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Dallas, TX Emissions Info
I am planning on moving to Dallas this summer. I just checked TX law and it seems that Dallas County is one of the few counties to require emmisions testing. My 911 will be running SSI's and a Monty Dual Out. Do they just run it on the emissions equipment or do they do a visual. If they don't do a visual, is there any way to get it to pass the emissions test?
It is an 84, so close to the 24 yr exemption yet so far.
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They run it on emissions equipment. But you should be able to pass without a cat if your car is in the proper state of tune.
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I may just leave my car registered as a Maryland vehicle while in Dallas. I am going to be a graduate student who plans on working in Dallas after graduating. My father told me to keep it registered as a Maryland vehicle until 2008 when it becomes exempt.
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Try to live in Collin County (i.e. Plano)
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I believe Collin county tests, also. You have to get out a couple counties before they stop using equipment. I am about to switch to a test pipe, though, so I'll let you know how it goes.
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FWIW, my '88 has passed with flying colors every time. However the tech mentioned that he has seen a lot of 911s test very rich but I'm not sure why.
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Collin, Dallas, and Denton county all do emissions testing on a "dyno". My RoW '85 has passed the last three years so far with no troubles. But I am keeping my fingers crossed for my renewal at the end of this month :-)
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My '81 passed with no problem (after tune-up), but I still have a cat. I'm exempt now, of course.
Most 911s get max power when running rich. Just turn the mixture back down before testing...
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They do visual too, but you get young kids often not knowing what they're looking at. One inspection I went in for, the kid asked if my car was "one of the years where the motor is in front".
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