I confirm what Mike wrote about his car passing in CT w twin HS4s. A
neighbor's 1980 passes emissions with a Weber installed and headers, but
he has been visually checked for catylist. His cat is a short unit he
picked up at the dump that is clamped into place under driver's seat for
inspection purposes. It's not the OEM unit used by MG, but the
inspectors don't seem to know that 1) it's not OEM and 2) that it's a
hollow unit.
It is his understanding that today's formulation burns cleaner than
the 1980s fuel, hence a working cat is no longer needed to pass
emmissions.
Last time around for my '72 it passed, w/o the air pump and other
equipment. Now it is past the age for testing. I have saved all the
emissions gear, though, in case the rules change at some time.
Bob
On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:42:51 -0600 "Scott Bonacker" <lister@bonackers.com>
writes:
> The air pump was previously removed from mine, and other
> modifications may be made in the future to switch from a
> single Zenith to dual carburetors for example. In
> Missouri I think that it will still pass inspection, but
> other states apparently not. Not that I plan on moving
> to California, but how much of a problem is it when a car
> no longer complies with regs in effect when it was built,
> or current in some states?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Bonacker
> '77RBB
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