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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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i just took in my 80 to see if it would pass with the new carb well i had a vac line undone and he said to go fix it and come back. i went and got all new hose's and the right T's and step downs to make it right. also fixed my idle speed well i got back he puts it up on the rack and see a little smoke im like **** what now. he tells me new law is if you car smokes ANY its an automatic fail WTF? i said go on anyways its been like 5 min ldling and he goes to start the test and bam 2,000rpm a black cluoud of smokes rolls out then clears out he stops rev's rev's nothing? sits again and another 5min it does the same **** think black cloud.... its never done this before all lines are correct to the book new gas carb was rebuilt and tested on a live motor what would cause this black smoke one more thing the idle shoot way upto 1,300 rpms and stayed thats when he aborted. shut it off and its fine


UPloading vid not sure if you will be able to see the smoke, i didnt get a good shot of it doing it
i dont want to get it done under the table, i have a buyer for it and i want it to be ligit

motor was rebuild 500ish ago heads reworked new seals values and springs just a stock 305


cant really tell till the end it puffs a little

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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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well i dont know how much the air filter roll is but im sure it can help a little EGR is working i think, it has VAc to it, im going to try a FPR and see if that help, but im not sure what psi to first set it 4? i know some knows a thing or two
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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weve all known CA is a PITA when it comes to smogg. I would have taken the car somewhere else.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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this is just outragous he said that ANY smoke coming from the tail pipes is an automatic fail, im going to do my free retest tm then take it to the local shell goldshield and see what they said, im tired of dumping money into this thing 42.00 for vac lines and fittings and 40.32 for the smog test
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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yeah no **** man i feel you. smoke oput of the tail pipes is a no no? thats what comes out of it naturally! well at least mine does having no cats. I wonder how im gonna get my **** smogged
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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yeah really anyone that got a cam and tune has smoke
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look into the smog help program, they help pay to get a car smogged. sponsered by the state. Can't remember the exact way to get it, but ask at DMV or look on there website. Could really help
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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your car as to make it threw the whole test with now fails's except for GP then,i can qualify and get the repairs but i cant sell the vehical. you have to keep it, i think my dad is looking to see if it would be worth shipping to jacksonville fl to sell,
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next thing I would recommend would be to SEAFOAM the car. Then make sure your timing is dead nuts along with your carbs fueling
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+1 on the Seafoam ... stuff works well.
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i was thinking to tryseafoam but the motor only has 500ish miles on it, its never smoked untill i fixed the vac lines (i know are correct) and put this new carb on it it dosnt feel like its getting too much fuel driving im confused. im going to autozone well see what i come back with lol
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Originally Posted by MaroonLS1
yeah no **** man i feel you. smoke out of the tail pipes is a no no? thats what comes out of it naturally! well at least mine does having no cats. I wonder how im gonna get my **** smogged
The "no smoke" rule started on Nov 1st, 2007.

Put your cats back on. Its people with hot rods removing their cats that cause the "global warming" believers to write these stupid smog laws, and screw all of us.
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