*snip*
>If you will be needing a smog test on your southern California truck soon,
>pay attention! The CARB folks relaxed the Jan 1 date a little bit, so that
>independent testing outfits have to have _ordered_ a new tester by Jan. 1,
>but they can continue with the existing machines through March 31st. Since
>a smog certificate is good for 90 days, if your registration is due before
>June, plan to get your smog test early. The prices have already jumped from
>the $15-40 range to $50-100. They'll go up again substantially with the
>full treadmill test.
>
>BTW, we have the EPA, not really CARB, to thank for the new requirements.
>
>My truck passed smog with flying colors in December - even though I blew
>up the insides of my catalytic (it rattles now) with a backfire caused by
>a loose spark plug wire. I now have two years before I'll worry about a
>new cat. Must be at least mostly functional though!
>
>Jim
Hey, I got that beat. With my MPSBEC, DT Headers, FIPK, and cat
back exhaust.. my truck put out 00.00 nil emission per the test... On one
item
I got a 4, when expected was 16, and max allowable was 100... So I'm not
worried.
Oh yeah, my '69 Kaiser V6 "I don't know what happened to the air
injector
smog equipment" Jeep is now smog exempt.... :P LOL... Maybe I'll ditch the
V6, and drop small block mopar in it!! (And register it in California now!)
Sam '95 SLT
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