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Posted by TeamMustangPrez (Member # 1007) on
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I have a 87 notchback with the usual mods on there. 24 lb inj, pullies, super chip, upper intake honed out, h- pipe w/ high flow cats, no muffler tips...Enigine was rebuilt 40,000 miles ago, small oil leaks......
Anyone have experince with smog cars with mods like this or more? ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
Posted by shade-tree (Member # 298) on
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assuming good tune, should pass the sniffer.you're rolling the dice though if you can't pass the visual (egr unhooked, smog pump missing, no cats, or whatever you might have). you might get lucky with a given smog tech.
Posted by TeamMustangPrez (Member # 1007) on
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I dont know about egr unhooked, smog pump missing, I dont know where to look for that stuff.....I d figure I ll take it and get smogged and we ll see....
Wow this is going to be a crap shoot....
Posted by Knight_Rider (Member # 898) on
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I don't think you would have a problem with the visual, just don't tell them what you have and you shouldn't have a problem. You don't need mufflers to pass a smog inspection, just cats. The mufflers are for noise pollution. Just look on the emmisions label under your hood, and check to see if the components are there and hooked up.
Posted by flatacid (Member # 878) on
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if you pass the visual then theres an almost guaranteed way to pass the sniffer. i didn't try it on my car because i had smogged before i heard about it. but ive seen smog sheets with zero's across the board in 20 year old 180,000 mile van. heres the trick1.empty your gas tank
2.fill it with 2.5 gallons of gas and 2.5 of methanol.
3.have the car smogged
4.immediatly after smog passes, fill the tank with gas to dillute the methanol.
its almost guaranteed.
Posted by TeamMustangPrez (Member # 1007) on
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I ll try that, but where the heck woudl I find methanol???
Posted by v8302stangs (Member # 530) on
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wow does that methanol thing really work? Also, wouldn't that methanol screw with your engine somehow?
Posted by TeamMustangPrez (Member # 1007) on
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Yes, I am curious as well? Has anyone done this to there engine?????
Where woudl I find menthnal?
Posted by shade-tree (Member # 298) on
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dry-gas is the commercially available equivalent.
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on
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Chances are those 24 lbs injectors are hurting your "smog" and for sure not giving you any extra HP with that combo. Take out the chip and put your timing to stock before you go.
Posted by TeamMustangPrez (Member # 1007) on
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Well I dont have a set of 19# to swich out nor have I dyno'd it to find out if 24# inj are helping or hurting but it sure feels like it is helping........My boy has a 87 stock so I didnt think about swapping out his stuff...
Also a buddy of mine told me to us ethanol (sp) rubbing acohol that I can buy in a store... 1 gallon of that mixed with 2 gallons 92 octane...
ANyone ever heard of this? 