Which is going to produce more emissions:

'84 2.8L V6 2bbl, non CC, EGR & AIR... poorly tuned (passed DEQ)

OR

Same vehicle with '87 305 LT1 Cam, Cat, NO EGR/AIR, Headers, edelbrock 600CFM Carb.


Think I can pass the sniffer with the V8 and no egr/air?

 

to put it bluntly, NO.

you need your EGR/AIR in order to pass.

 

The reason I was asking, was that I've heard the 2.8 puts out worse emissions than a V8.

 

Hmmm... tough one. Standard logic tells me that V8 = more engine = more power = more emissions, but GM engineered the emission controls to burn just as clean as any other engine, so with all the smog controls hooked up, I would say they are the same.

 

Since you say the V6 is poorly tuned, the V8 would probably do better.