CA smog

[geospider]

I believe that anytime one of us here in Ca can pass smog, it deserves a mention.

I just passed smog. And that is after having to take off the Weber 32/36 and single plane and putting the 1979 garbage back on and get the crazy vac lines going (still had some kind of vac leak given it would stumble a bit under load) but I now will have 2 years of fun before doing it again.

Geo

[toyfiats]

Your a better man than I. I would grow despondent just thinking about INSTALLING the '79 set-up onto a car. Normally it's the other way around, and always feels good to get rid of all that unnecessary complication.

[geospider]

Well, fellow Concordian, I have already started putting the good stuff back on.
Will be a lot quicker, and of course make me a lot happier.

I am near the PH BART, just in the Concord limits. Where r u?

Geo

[toyfiats]

Well, fellow Concordian, I have already started putting the good stuff back on.
Will be a lot quicker, and of course make me a lot happier.

I am near the PH BART, just in the Concord limits. Where r u?

Geo

Just off Willow Pass Road, about a block away from the former Naval Weapons Station open space.

[nelsonj]

As a fellow CA, I concur you deserve a hearty "Congratulations". 76/77/78/79 are the most difficult to smog. Given what most people do to 79's, it may be the MOST difficult of any year. Congratulations.

My solution was to go pre-75. I simply wasn't willing to spend the money (and more importantly the time) on a restoration, only to be unable to drive in a year or two because it wouldn't pass smog.

Again - congratulations.

[geospider]

I am feeling I have my "smog" and 'anti-smog" configurations figured out. Just don't change any settings and remember where all the lines go. A week or so of garbage and 2 years of fun. I don't think ol Gavin will ever understand the classic car culture of CA. Damn near EVERY state has classic car reg, but not us. Oh no, way too special. Yet we have a strong car culture. Someone smarter than I need to figure that nonsense out.
I do have a carb savant in the area just in case

Geo

toyfiats: lets grab a beer sometime.
will send PM

[scrapironchef]

Find, someone/somewhere east of 5 to "garage" your car at, you'll only have to retest if you sell it in state.

Don't ask me how I know...

Larry in Richmond

[SteinOnkel]

Or get a smog guy. Every car enthusiast I know out here has one.

[axelbaker]

Is pre-FI really that hard to pass smog with? The previous owner had the FI adjusted ridiculously rich on my '81 and I still passed smog with flying colors. I just had to pass visual and then a run at idle and rolling road run at 2500 rpm.

BTW I am just up the road in Oakland.

[wubie317]

I'm 3 checks into it with my '77 and have passed easily each time...except for the time I forgot to reset timing to 0°...but did that and passed right away. Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones?

[18Fiatsandcounting]

Despite all my grumbling about smog checks, my '69 and '71 spiders always passed back when they still had to be tested. The smog check technician always had to lean out the idle mixture adjustment which made the idle very poor, which I of course smoothed out as soon as I got home. This was back when smog check technicians would (or were allowed to) make some adjustments to get it to pass. Not sure they can still do that.

As I recall, before 2005, CA smog checks were required up until the point a vehicle was 30 years old. After 2005, all 1976 and newer vehicles had to be smogged and there was no more 30 year rolling exemption. Not sure of the logic behind this, as 1976 model cars are 43 years old at this point, and how many of them are still driven annually any significant mileage compared to all the other cars on the road? OK, I feel another rant coming on, so I'll stop here.

-Bryan

[SteinOnkel]

We are working on that:

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/face ... 20200AB210

Call, e-mail your representatives and most importantly SHOW UP to the hearings. I can't believe only one (ONE!) "private individual" showed up to the last hearing on the bill...and he was against it. The car community is massive in CA, but we just can't be bothered to lift a finger.

[18Fiatsandcounting]

Well, I'll be darned... Run for office Steiny; I'll vote for you!!

-Bryan