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Smog test curiosity
I was randomly picked to do Calif emissions test for the 2nd year in a row, it passed but I'm confused.
The test results are dramatically better this year - 1/2 of the HC emissions, 1/3 of the CO, and 1/2 of the NO. The only thing I really did to the powertrain performance wise since the prior tests was I removed the stock muffler and put on a straight through glass pack. Same CAT is in place. Does a more free flowing exhaust make it run cleaner?
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05-07-2009, 04:43 PM
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Location: Fresno, CA
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what do you mean by randomly picked?
is this in addition to the already required smog checks? i've had to have test only smog checks since i got the car ( it's always passed with flying colors), i've also heard if a type of car has a history of failures, then that entire group is placed in the gross polluter list.
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05-08-2009, 07:44 AM
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It was done in 2006 & 2008, I wasn't due until 2010 but I got notice to go to a test only station for 2009. I called DMV and asked why and was told they do a random test of 2% of vehicles or I could be in the list of gross polluter vehicles.
Passing wasn't a problem, but I had to argue with testers that it was still a street legal car and had to go to 3 places to before finding someone who could get in the car with a full roll cage.
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05-08-2009, 10:01 AM
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on one smog check, I argued for 20 min that i had illegally modified the car because it didn't have a smog pump.
It took the "tech" 20 min of calling around to find out what i already told him, what a dumbass, he never even apologized for accusing me of the illegal mod.
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05-08-2009, 10:31 AM
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smog tests are a joke.
I was accused of modifying an 86 Chevy pickup I had in California. It wasn't even a California vehicle and it took me three days to get the paperwork together to prove where I bought it, when I bought it, who I bought it from, how far I drove it when I moved, etc, etc, etc. What a crock, it ran cleaner than the '98 California cars. But, California likes to train people to kill themselves on motorcycles too - long story. 
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