Daniel Pruett wrote:
>
> Brian Furgalus wrote:
>
> > I was reading through the responses of you wonderful people to my
> > origional enquiry anout the B, and the comment about the Weber DGV
> > caught my attention. How does one go about passing emissions with one
> > of those things installed? I've heard that raising the compression,
> > adding mild cam, and adding a weber is the best way to get performance
> > from the MGB, but I didn't know it was smog legal. What components must
> > be installed? Is a catalytic converter required? Thanks.Leaning
> > towards RBB.
>
> I can tell you that unless you live in California, for my 1977 B, a cat
> was not needed. Thats what the old boy at the smog shop said to me anyway
> as he laughed and told me I failed miserably. ;-)
>
> Daniel Pruett
> Camp Pendleton, CA
> 1977 MGB <--my favorite headache
> --
> "The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
> regard those that think alike than those who think differently."
Brian, Be careful re the weber. A good set of SU's will perform and run
as well or better. Folks get confused with the DCO series side draft
weber, a high performance carb. John
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