OilFieldCash

Lol I have lived here my whole life and been in handcuffs more then I like to admit... But that one was one of the dumbest accusations.
I don't 100% disagree with the emission testing. But they have taken it wayyyyyyyy too far.
Sort of like paying for a speeding citation. It doesn't reverse time and take that back, it goes to overpaid greedy government officials. Lets stick DEF in diesel trucks... Saving the earth one plastic container in a card board box at a time...
Same with the diesel particulate filters that have to be pulled out and replaced. Same with the DEF systems that malfunction and the entire tank and components have to be replaced at times.

ATXFordMan

I have the Five Star 87 performance/tow tune on my 2014 5.0L V8 and it failed on the three categories the original poster mentioned. I'm restoring it to stock and will drive to Dallas from Austin and back this weekend. Hope to pass the inspection on Monday (today is Wed). I'm not looking forward to the stock tune on it, but it will be interesting to compare it to the 5* tune. I'll report back if this did the trick and got me past the Travis County (TX) vehicle inspection.

needparts

once you on stock tune. Drive it at 45mph for 4 mins straight. That will get the 2 of 3 online so you can pass inspection. stock tune sux by the way.. lol

Rockjock3

Trust me, they aren't stupid. They figure they'll fleece you. Sometimes they get lucky.

Danny Taylor

Move somewhere, where they don't have inspections!!! Screw the government, live in a freezone!! Lol

TJPlatinumEB

Make a call to Five Star and see if they will fix it. Unleashed had mine setup for a place where emissions didn't matter initially and I failed on the 2 "not ready" indicators. I contacted him, he had a new tune to me within 30 min and after having it relearn again, no more not ready indicators. Used the Torque app on my phone to confirm it and all is well.

I am in Travis County as well. If you don't want to invest in the Torque app and OBD2 reader, I can meet you somewhere central and scan it for you after your trip. I work near Arboretum area if that helps. Just PM me and I'll be happy to scan it real quick for you so you'll know if you will pass.

ATXFordMan

FYI...after restoring my stock tune from the 5 star 87 perf/tow, and doing a round trip from Austin to Dallas, I passed no problem. I switched right back to the Five Star tune when I got home though...stock is horrible!

Neil350

Nothing about this sounds right at all, on my old Corvette which was tuned with HPtuners I never had an issue. That car had a blower, cam, no cats and managed to pass the plug in with out a single issue in Harris county. If you're simply tuning an other wise basically stock truck, I don't see how the tune can make you fail and furthermore how some tunes would pass and others would not. I am around 5.0 Mustangs a lot, most are dyno tuned locally, I don't recall anyone ever putting the stock tune in to pass inspection. A lot of those are forced induction cars as well, so it's not like it could be reflashed to stock even if you wanted. I mean you could, but you get the point.

Cj7jeepoffroad

Just throw one of these chevy emissions exhaust tips on, pass every time. lol


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Koolponycar

I have ssi tunes and my 5.0 has passed every year with the tune in just fine.