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Re: A sad day in calif.

To: PHILIPPE TUSLER <TUSLER@mp050.mv.unisys.com>
Subject: Re: A sad day in calif.
From: Craig Wiper <craigw@sonic.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:51:23 -0700
At 02:08 PM 4/18/97 -0700, you wrote:
>:-(  :-(  :-(  :-(
>
>  Tintin failed smog.  I went and did all the recommended tricks:
>Cleaned up and adjusted the points.
>Re-gapped the plugs to .035
>Retarded the timing to 5 BTDC
>Leaned out the carbs five flats from colortune white.
>Set the idle at 1200 RPM on the tach (It's inaccurate)
>
>The Hydrocarbons were twice what they were two years ago.  The Nitrous
>oxide was over, too.
>What went wrong?  


Change your needles and jets. This may help. My B is very close to the
limit. The smog man (who happens to be a British trained Jaguar mechanic)
told me that updating the above would help to make things better. 


Craig Wiper     
craigw@sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/~craigw

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