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1. Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 08:11:47 -0700; I have my '74 TR6 engine pieces down to a machine shop (I am very impressed so far with this shop -- a lot of high performance, exotic and antique engines there, mature machinists at work, very profe; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00639.html (8,464 bytes)
2. RE: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 08:41:37 -0700; Doug, the important question here is whether the test for your car includes running on the dyno and measuring NOx at the tailpipe. Newer cars definitely do, but the standards are looser for older ca; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00640.html (9,424 bytes)
3. Re: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:50:17 -0700; Hi Steven, Thank you for your feedback -- great advice. In the past I have gotten carried away with engine enhancement so that it would not idle well, required super octane to avoid denotation, was; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00641.html (10,248 bytes)
4. Re: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:52:39 EDT; << The fuel injected engines put out 150 bhp, while the USA post '72's dropped to 101 bhp. That is a loss of 1/3 of the power. >> This is common for _all_ cars in the US. In 1973, HP ratings changed; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00658.html (8,155 bytes)
5. Re: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 19:25:15 -0700; Hi Harold, Yes, you are 100% correct, but Triumph dropped the compression ratio from 8.5 to 7.75 in 1972 (according to Bentley), and even under the old ratings, the '72 USA TR6 was only produced 104; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00660.html (9,870 bytes)
6. Re: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 22:44:29 EDT; << Again, I am not disagreeing with you one bit, but even using the same scales, the TR6 engine lost 1/3 of its bhp from the PI version to the '72 USA version trying to cope with the emissions issues; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00661.html (7,881 bytes)
7. RE: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:26:49 -0700; Interesting. I wonder if it was even a picture of a TR3A in his book ? When I bought my current car, all cars had to be smogged when title was transferred. Back then, the inspection stations were ru; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00664.html (8,553 bytes)
8. Re: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:46:47 -0700 191e464f369e1cc4f5858749f787b1aff8c9fb350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c; It was a few years ago and I have difficulty remembering what happened yesterday, but I seem to recall the guy holding a book with a picture of the engine like one you'd see in a Haynes manual. It ma; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00666.html (9,809 bytes)
9. Re: Engine work and passing CA smog (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:19:23 -0400; Doug, While I can't offer any specific information, I can only suggest a bit of information- that camshafts are very critical in determining power and emission characteristics. The primary concern he; /html/triumphs/2002-06/msg00752.html (9,731 bytes)

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