[Diy_efi] Smog pump and emissions testing question...

[Ryan McCormick]

You have to portray the image that the cars worth the
family fortune.  Install that throttle stop.  I've
been known for adding zip ties to the throttle cable
to set limit.  Cinch them real tight and the cable
can't pull threw them.  Add as many as needed.
Ryan

--- Brian Renegar <thomas.renegar at nist.gov> wrote:
> 
> >It's the aluminum air tube that gets clogged up.
> 
> Oh ok.  Well, that's easy to check/fix.
> 
> 
> >It couldn't hurt to be pumping air into the H pipe.
> 
> Yeah, I was just wondering if it would be better to
> instead pump the air to 
> the cylinder heads.  I'm going to do one or the
> other, just didn't know 
> which would be better.  Keep in mind I'm using a
> factory cat pipe with the 
> 4 cats on it.
> 
> 
> >Well, you have control over WOT.  Just set the WOT
> threshold to 5 volts It'll
> >never go to WOT fueling.  Also, be reasonable with
> boost, don't turn them
> >loose with 14psi.
> 
> That's the problem though.  If I set the threshold
> that high, and they DO 
> floor it, a dangerous lean condition has just been
> created.  When it comes 
> down to it, failing emissions is a better
> alternative to a blown up 
> motor.  But I'd prefer to not have to choose from
> those options!  I will of 
> course lower the boost as much as possible though.
> 
> 
> >I recommend going to the pass or don't pay places,
> there's very little at 
> >stake
> >in failing a car that is obviously mechanically
> sound.
> 
> Sorry, I didn't quite understand what you meant by
> that.  Emissions testing 
> here is all state run and controlled.
> 
> 
> >I am positive that there is a certification that
> these dyno monkey must have.
> >To get that cert, they must be trained in some
> procedure.  If they are not
> >following the procedure, and you can document it,
> then they will lose their
> >certification and the test is invalid.
> 
> Hah!  If getting their "certification" is anything
> like getting a drivers 
> license around here, it's a total joke!  Last
> emissions test I went through 
> with a previous stang (with E'bock heads/intake and
> E303 cam), the lady 
> obviously did not know how to drive stick.  Cause
> she (just like my other 
> example) shifted way too soon on the dyno test.  In
> the next gear, the 
> engine bogged and the wheel speed flatlined,
> throwing it out of the 
> test.  She tried this several times, and finally
> proclaimed that it would 
> not work on the road dyno because my car "was too
> low".  WTF?!?!?!  How 
> would ride height have anything to do with it,
> except of course if you were 
> scraping on stuff, which would be VERY obvious.  It
> had stock suspension 
> too!  lol  So you see what kind of lame people run
> these things!  Course I 
> didn't complain, cause at that point she just did
> the regular "check 
> emissions at idle, then rev engine and check
> emissions again" test, which 
> is much easier to pass!
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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