[Shotimes] Fwd: damn cali emmissions!@!

[Ron Childs]

I'll forward this to shotimes. I hope you guys have an idea to help Jon, a
member of the Coast Guard.

-Ron Childs


--- sho club <goldenstateshoclub@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Subject: damn cali emmissions!@!
> this is my post from the sho forums, if any one has
> advice please let me know...
> 
>  thanks
>         jon
> 
> 
> i need to reduce my nox in the exhaust. here is my
> story, and yes i have used the search and did not get
> an answer to my question in specific.
> 
> all i need to do is drop my nox levels, all the other
> levels are very good and with in spec, on the low
> side. i have a 49 state car, 94mtx with 131k miles. i
> recently did the 120k (valves, plugs, wires, tstat, o2
> sensors, cleaned the intake) within 10k. the nox
> levels by the way are about twice as high as the
> allowable level. i failed the test and then replaced
> the cats $$$!! and the same result. the car passed at
> the same shop about 2 years ago with no problem,
> everything, if i remember correctly, was well with in
> the standard. i will pull the codes off of it later
> tonight or tomorrow. the car is in california, but all
> i need is a sniffer test, as the car is registered out
> of state and i am in the coast guard and only need to
> get a sticker to drive on base, so the military made
> the deal with california to get all the military cars
> smoged in order to get the sticker. i have fought that
> ever since i have been here!! oh well its over my
> head. ok back to the sho problem... i run 91octance,
> im not sure if it is oxengated or not?? would that
> even make a difference in the nox content?? i do know
> a place that sells non oxegentated fuel, well their
> sign says so!! any help would be appreciated. 
> 
> thanks
> jon 
> 
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