[Healeys] SMOG TESTS SB 1549 Senate Bill

Leonard Hartnett thehartnetts at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 4 21:32:42 MST 2008


Richard:  For your comparison purposes, the last SMOG test required on my BJ8
in July, 1997, produced the following readings:

2500 RPM
MAX ALLOWABLE HC PPM: 600
MEASURED: 112
MAX ALLOWABLE C0 %:  4.5
MEASURED:  4.07
CO2:  11.3

IDLE RPM
MAX ALLOWABLE HC PPM:  700
MEASURED:  671
MAX ALLOWABLE CO %:  5.5
MEASURED:  5.03
CO2:  8.2

(The Other) Len
Vacaville,  California,  USA
1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Richard Ewald
  To: Alan Seigrist
  Cc: Leonard Hartnett ; Healey Mail List
  Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 8:48 PM
  Subject: Re: [Healeys] SMOG TESTS SB 1549 Senate Bill


  See right here is the crux of the problem.  A very dirty car (A big Healey
for example) puts out a very high amount of carbon monoxide, and unburnt
hydrocarbons.  I've never had a 3000 on a smog machine, but I have had plenty
of MGs and Sprites.  They love to run about 7-8% CO when set up right, and the
HC at maybe 300-500 PPM.


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