Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Carb 308 smog test

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

my car always passed too even with the tubi but having the guy with  
one tooth grind through the gears made me feel like a rape victim. It  
was also funny
when they wanted to check the timing and test the fuel cap....  Allot  
of people picked on our last gov, but Im not sure things are any  
better under arnold and he rescinded the rolling exemption, your car  
would have been smog free years ago.... Hooking up the pumps made the  
engine run at least 100 degrees hotter and the thing felt like it was  
going to melt hence the name of the pre
cat muffler the barbeque! The gt4 has 2 pumps!!!



Rob


Robert W. Garven Jr.
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On May 12, 2009, at 2:36 PM, robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com wrote:

> Got my annual Kalifornia smog test notice for the old '78 308GTS,  
> and duly took it down to the local Test Only station.  It passed,  
> although just barely.
>
> It is funny, there is a perception that these old carb cars are  
> impossible to keep in tune and very difficult to smog successfully.   
> I never touch the carbs, and the car has NEVER failed smog in the  
> (almost) 12 years that I have owned it.  Six biennial smog tests.   
> Six passes.  All I really do is drive it regularly.  Perhaps that  
> has something to do with it.
>
> In contrast, my brother has a '78 Porsche 911SC.  Same year,  
> different manufacturer.  Although it is a product of German  
> engineering, and fuel injected, it fails smog regularly.  He has to  
> take it to his mechanic to get the mixture adjusted so it runs like  
> s**t, get it smogged, then return it to put the mixture back to a  
> drivable setting.
>
> I think perhaps the reason my car barely passed this time is because  
> I went back to the standard 55 idle jets.  I had been using 60s.   
> With the 60s, it seemed to run a bit better right off idle, but  
> worse at higher throttle settings, especially when hot.  The smog  
> test has the car running at 15mph and 25mph on a dyno, which is  
> right in the flat spot of the 55 jets.  I think next time I'll put  
> the 60s back in for the test.
>
> Bob
> '78 308GTS
> '01 Corvette Z06
>
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