My car has no possibility of passing emissions ever. I want to move to california. Southern to be more specific. Where can I get it inspected so that they will look around the fact that I don't have the proper emissions equiptment. If I inspect it here in texas right before I graduate, do I need to have it inspected when I move there or do I get the 1 year inbetween so that I can have time to find a way to pass it next time?

 

I just posted this, but it seems to have disappeared?

Basically, a gas station gets in SERIOUS trouble if they pass you without valid emmissions equipment. Serious enough that even your own brother wouldn't pass you. So you have to find a way around it. How about buying a restrictive cat/muffler system and "taping" it on? Did you try running on ethanol? You can pour a very rich dry-gass mixture into your tank, thats what I do. I met a person at a firebird's forever meeting once who had a custom eprom burned for him which he would swap into his car in the parking lot next to the gas station, and the thing ran so lean it passed with flying colors. If the gas station attendant is stupid and doesn't know what he's doing under the hood, you could try cutting a small hole in your exhaust manifold so some of the dirtiest exhaust leaks out that way. But if they smell it you are ****ed. Good luck, emmissions sucks. Stupid trees! Personally, I have a 1974 firebird formula, which doesn't even NEED to pass emmissions, but because of a exhuast manifold leak (which is unreparable with the engine in the car b/c its located in sucha bad spot), I havn't had it inspected in 4 years.

-- Henry

 

no the thing is the smog shouldn't be bad. What I mean is I don't have the stock epuipment to pass a visual inspection.

What can I do to make it look stock. Or look like it has emissions equipment.

The only thing I have is the charcol canister

Do I need the smog pump or what is the smog pump.