They have up here in Washington State. Now they put the drive
wheel on these rollers and run it up to 40mph (as I remember), so the
car is tested in gear, with minimal load, and they WILL fail the car for
emmisions at speed, at idle, and for idle speed. We are tested for Max
CO, Max HC, and Minimum CO2. CO2 indicates exhaust leaks if it's out of
range. If our cars fail, we still keep them and drive them home! We
just can't get it registered again once the Tabs expire....but NOBODY
takes or keeps our cars !!
Rich
> ----------
> From: Frank Marrone[SMTP:marrone(at)wco.com]
> Reply To: Frank Marrone
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 1997 10:31 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net; Paul_Rische(at)EdTek.sjusd.k12.ca.us
> Subject: RE: California GROSS Polluter!
>
> >
> >
> >>Apparently now the specs have changed because I failed on a high
> speed
> >>test that was not a part of the previous tests.
> >
> >The smog test has been at idle, and at 2500 RPM for years, it looks
> like
> >your carb has changed, not the test. Thank your lucky stars they
> arent
> >testing for NOX. The Alpine has a nasty combustion chamber, and this
> >would not be in the favor of our cars.
>
>
> Yeah, lets get this checked out. It sounded like he failed when he
> was
> TESTED at high RPM. This isn't and should'nt be right. Can we get a
> verification on this? As far as I know they will measure at high RPM
> but
> not fail for it, they havn't managed to slip this by us (around our
> necks)
> yet... or have they?
>
>
>
> Frank Marrone MK I Tiger B9471116
> marrone(at)wco.com 1966 LTD
> '79 Spitfire
> Yamaha Seca 900 (aka XJ900RK)
>
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