Limited-prod car maker (EPA 75?)

[Ward Spoonemore]

Chris. I think you missed the point, or else I failed to make it. The OEM
testing runs 4 - 5K$, and this assumes passing on the first try.

The end all be all is not a simple IM240 (gas station test) or what ever
they require in your state. The IM240 test are designed to insure compliance
with a much more rigorous standard. Obviously we cant expect Joe Lug Wrench
to do the OEM tesing every state required period.

Now armed with this information, there are several things you can do for
increased performance, but you will need to think it out, not select the
junk yard parts of convenience. I have sucesffly completed a 450Hp 94 "F"
Car that is a 13 sec 1/4 miler it looks stock and passes, and a few trucks
that are tire twisters. It can be done !

Ward

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of Chris
> Conlon
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 1999 7:46 PM
> To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: RE: Limited-prod car maker (EPA 75?)
>
>
> At 02:19 PM 3/5/99 -0800, Ward Spoonemore wrote:
>
> >Of course you can sign up as a limited production car maker and start out
> >with EPA 75 emissions testing, shed test etc. The EPA 75's are
> $750 a pop.
>
> Could you please say a bit more about this, maybe toss out a URL or
> something? I'd like to buy a modded car which has reasonably clean
> emissions, but which won't pass a strict visual test, which we have
> here. It might be worth $750 to me to be able to register it here...
>
> (Not to mention I have a real bad attitude about cars which are
> squeaky clean out the tailpipe and gas tank failing due to visual tests
> or "allowed" mods. So much so that it'd be worth $$$ to me just to
> have such a car be fully legal.)
>
>    Chris C.
>