legal??
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
The regulations are federal. Enforcement is local. The exception is California, which had tougher standards due to a nastier smog problem.
Technically, it is absolutely not legal. Practically, if there is no visual inspection, there's a chance you can get it to run clean enough to get it to pass a sniffer (a fully functioning cat will be critical).
For the visual, the inspector would have to be an idiot to pass it, but, most of those guys are minimum wage going down a check list (cat, A.I.R. pump, charcoal canister, fuel restrictor, etc.), so, there's a chance.
Technically, it is absolutely not legal. Practically, if there is no visual inspection, there's a chance you can get it to run clean enough to get it to pass a sniffer (a fully functioning cat will be critical).
For the visual, the inspector would have to be an idiot to pass it, but, most of those guys are minimum wage going down a check list (cat, A.I.R. pump, charcoal canister, fuel restrictor, etc.), so, there's a chance.
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