Your right, it is referred to as 3.0 or EcoDiesel. I was just being a smartass, since the post I quoted said 345 and 392, instead of 5.7 and 6.4.
3 liter is actually 183.0712 cubic inches. I had a Nissan 3L V6 that was 180 cubic inches. Manufacturers play around with displacement numbers.
Is your smog test in Cali just stricter numbers on the stuff coming out of the tailpipe?
Here, smog tests no longer test what is coming out of the tail pipe on newer vehicles. It gets a pass or fail from the car computer emissions system.
In California they do a visual inspection and make sure the check engine light in the dash functions and it is not on. If you have any mods or newer parts they may check they are legal or were legal mods or replacements when you put them on. A lot of parts come with an EO number sticker to put by the main sticker under the hood to make it easier to look up aftermarket performance parts. Since the check relies on a visual check the tech can make a difference parts that look like they are stock can often skate by unoticed and internals usually are good unless they put the engine out of the parameters in the software. Since it runs self checks on the various systems when conditions are right for each self test the computor checks them off as it does them without most of the tests completed it will fail and require a retest a lot of decent shops ask if the vehicle sits or has had the battery disconected recently if so they will plug in a scan tool and make sure it is ready if not tell you to drive it around for a few days. The vapor recovery sytem seems to require the most precise conditions to run its tests often making it the last one completed after the battery has been disconnected some say there is still an exemption if it has not tested vapor and all the others have been completed do not know for sure. They also test the fuel cap since it holds in the fuel vapor from the tank and allows the system to be presurised to run the leak test.
