I used to live in Nevada where the smog req's are pretty strict. However, I
seem to remember that the reqs for 73-76's were pretty lenient as those
were the first years for all the smog equipment. While I wouldn't personally
recommend these, there are a few tricks I know to get a car to pass a
smog test. The first and easiest (however some smog tech's know this trick
and look for it) is to pull your PCV out of the valve cover (this buys a few in
the NOx and CO's). Another way to crank down the numbers is to lean the
car out to the point where under a load it'll stall at idle (did this once, had
to
drive my car two footed to the smog station). I don't know if California got
wise
to this one and added rollers or not, but obviously, if they're gonna put a
load
on the car, the tech will fail it in a heartbeat.
Seth (who lives in a non-smog state now!)
#1544
On 4/6/01, at 8:55 PM, WUZNTME2@aol.com <WUZNTME2@aol.com> wrote:
>
>Well, after roughly 2 1/2 years of fixing up my Bricklin, I finally was ready
>to get it smogged , registered and back on the road. I brought it to a smog
>station today, and after arguing with the mechanic for a good 5 minutes that
>it car is NOT a kit car, yes it is a "real car", no its not supposed to have
>a catalitic converter etc.... he finally hooked her up and started the test.
>The car passed a while ago without any problems before, but this time it
>FAILED MISERABLY. All that work, all that time and effort and I cant even
>drive it....yet. I know that in the last couple years the smog requirements
>have been changed ( at least in California ) and now I gotta pay some jerk
>weed to get it up to specs. What a disappointment. It is "supposed to be
>ready tomorrow" and I will try again. I will keep you guys posted and
>Hopefully #2525 will be on the streets this weekend.
>
>Michael Casiello
>#2525
>
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