hi......i need you guys to help me out. i live in new jersey first of all the worst state for polution ranked #1 and the emission laws are absolutley outrageous. i only failed for 2 things NOXs and HC
STANDARD IN NEW JERSEY
nox is 1110 and mine read 3456 fail
HC is 148 and mine read 152 fail

i forgot to take out my performance chip which it states shouldnt be used in emissions testing...forgot to change back to my old stock chip! took care of that.

i have a adjustable fuel pressure regulator and the psi was 50 psi and i lowered that to 42 stock psi. took care of that.

i passed CO OR CO2 OR WHATEVER ITS CALLED

is there any other thing i should change or check before goin back but i think those were two of my major mistakes. and yes new jersey is very strict so all the other states may be cool with it but not new jersey!

this testing all had to do with GAS obviously. HELP!!!:hail: :hail:

 

A complete tune up, new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, base timing set to 6* and a new Cat. if yours is the factory one.

 

i already have new msd hei distributor cap and rotor and new msd wires and msd blaster coil spark plugs still seem to be good no problem starting....but ill see if it needs it but doubt it cause its only had 10,000 miles on tune up and i have a new performance catalyic converter....so ill try with the stock chip and the adjusted fuel for now then if it fails again then check the tune up. thanks for your help if anything else let me know. thanks again

 

Did you by any chance have any additives in the fuel such as octane booster, fuel injector cleaner, or stp to remove water. These additives play heck with your emissions.

The Trickster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

yeh actually i did put fuel cleaner in and also had it done by a mechanic but that was a while ago....and does it stay in there for a long time? but any way what should i do thow....i put 8,000 into this car and ready to race but can this problem simply be fixed thats what i really need to know

 

yeh actually i did put fuel cleaner in and also had it done by a mechanic but that was a while ago....and does it stay in there for a long time? but any way what should i do thow....i put 8,000 into this car and ready to race but can this problem simply be fixed thats what i really need to know. thanks alot guys!:hail:

 

I don't know how much your car has been driven or how many tanks of gas you have gone thru since you put the gas cleaner in the tank. However, there will be trace amounts of the cleaner in the gas for awhile and it only takes a little bit to mess up the emissiions. Also, you mentioned ready to race, what octane fuel are you running in it? If it is between 87 to 93 octane, I would suggest just running two to three full tanks of good gas (not refilling when it gets down to 1/2 tank, but when it gets almost empty) thru it before testing again. If it is a higher octane as used in racing fuel, then you will need to drop the tank and flush the system out.

The Trickster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ok ill drive the car to try and get some of that stuff out shouldnt be to much and try to take it to the inspection again but the stock chip that i put back in and the fuel pressure setting back to stock should help as well. thanks again man.

 

NOx usually indicates EGR failure...how old is your EGR valve?

Mine passes NJ emissions no problem without one, but has enough cam duration (LT4 HOT cam) that external EGR doesn't appear to be needed. It blew cleaner than my wife's Accord last month, ran 13.2sec @ 103mph in the 1/4 mile with same engine and chip I used at smog testing.

 

my car ran super clean. i was well well well below the standard. Try a mixture of fuel treatments.
Couple bottles of FI cleaner
Fuel system cleaner
Emissions reducer
and some dry gass.

then take your fp to about 40... adjust your timing a little. Your NOx could be your egr and or cat clogged up. It could be either due to the more psi of fuel your running. This, combined with bad timing will leave tons of fuel clogging up the egr and cat. I live in NJ and we are having a huge car meet saturday the 20th. check out the site in my sig for details. If you go, i can check your timing and if someone brings a laptop, we can scan your computer.

 

ok.....well either way i put money into this car and its gonna pass regardless and i appreciate the help guys....and by that time it should be done before the 20th.....oh and i would like to come to that meet but im not a member so is that cool...i understand its take parkway north to exit 163 correct.....ok when i get there what town will it be in and at what place should the meet take place. one more thing my car is not the perfect car but it is different and did as much as possible to make it look nice and yeh i can say its different then any iroc i have seen so far. i live in bayonne, nj...so is this a far drive to where i got to go if so i dont know if i can make it in time but let me know for more information. thanks again!:hail: :hail: :hail:

 

well, i hear that if you bring the DMV a recept from a shop that says you got such and such fixed, they will pass you without testing. So if you knw anyone with a shop they can make a fake invoice and you can bring that to the dmv and yoru all set. Im not 100% on where and how to get there really. Im in the same boat you are! Right now im in school and am gunna head home for my gf's bday this weekend. If i get mroe info on the show, ill PM ya.
Alex

 

yeh thats true....but im goin to this guys shop EDDIES SPEED SHOP so he will take care of things and he used to race and build some bad *** machines....he will know what to do but yeh let me know if anything or ill check that site www.njf-body.com i just joined now so ill take a look at times to see whats goin on. thanks again!