[TR] Emissions Test

[Bob Danielson]

Right you are Randall....... The CO number is a %. Time to re-do my web page
table. In CT they don't do an idle test as everything was done at speed that
I could see. 


Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 


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From: triumphs-bounces+75tr6=tr6.danielsonfamily.org at autox.team.net
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:02 PM
To: 'Bob Danielson'; 'email list'
Subject: Re: [TR] Emissions Test

> Bottom line they ended up testing it against 1984 standards and I 
> passed 2 of the 3, only failing the CO test. I found the '75 standards 
> but they're all in grams/mile while the new tests are in 
> parts/million.

I believe you are mistaken about that, Bob; the CO is (and was) measured in
percent.

FWIW, the state of CA applied the following standards to my 59 TR3A (back
when all cars had to be tested on transfer of ownership) :

Cruise HC 	400 ppm
Cruise CO 	6.5%
(note that "cruise" in this case was defined as a certain rpm with no load)
Idle	HC	1200 ppm
Idle 	CO	8.0%

BTW it passed easily, AFTER I richened the carbs back up.  First time I took
it in, the machine rejected it as being too clean !

Also worth noting, perhaps, that the emissions control devices are designed
to meet a much more rigorous standard than the simple tests done during a
"smog check".

Randall
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