[DeTomaso] NPC: help passing emissions test

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Forum,

This theoretical set of actions will be studied for use in a research laboratory. I will report back when testing is completed. Thanks to all.

Warmest regards, Chuck Engles


---- bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Alcohol in fuel.... pull 2 injector plugs....pull some vaccuum lines and let it suck in a bunch of air..drill a hole in the exhaust upstream of the outlet and install a venturi to suck in oxygen from a bottle you have on the passenger seat. water injection.. plumb the windshield washer pump into the intake when the engine is running. These are just theortical We don't have emission testing in SC. Bill 1362
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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se>
> >Sent: Feb 17, 2010 4:30 AM
> >To: detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: help passing emissions test
> >
> >I think it's pretty much impossible to achieve cat-spec readings unless you
> >have an operational cat.
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> >Tomas
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> >[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Charles Engles
> >Sent: den 17 februari 2010 00:38
> >To: detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: help passing emissions test
> >
> >
> >Dear Forum,
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> > The problem: passing the Texas state emissions test
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> > The car: 1988 BMW 535is
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> > The engine: inline six cylinder with fuel injection
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> > The exhaust: the catalytic converter has ever so slightly
> >disintegrated, so it ain't there!
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> > The strategy: How to adjust the timing and how to concoct a
> >witch's brew of fuel in order to briefly pass the emissions test?
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> > Disclaimer: this problem is entirely theoretical and would
> >never be attempted in the real world.
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> > Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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