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I drove my car tonight

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revhead347

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A little wash and wax with some interior cleaning after the car sat in the dirty garage for a year.





Kurt
 

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Your car sound nice!
 

revhead347

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Today's emission test was an abysmal failure. If I run it too rich it failes the HC ppm. If I run it too lean it fails the CO%. I think I'll just have to richen it out, and find better cats.

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Once you get spme heat into the cylinders, 5 or 6 nice steady pulls up into the 4000rpm range shoudl help seat the rings.

First few oil changes may be a little dark depending on assembly lube used, I like to cut open the oil filters too.

Shoot me an email with your phone number and when is a good time to call rnhperformance1@gmail.com Ill give you an "idea" on the emissions, Id rather not post it.... BTW I always thought your car was red..lol
 

revhead347

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I sent you an email Rick, thanks once again. Yeah, lots of people think I have a red car for some reason. It's probably because my buddy has a red 94' Cobra that I work on a lot, and is the source of a lot of my technical pics.

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revhead347

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Well, I did a little test work on the engine this week, starting with a compression test. Guess what, one cylinder had 0 compression. I took the valve cover off and found an exhaust valve a hair out of adjustment. Just a stupid stupid mistake to make, especially since I've adjusted valves about 100 times. Re did the test and all cylinders are 150 to 165 psi. I finished up my cat pipe, which I'm pretty proud of, because I had to fab it from scratch without a tube bender or a tubing notcher. All I had was pre bent pieces from the autoparts store. And yes, that is a functional cross over. The cats get wicked hot even without a smog pump. All that 2000 degree black exhaust paint I put on to keep it from rusting flaked off past the cats.



I went back to emissions, and it passed with ease. I didn't even make any substantial fuel pressure adjustments. Drove up to Canton and got my registration sticker. It's off to get an alignment later this week, and then I can start driving it again.

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revhead347 said:
Well, I did a little test work on the engine this week, starting with a compression test. Guess what, one cylinder had 0 compression. I took the valve cover off and found an exhaust valve a hair out of adjustment. Just a stupid stupid mistake to make, especially since I've adjusted valves about 100 times. Re did the test and all cylinders are 150 to 165 psi. I finished up my cat pipe, which I'm pretty proud of, because I had to fab it from scratch without a tube bender. All I had was pre bent pieces from the autoparts store. And yes, that is a functional cross over.



I went back to emissions, and it passed with ease. I didn't even make any substantial fuel pressure adjustments. Drove up to Canton and got my registration sticker. It's off to get an alignment later this week, and then I can start driving it again.

Kurt
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Wish i could pass with ease. Nice looking h pipe though...
 

revhead347

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Yeah, it actually did awesome. Not quite as good as last time, but last time I leaned it out a little more.

25mph test

Actual/Allowed
HC ppm 90/117
CO% 0.05/0.65
NOx ppm 168/821
CO+CO2% 14.55/6.00(min)


15mph test

Actual/Allowed
HC ppm 47/120
CO% 0.09/0.67
NOx ppm 138/907
CO+CO2% 14.56/6.00(min)

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revhead347

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I'm guessing they don't run it on the dyno in your state; that's why you're failing. If they ran it up a little on the dyno it would probably pass. Most cars don't run well at idle. What kind of cats are you using? High flows are generally a waste of money. The flow better than standard cats, but not as well as no cats, and yet they don't burn off enough to pass emissions.

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revhead347 said:
I'm guessing they don't run it on the dyno in your state; that's why you're failing. If they ran it up a little on the dyno it would probably pass. Most cars don't run well at idle. What kind of cats are you using? High flows are generally a waste of money. The flow better than standard cats, but not as well as no cats, and yet they don't burn off enough to pass emissions.

Kurt
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Pypes high flow 3''


Im gonna play with the tune at idle and see if i can take care of it that way... Its the fact that im in a low load situation. Ill probably lean it out a bit and add some more spark. This way the exhaust is nice and hot and should warm those cats up.
 

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Adam95GT said:
Pypes high flow 3''
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That's probably your problem right there honestly.

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revhead347 said:
That's probably your problem right there honestly.

Kurt
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I know they are not the best but i should be able to get under the limit with some tuning.
 

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I am running the Pype's catted X-pipe as well and had trouble passing idle HCs too.
I cranked up my idle to 1000rpm and it squeaked by getting just under the 220 HC reading.
I was also running 1 heat range colder spark plugs than stock at the time.
 

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Adam95GT said:
I know they are not the best but i should be able to get under the limit with some tuning.
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Can you set your idle to like 1300rpm, and just tell the emissions guy you have a rippin cam?

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revhead347 said:
Can you set your idle to like 1300rpm, and just tell the emissions guy you have a rippin cam?

Kurt
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I think anything over like 1200 rpms they say your cars a pos.
 

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So glad there us no emission testing here I'd prob be screwed. Congrats on passing
 
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