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1. SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: richj50@bit-net.com
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:21:38 -0500 (EST)
I noticed in the new Sports Car that their is a suggestion that beginning in Y2K, SP turbo cars may no longer be able to modify their exhausts upstream of the last cat, as is now permissible under th
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01089.html (8,937 bytes)

2. RE: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:57:36 -0600
-- Of course it is, the N/A crowd hates turbos. Such a shame we get more benefit from it, when the N/A crowd enjoys the lack of turbolag. Anyone wanna bet that the published HP numbers for turbo car
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01093.html (10,960 bytes)

3. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: Perry Kincy <kincy@ccnet.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:38:10 -0800
Rich, the last time this came up it was considered but rejected. However at the time I recall that a number of prominent cars in SP were not street driven. I don't know that is the case now. The cat
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01107.html (9,047 bytes)

4. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: Carl Couric <carlc@iname.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:52:53 -0500
Hummm. Since some states do not do emissions and others do, it's gonna be hard to blanket the entire group with "Your vehicle must pass emissions as based on registration". The only alternative was
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01119.html (9,301 bytes)

5. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: richj50@bit-net.com
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:28:13 -0500 (EST)
But the issue really isn't whether the people winning have street driven cars. It's probably true that most of the nationally competitive cars are weekend drivers at best. What I think about are the
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01128.html (8,766 bytes)

6. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: Joshua Hadler <jhadler@rmi.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:33:03 -0700
Well from what I've gathered, this was proposed because it will be getting harder and harder to police turbo SP cars due to electronically controlled everything. Boost limit, fuel cut and all that al
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01129.html (11,974 bytes)

7. RE: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:49:05 -0600
-- Then re-classing the cars is what needs done, not forcing ONE very specific type of design to bolt on yet -another- limiter because it's a better design. Not my fault a well prepared ESP F-Body c
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01131.html (9,405 bytes)

8. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Hoult" <stevehoult@home.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:38:40 -0600
I've had my street driven SP car for two years now. Each time I take it to get the emmissions tested the people running the test are amazed at how low the emmissions are. The first year they actuall
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01135.html (9,556 bytes)

9. SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:35:54 -0600
We need to clear up a major misconception here: it seems that lots of folks believe that, just because a car passes the state(or city- or county- ) mandated sniff test that it's not a polluter. To my
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01169.html (11,286 bytes)

10. RE: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:52:07 -0600
-- Thats funny, all three of my sports cars pass with colors on the dyno "full environment" test w/o convertors. One is even wearing moderately heavy modifications.
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01173.html (9,367 bytes)

11. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Fedja Jeleskovic" <Fedja_Jeleskovic@pictel.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:58:15 -0500
Polluters!! Well, imagine sending this kind of email to the drag racing mailing group.:) It is a personal thing whether you are fine driving your car with cat or not. High-flow cat will give me simi
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01175.html (10,115 bytes)

12. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Fedja Jeleskovic" <Fedja_Jeleskovic@pictel.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:20:29 -0500
Minimal gains from engine goodies! How far this will go. I guess, we can try to get a new proposition for naturally aspirated cars to run on no more than 4 or 6 cylinders (if you have more than that
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01178.html (10,246 bytes)

13. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:44:40 -0600
the wearing moderately Let me get this straight: you claim that your cars are in full compliance with EPA standards for Nox, Co, and HC emissions without the catalytic convertor? I'm very skeptical.
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01179.html (9,375 bytes)

14. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "richard nichols" <rnichol1@san.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:54:22 -0800
Let me add my own 2 cents worth, running a turbocharged Ford Mustang SVO that weighs about 3000 pounds on street tires/wheels and has cockpit adjustable boost of between 10 and 15 psi or so (don't wo
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01180.html (9,700 bytes)

15. Re[2]: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: scott_phelps@england.gdt1.com
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 99 11:03:14 -0500
I believe it. A properly tuned, high performance engine is a very efficient machine. Many engines are capable of this in the proper tune. Most cars are driven by Joe Commuter, who doesn't make sure
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01181.html (10,243 bytes)

16. RE: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:07:32 -0700
-- A well maintained, tuned, and well designed motor, will run very very clean. The Toyota 3S, and 7M designs are extremely clean. My NOX numbers were higher than normal, but within spec. With a cat
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01182.html (10,362 bytes)

17. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:34:34 -0500 (EST)
tuned car, by definition, doesn't pollute much. Thisis because pollutants come from unfinished combustion. Obviously the better tuned a car is, the more combustion finishes so that the energy can be
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01190.html (9,686 bytes)

18. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "K.C. Babb" <kcb4286@hps13.iasl.ca.boeing.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:53:14 -0800 (PST)
I think you're probably reading more into that word than is there. The item simply refers to cars that seem to be legal. The reason for publication of this item is probably to elicit calm, fact-base
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01192.html (10,840 bytes)

19. Re: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:14:24 -0600
who state to Those are not the same as the EPA test cycle, and that does not mean that the cars are in compliance with Federal limits, only that they have passed an abbreviated test cycle and that th
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01193.html (11,115 bytes)

20. RE: SP rules on catalytic converters (score: 1)
Author: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:26:23 -0700
-- Well, then the EPA needs to get busy then. If I pass in my state, and dozens/hundreds of others do as well under their local sniffer regulations on all sorts of testing procedures..*shrug*
/html/autox/1999-03/msg01194.html (9,525 bytes)


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