Hi guys! Just a heads up this is a very long post! I'm new here but have been following these forums since I got my 90 fox back in 2016. Most have helped alot! My goal is to move to Arizona (goodyear region) in 2 years and I'm posting here to seek guidance from any AZ locals about living with a 351w swapped fox body. So here's a long background story, hoping this may help some others in similar situation in the future as well or put you to sleep if you have problem sleeping:
I was in VA Beach Virginia when I got my 90 fox, so no smog to worry about at the time. The car came with smog stuff in bits and pieces so i threw them all out at the time (Yes super dumb move... and more disapointments to come!). I was convinced by friends to do a 351w swap with a 94 roller block, and i spend ALOT of money getting parts thrown into the car). I'm not sure how sig works but I did my best to put the car's info there. Annnnd no i didn't keep any of the stuff that came with the car... Now I made another dumb move and moved back to CA for family reasons, I initially wanted to move to AZ but I needed my family in CA as a starting base. For a year, the fox is sitting on jackstands but now my VA registration is almost up and I do want to at least get it prepared for Arizona. So I reinstalled all the smog stuff known to me (smog pump, diverter/bypass valves, AIR tube, and I had to use a 5.8L smog crossover tube since the 5.0 one was too short). I have Pro-m ECU so there's no connections for EGR nor the TAD/TAB solenoids but I installed/left everything there just so they're present at least.
So now here's the long question(s) for any local AZ fox owners:
I read through the possible tests for AZ smog but why does people make it sound like it can be as bad as CA's? So there's the sniffer and 4 things verified visually right? Smog pump, cats (4 of them), evap, and egr? That's it? I understand I may run into some smog tech that cares too much or knows nothing but would a 351w swapped fox that has smog pump, 4 cats, evap and egr installed with Pro-M ECU and AFR gauges be okay in Phoenix region of Arizona?
Reading through other forums I didn't quite get the answers I wanted because everyone only mentioned skating by w/o cats and somehow the topic changed to baseball games or the forum just stops there.
The only main concerns so far are:
351w swapped fox
AFR gauges
Maybe the Pro-M ECU?
Many thanks!
I was in VA Beach Virginia when I got my 90 fox, so no smog to worry about at the time. The car came with smog stuff in bits and pieces so i threw them all out at the time (Yes super dumb move... and more disapointments to come!). I was convinced by friends to do a 351w swap with a 94 roller block, and i spend ALOT of money getting parts thrown into the car). I'm not sure how sig works but I did my best to put the car's info there. Annnnd no i didn't keep any of the stuff that came with the car... Now I made another dumb move and moved back to CA for family reasons, I initially wanted to move to AZ but I needed my family in CA as a starting base. For a year, the fox is sitting on jackstands but now my VA registration is almost up and I do want to at least get it prepared for Arizona. So I reinstalled all the smog stuff known to me (smog pump, diverter/bypass valves, AIR tube, and I had to use a 5.8L smog crossover tube since the 5.0 one was too short). I have Pro-m ECU so there's no connections for EGR nor the TAD/TAB solenoids but I installed/left everything there just so they're present at least.
So now here's the long question(s) for any local AZ fox owners:
I read through the possible tests for AZ smog but why does people make it sound like it can be as bad as CA's? So there's the sniffer and 4 things verified visually right? Smog pump, cats (4 of them), evap, and egr? That's it? I understand I may run into some smog tech that cares too much or knows nothing but would a 351w swapped fox that has smog pump, 4 cats, evap and egr installed with Pro-M ECU and AFR gauges be okay in Phoenix region of Arizona?
Reading through other forums I didn't quite get the answers I wanted because everyone only mentioned skating by w/o cats and somehow the topic changed to baseball games or the forum just stops there.
The only main concerns so far are:
351w swapped fox
AFR gauges
Maybe the Pro-M ECU?
Many thanks!