PNW EFFONEFIFTY

Here's some stuff from Edge products website

"This part (15051) will not work with CAI's, Exhausts, TB Spacers, and other aftermarket components. View part numbers 85150 or 85250 for CAI tuning and more."


Regarding the Use of Edge Products in California

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PNW EFFONEFIFTY

From the Edge owners manual, be advised....

The Evolution automatically makes a backup of your stock program from
your PCM before writing a new program onto your PCM. This assures that
you will have the stock program if/when you desire to reprogram your
vehicle to its original stock program.
We strongly recommended prior to returning your vehicle to a service center
or emissions check that you return your vehicle’s computer to the stock
program. In the event that the service center re-flashes your vehicle’s
computer (a common practice) and you have NOT returned it to stock, your
Evolution programmer will be rendered useless. If this happens, call our
technical support at (888) 360-EDGE and they can help you recover your
Evolution for a small fee. Follow t

'08f150stx

Never knew the state was so finicky. Do they check exhaust emissions too?
In WI, all they check for are pcm codes, and how many start cycles since your last code. Otherwise you can keep the tune if you have no codes. Here only the dealer knows for sure if they try to re flash your pcm. Call SCT support and ask them. Or contact Franchi (on the attached link. He sells act products also)

https://www.f150forum.com/f37/10-off...xhaust-175521/

PNW EFFONEFIFTY

Yes they check exhaust, people call it a sniffer and they stick it up your tail pipe which is why it's law that you must have an exhaust pipe that exits outside your vehicle so they can access it. No dumping your exhaust under your vehicle unless it's exempt.

buster096

You can dump exhaust in CA, it just needs to be easily accessible.

bennie87

Where do you live In WI that you have emissions test? I live In Wausau and we don't have any tests or any thing.

wezard18

There are towns in CA that do not require a smog check, but your truck would need to registered there.

Mechanik

Simple answer is no mods, so I defer to the other posters on that.

Probably worth mentioning that at first glance it may look like some of these posts disagree with each other, but as far as I can tell, all are correct and accurate. Like PNW says, you should always return to stock before you go anywhere that could possibly reflash your computer.

My case was a bit of a special situation. I was ordered to a CA Test-Only station. According to the owner, they are not allowed to "do" anything to your truck, only test your emissions. After I had passed, I asked him if I could have left the Edge plugged in and he said that I could have done that. They "are not allowed" to plug into the OBD unless you fail the test. If you fail the tailpipe test, then they are required to plug in and give you the code(s) so you can take it somewhere else to get it fixed. According to him, they could lose their license if they had a code-flash unit in the shop.

I did this more as an experiment than anything else, partly because I really wondered what would happen. My shop gives a free re-test if you fail, so there wasn't too much at risk. You may want to take others' excellent advice and return to stock before testing.

BTW, my shop is unusual. They offer free sodas, water, and snacks, plus a massage chair (my favorite). They offered free sushi this time, so your experience with your shop may vary!

Bottom line, though is that this tune, on this truck, is not only CA street legal, but passes smog.

'08f150stx

Milwaukee county. It's a southeast Wisconsin thing, because of the proximity to northeast Illinois. Have to use the gas with ethanol too. So we had the "sniffers" until about 3 to 4 years ago. Now it is just a pcm test looking for codes.