2007, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TurboMirage

called you cash, gimme a ringback 508-958-9680

Lol i got ur message and sent you one back. Ill be in the office for 3 more hours.

There were two other things I was going to do to get the car inspected. They were both perfectly legal (i even spoke with state officials).

Call when u get a chance. If i dont pick up, call back in 5 mins or so.

Cashizslick · 10-26-2007, 01:21 PM

Best of luck - let us know how the EPA thing turns out.

TurboMirage · 10-26-2007, 01:27 PM

indeed thank you very much!

2000Si · 10-26-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TurboMirage

i have TWO other cars. sneaking isnt needed.

can't. if you get pulled over in MA with a MA license and out of state registration you can get fined.

Plate it and register it in Vermont then.

TurboMirage · 10-26-2007, 09:06 PM

need an address, and a VT drivers license...

pissedoffsol · 10-27-2007, 02:24 AM

grow a beard, and get "rent" a room with seanny

Jeef · 10-27-2007, 07:40 PM

VT with a MA license would be bad since 91 through MA is a major drug route from VT

FObangah · 10-27-2007, 08:27 PM

I don't know how it works up there but in VA, I know a guy that wll take $50 and you registration and make the car inspected. He enters it in his log book, turns in the onion skin, gives me a pink slip ( reciept for the PO-PO ) and everything. As long as I don't end up in a ' malfunctioning equipment" infraction he's safe and I'm safe.

Cashizslick · 10-29-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by FObangah

I don't know how it works up there but in VA, I know a guy that wll take $50 and you registration and make the car inspected. He enters it in his log book, turns in the onion skin, gives me a pink slip ( reciept for the PO-PO ) and everything. As long as I don't end up in a ' malfunctioning equipment" infraction he's safe and I'm safe.

In MA, the DMV prints the sticker for OBDII complient vehicles. The inspection equipment sends the dmv a signal and the DMV's computers respond by telling the computer to print a pass/reject sticker.

Good luck getting around that.

TurboMirage · 11-01-2007, 10:08 PM

how we did it later. completely legal.

the gist of it was we put george's 99 ecu into my car and ran the MIL cycle and it passed. still failed EVAP but we ran from a warm start and not a cold start - that MIL needs a cold start.

theres alot involved, looks like im going to take up cracking the 1.5 ECU

tomorrow im putting the 2000 ECU back in and selling the 97 ECU.

Cashizslick · 11-02-2007, 10:51 AM

yay'

you led me astray - i was under the impression you had dismantled the cars OBDII system. apparently the system was still in tact.

TurboMirage · 11-02-2007, 10:52 AM

nah lol i swapped ECUs with george who had just passed.

odb2 ecu's apparently have a serial number linked to the vin of the vehicle. george's 99 ECU didnt have this serial, and mine did.

Cashizslick · 11-02-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TurboMirage

odb2 ecu's apparently have a serial number linked to the vin of the vehicle.

Dude i have heard that too. This however is the 2nd confirmed account of somebody using an ecu that is not from their vehicle to pass inspection IN MA that I know of.

Honestly it wouldnt make sense for an ECU to be vehicle specific. From what i have heard it doesnt seem like the MA vehicle insp. system tests this either.

TurboMirage · 11-02-2007, 11:01 AM

it does. this is why my 97 ECU fails. it HAS a serial number. the inspection machine showed it plain as day and it fails VIN check.

Cashizslick · 11-02-2007, 11:10 AM

So . . . if you need a new ecu, you probably have to have a dealership flash your vin onto it.

TurboMirage · 11-02-2007, 11:26 AM

or find an ECU that doesnt have a serial on it

like georges.

Cashizslick · 11-02-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by TurboMirage

or find an ECU that doesnt have a serial on it

like georges.

I wonder why it didnt have a serial. And i wonder why the OBDII check system passed the car if it could not verify that the ECU matched the vehicle's OBDII components.

10-26-2007, 11:32 AM	#26
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10-26-2007, 12:05 PM	#28
TurboMirage Running on two cylinders Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southbridge, MA Age: 24 Posts: 16,187 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer RPW E5 Coupe Rep Power: 219	called you cash, gimme a ringback 508-958-9680 __________________ Home of the RPW built 2000 Lancer CC Coupe. See what is done to the Little EVO5

10-26-2007, 01:21 PM	#30
Cashizslick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,853 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 69	Best of luck - let us know how the EPA thing turns out. __________________

10-26-2007, 01:27 PM	#31
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10-26-2007, 09:06 PM	#33
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11-01-2007, 10:08 PM	#38
TurboMirage Running on two cylinders Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southbridge, MA Age: 24 Posts: 16,187 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer RPW E5 Coupe Rep Power: 219	how we did it later. completely legal. the gist of it was we put george's 99 ecu into my car and ran the MIL cycle and it passed. still failed EVAP but we ran from a warm start and not a cold start - that MIL needs a cold start. theres alot involved, looks like im going to take up cracking the 1.5 ECU tomorrow im putting the 2000 ECU back in and selling the 97 ECU. __________________ Home of the RPW built 2000 Lancer CC Coupe. See what is done to the Little EVO5

11-02-2007, 10:51 AM	#39
Cashizslick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,853 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 69	yay' you led me astray - i was under the impression you had dismantled the cars OBDII system. apparently the system was still in tact. __________________

11-02-2007, 10:52 AM	#40
TurboMirage Running on two cylinders Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southbridge, MA Age: 24 Posts: 16,187 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer RPW E5 Coupe Rep Power: 219	nah lol i swapped ECUs with george who had just passed. odb2 ecu's apparently have a serial number linked to the vin of the vehicle. george's 99 ECU didnt have this serial, and mine did. __________________ Home of the RPW built 2000 Lancer CC Coupe. See what is done to the Little EVO5

11-02-2007, 11:01 AM	#42
TurboMirage Running on two cylinders Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southbridge, MA Age: 24 Posts: 16,187 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer RPW E5 Coupe Rep Power: 219	it does. this is why my 97 ECU fails. it HAS a serial number. the inspection machine showed it plain as day and it fails VIN check. __________________ Home of the RPW built 2000 Lancer CC Coupe. See what is done to the Little EVO5

11-02-2007, 11:10 AM	#43
Cashizslick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,853 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 69	So . . . if you need a new ecu, you probably have to have a dealership flash your vin onto it. __________________

11-02-2007, 11:26 AM	#44
TurboMirage Running on two cylinders Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southbridge, MA Age: 24 Posts: 16,187 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer RPW E5 Coupe Rep Power: 219	or find an ECU that doesnt have a serial on it like georges. __________________ Home of the RPW built 2000 Lancer CC Coupe. See what is done to the Little EVO5

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