Re: [DML] Heat Stove Function.

[wingd2@xxxx]

In a message dated 12/17/01 4:23:54 PM Central Standard Time, 
DMCVegas@xxxx writes:

> And I know that two wrongs don't make a right. But the amount of extra 
> hydrocarbons that spat out by the removal of the Air Intake Flap are 
> nothing 
> compared to what's spewed out by any of the available turbo kits, due 
> to the lack of cats.
> 
> Before anyone takes a defensive stance, please realize that I'm not 
> knocking the turbo kits, just saying that removal of the intake 
> components isn't quite as bad as the image may be. When you install a 
> turbo kit, you will fail a smog check not just because the Cat is 
> gone, but because the pollution level from the engine is higher.
> 
> 

Robert,

That's not always the case, nor does it have to be. I run a single turbo 
setup on my car. It also runs a "Cat" and all the other emissions equipment 
required for our cars. I live in an area that requires our cars to be tested 
every other year at a state inspection station, and the testing they perform 
is the "dyno/roller" style test where the car is actually driven thru a city 
and highway type loop, not just a tailpipe test.
The last time my car was tested was this past summer and it passed the 
emissions test with flying colors. Matter of fact it even did what is called 
a "quick pass", which means it was running so clean they don't even do the 
entire test cycle because the car was running below a certain emissions 
standard for the first part of the test.

This turbo car also happens to be the same car that has been involved in 
the "Dyno Testing" that the Chicago club and Bob Brandy's is referring to in 
the previous postings.

So you can have your cake and eat it too, it just takes a little time and 
effort to get it right.

Marty


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