CA Smog Success!
#16
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Well done! I'm jealous...
I am still struggling to get my '87 to pass due to high NOx. Thanks to this post though for the DEC suggestion. I did end up getting one. Though, I didn't have to do the flange modification as you did so maybe they corrected the design since then.
I am still struggling to get my '87 to pass due to high NOx. Thanks to this post though for the DEC suggestion. I did end up getting one. Though, I didn't have to do the flange modification as you did so maybe they corrected the design since then.
#17
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I had the same issue with the Walker cat I tested with in "11. In "11 I passed with miles to spare, but in "13 I failed on the 15mph test. Had to retest and BARELY squeaked by. And I only used the cat for testing. It was on the shelf for the 2 years. WTH? Attachment 849622
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These things a just a POS !!!!
WAFJ
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grp8er -- thanks for the post. What year is your car? I always thought the later cars had stricter limits than the 1986 cars across the board -- but your smog report shows slightly higher limits than my '86 in several categories!
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goes without saying their ultimate goal is to get all these old cars off the road. I posted before about the roadside ambush smog checks around here. Also the freeway on ramp camera looking for the cat heat signature
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I am going to have to rethink my next smog, as I passed the last time in one area 15 mph HC by the skin on my *****....
That, with a less than stock set up ...
So, I think I am going to have to bite the bullet....
I do hate this nanny state !!!
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No kidding ???
Really ?
These rectums have nothing on the NSA
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I can imagine. I've used his head gasket write up and I'm currently using his turbo write up. Actually both, as I use the HG write up for the steps to removing the intake manifold.
#28
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By the way has anybody in CA ( in the metro areas, where they are more strict )
ever pass with their original cat ( with mods like a MAF and 55 lb injectors and the associated chip ?)
Reason I ask, is that I never used my orig cat under those circumstances ..
I have passed with the stock set up and my orig cat back in 2011 but that was before mods entered the picture ...
I did also pass with the relatively new DEC cat and mods, but that was too close for comfort .... and that cat seems to be long in the tooth at this point
Thanks
Ed
#29
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Hey Eddie, I passed with exactly that, but things have tightened up since 2011. I've been going to a guy in my area for years who in the past as been a little more lenient on visual. Not sure anymore...once I get my M-tune a little more dialed in, I'm giving it a try with Rogue's (80# inj) set-up.
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Hey Eddie, I passed with exactly that, but things have tightened up since 2011. I've been going to a guy in my area for years who in the past as been a little more lenient on visual. Not sure anymore...once I get my M-tune a little more dialed in, I'm giving it a try with Rogue's (80# inj) set-up.