[BFix] SMOG Test

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It's people control. It's, as mentioned, political chest thumping. It's also a fear of the unknown by those writing the law(s). 
The assumption is that since you can only test for a small part of the total operating conditions after the vehicle is on the road, but that the EPA prior to the vehicle's sales release has caused a full spectrum emissions testing to happen, that those bits the OE put on the vehicle are the very least required equipment to meet the total emissions goal for the vehicle. So anything missing likely causes some part of the total emissions profile to not meet the original EPA stds for that year/make/model even though the vehicle might pass the actual sniffer test.

RussellKA001 at aol.com wrote:     I NEVER understood California or any state having a visual inspection for  the proper emissions equipment. There should be NO NEED to open the hood and  look at anything! What the inspection is to determine is if your car is  polluting. If a car has a hose stuffed in its tailpipe and the exhaust passes  the amount that their book say it is allowed to have then what difference does  it matter how it got there?!! I could care less what series of gadgets a  person used to make his car meet the required levels. Everyone knows that what a  lot of people do is to have the stock engine sitting around until it is time for  inspection then replace the high performance engine with the stocker in  time for the inspection. Illegal? Sure! But I bet the guys who do that probably  pollute more than the guys who if allowed would run a H.P. engine that did not  have all the stock emissions gear but still ran clean enough to pass. Just my  opinion here. Nobody
 is for having dirty air BUT why cost people lots of $ just  to get to the same goal?   
 Karl  Russell
'69, '74, '74 trail rig Broncos
ECBR #2351
Broncohio #33
TKO  Trailriders #109





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