Re: dreaded CA smog gestapo

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

okay, thanks, I'll pull some timing out and put in my vacuum retard into
the distributor. 

The new smog check has been implemented in California. My friend just got
his Escort smogged yesterday. 
I saw it with my own eyes! :) It cost him around 60 bucks for the smog. 
Also the new machine doesn't tell you if the car passed of failed until
_AFTER_ it communicates with the DMV computer!! Scary! So i'll be sure to
do a pre inspection

Methanol? are you sure?

At 10:23 PM 8/6/98 +0000, you wrote:
>If anything, you'll want to retard, not advance the timing in order 
>to lower the emissions.  Why do you have to have it smogged on a 
>dyno?  I thought that the state scrapped the idea because of the 
>immense cost involved.  Consult the DMV and a local smog shop, but I 
>thought that's what happened, according to several local techs.  
>Another trick to getting a car to pass is to put a fair amount of  
>methanol in the gas tank.  It runs REAL clean then.
>
>> Date:          Thu, 06 Aug 1998 21:58:21 -0700
>> To:            scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> From:          Kevin <aventari@cts.com>
>> Subject:       dreaded CA smog gestapo
>
>> Well you guys, I just got my worst nightmare in the mail today.
>> 
>> 	I have to get my car smogged! And not just a regular smog, I have to smog
>> it on the new 'dynos'. ouch. 
>> I dont know if i'll be able to pass the way my car burns oil and how bad
>> the exhaust leaks between manifold and downpipe. (3 broken studs).
>> 
>> Well it's got 200k miles on the stock EN (1.7) with MSD 6A ignition, 2 1/4"
>> cat back, autotech dual downpipe, k&n. 
>> What do you think will be the best spark plug gap for the smog test? right
>> now I'm at .055", should I close it a bit or leave it?
>> 
>> 	I'm dropping my new catalytic converter in, I just put in a new o2 sensor
>> and new NGK non-resistor plugs last week, and I'll have the fuel system
>> power flushed. I'm also going to overinflate the front tires so I have less
>> resistance on the dyno. 
>> 
>> 	Besides play with the CO screw, does anyone have any tricks I should use
>> to squeak me passed the test? I can't crank up the ignition timing because
>> they check that. Would high octane racing gas work? AHHHHH I need help to
>> trick the new gestapo!
>> 
>> 
>> "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
>> 
>> Kevin Fry .:. 81 Scirocco S
>>       San Diego, CA
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      San Diego, CA
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