When I first got my truck I took it to the station in annapolis..I live in
pg though....they checked for a cat. I rode in the truck with the tester
when he ran it on the tredmill, he looked scared as shit going through the
gears since I was staring at him..lol
Greg Conner
1993 RC Dakota Sport
3.9L 5speed
15.4 @89
>From: "Doug Myers" <dougmyers@starpower.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: Re: Re: IT PASSED!!!!!! :-)
>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:20:38 -0500
>
> I went to the one in Clinton (PG county). I was really shocked when
>the
>didn't check for a cat. The guy who tested mine was too afraid to hit the
>gas very hard on mine because it was getting bad wheel hop when he did. :-)
>The screen actually came up and said "vehicle underpowered", lol.
>
>Doug Myers
>-------------
>'99 Dakota RC/SB 5.9L/5-speed/3.92SG
>K&N Gen II FIPK, Comp Cams '604 cam, Progear timing chain, MP 2-bbl MPI, MP
>R/T heads, Hughes' roller rockers, MP polished aluminum valve covers, ASP
>crank pulley, MP Headers, 3" Dynomax cat, 3" Flowmaster, Accel Supercoil,
>Magnecor KV-85 8.5mm Race Wires, Melling HV oil pump, Centerforce Dual
>Friction Clutch
>
>""Hemikota"" <Hemikota@home.com> wrote in message
>news:001f01c161aa$f005a180$4ebe0941@CC292032A...
> > Which VEIP station did you go to? I know the one in Forest Hill MD, is
> > pretty laid back. They never checked under my 92 318 for a conv. and I
>too
> > passed with a FIPK, catback, and MP comp. Only thing I did was add a
>few
> > bottles of isopropyl alcohol (dry gas) to my gas. They did have to put
> > blocks under the front wheels, it kept jumping out of the
> > "treadmill"...hehe..
> > Boog
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Doug Myers" <dougmyers@starpower.net>
> > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:48 PM
> > Subject: DML: IT PASSED!!!!!! :-)
> >
> >
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > I took my truck through emissions tonite, and as you probably
>guessed,
> > > it passed. I was kinda worried, since most of my mods are not
>"emissions
> > > legal", hehehe. I live in Maryland if anyone's interested. Here are
>the
> > > results:
> > >
> > > HC
> > > State Limit - 1.0 GPM (grams per mile)
> > > '99 Dakota - .4106 GPM
> > >
> > > CO
> > > State Limit - 20.0 GPM
> > > '99 Dakota - 7.7268 GPM
> > >
> > > NOx
> > > State Limit - 2.50 GPM
> > > '99 Dakota - .4884 GPM
> > >
> > > CO2
> > > State Limit - N/A
> > > '99 Dakota - 465.3847 GPM
> > >
> > > What I find very interesting is that under "Tampering Inspection"
>they
> > > list the catalytic converter as "N/A". I also noticed that they never
> > > bothered to look under the truck to see if I had one. I guess they
>figure
> > > with OBD-II, you have to have one or the check engine light will come
>on.
> > I
> > > guess they've never heard of the cat-box :-).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Doug Myers
> > > -------------
> > > '99 Dakota RC/SB 5.9L/5-speed/3.92SG
> > > K&N Gen II FIPK, Comp Cams '604 cam, Progear timing chain, MP 2-bbl
>MPI,
> > MP
> > > R/T heads, Hughes' roller rockers, MP polished aluminum valve covers,
>ASP
> > > crank pulley, MP Headers, 3" Dynomax cat, 3" Flowmaster, Accel
>Supercoil,
> > > Magnecor KV-85 8.5mm Race Wires, Melling HV oil pump, Centerforce Dual
> > > Friction Clutch
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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