[DeTomaso] NPC: help passing emissions test

Julian Kift julian_kift at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 17 11:22:01 EST 2010


I'm not sure that's the right thing to do in an EFI car with an O2 sensor..... or any car for that matter, surely CO2 is the way to go?

 

Julian
 
> From: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
> To: gaino at earthlink.net; guson at home.se; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:57:06 -0500
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: help passing emissions test
> 
> I always wanted to try the Ox tank in the trunk with a line going to the
> exhaust pipe. My luck it would read the exhaust cleaner then the air going
> in the motor and get me.
> 
> An oil change right before testing has always helped me.
> 
> Larry - Cleveland
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of bill gaino
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:02 AM
> To: Tomas Gunnarsson; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: help passing emissions test
> 
> 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
> 
> -----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.
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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