After about two months of trying to pass, i finally just took it to a shop and told them to do whatever needed to be done. $350 later, i have new cat and new tags for my car. Now if i could only afford to keep it. oh well, im just glad i got it out of the way finally.

 

Whats DEQ?

 

Department of Environmental Quality

 

I've picked up a few things that you should do BEFORE going into the smog check center. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as my dad used to say. This is my story:

I went overkill!! Tuned my '88 Vert, dumped a bottle of fuel injector cleaner in the tank, changed my oil with synthetic, and made sure I got right onto the dyno before my exhaust cooled down so it would represent real situation. Running stock exhaust. Result:

HC Max/Measured CO Max./Meas. NO Max./Meas.
15mph 121/8 --- .76/.16 --- 1059/90
25 mph 96/12 --- .65/.09 --- 919/183


#^&$*%(&%%*&^%## that, CA DMV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Should of bought mine for $20 i was going to sell you. By the way, it did pass deq.

Did you ever install that flywheel? Or are you going to sell it? Later, CJ