I don't think cats are the answer for old cars as the mixture has to be
exact, or close to it, so they don't burn out.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas - Sweden" <csp311@telia.com>
To: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: Owning a roadster in California may become illegal
> You will need to put catalytic converters on them - I bet.
> They have done something similar in Germany with a
> very expensive road tax if you dont install a cat on your
> oldtimer. I think there's some excempt for really old cars.
> In Sweden we drive oldtimers (+30 years) without paying
> road tax (we pay energy tax on petrol which makes the
> price to US$ 4.50/US gallon) but nobody say's anything
> about emissions as long as it's below 4.5% CO on idle
> during the car inspection.
>
> Thomas
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