emissions??

[skinemann96]

ok guys looking for some tips on how to pass emissions here in IL. I have BBK LT headers and BB o/r H pipe. I tried a few tricks i read up on here but they really didnt help at all. Im currently making a custom H pipe with cats on it to help but i lack the garage and tools to do it since i just moved from a 3.5 car garage to a 1.5 garage in a town home. My last pull at the emissions testing was HC 4.98 (.80 pass) CO 21.0 (15.0 pass) What if i just sucked it up and transfered the title of the car into someone elses name?? Would that void emissions for 2 years for me??

 

[Emoney8924]

did for me, haha... i got an emissions test thing, and i went through twice, and failed both times, so i "sold" the car to my brother, and then just put it in his name for a little and then he sold it back to me after like a few months.. and i never heard anything from it again.. but i live in ct, i dont know if its differnt

 

[MustangGT95]

Have any family in OH or WV? If so transfer it to them and/or say you moved there...no e-tests...

 

[1TallMF]

My car failed the e-test on the first try and that was with a BBK catted x-pipe , and all the mechanic did was bump the timing up from 10 to 14 deg and the HC levels went down by more than half. I was quite surprised. Passed by a land slide
Not sure if this will work in all cases but it worked for me. But yeah, get those cats on there for sure.

 

[HISSIN50]

I agree with 1TMF - having the cats and AIR pump if you can (you're running fat and the extra O2 will help the secondary emissions process as well as diluting the emissions a bit).

Good luck.

 

[mo_dingo]

JT, I thought the smog pump only ran for the first 120 seconds into the exhaust system, then the diverter valves send it through the cylinder heads after that???? Maybe I am wrong.

How do the spark plugs look? If they are white or black, you are running lean/rich respectively, and you need to correct that first. That is the #1 problem for emissions. 14.64 is the sweet spot, any devience makes emissions output sky rocket.
Scott

 

[HISSIN50]

Scott, seems to me it's verse-vice.
Air is sent to the heads upon start-up to help light the cats off. Once underway (the two mins or so that you mentioned), the air is diverted downstream.