Limited-prod car maker (EPA 75?)

[Chris Conlon]

At 09:36 AM 3/15/99 -0800, Ward Spoonemore wrote:

>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.

I guess I did miss the point. I thought you were saying that a small
company (me) could register as a limited-production car maker, and then
produce a small # of  cars (1, in this case) which would be tested
against a relaxed standard. (Relaxed compared to the usual OE testing
standards, probably still pretty tough compared to the tests it has
to pass after someone owns it.)

Mainly what I was looking for was a way for the car to be judged on
the basis of what comes out (or does not come out) of the tailpipe,
rather than what emissions hardware it does or does not have, or what
mods it has. (And $1000 would not be too much to pay for the privilege,
though $4000 is pushing it hard.)

   Chris C.