cali smog question

[MuscleInc1320]

my timing is set at 13 i passed just fine a month ago. never had a problem with smog

 

[riored96gt]

the spout connector?

 

[CC'S95GT]

It's the thing you pull to set base timing. It's located by the air filter.

 

[95gtdrop]

so i was going to pick the h- pipe up today and dude flaked on me. aint that a bitch!!! cant drive the stang until i get it smogged. registration was up in june. my poor baby is in the garage collecting dust and im stuck driving my 4x4 yota everyday!!!

 

[riored96gt]

It's the thing you pull to set base timing. It's located by the air filter.

46 or 50?

 

[CC'S95GT]

It's the thing you pull to set base timing. It's located by the air filter.

46 or 50?

huh

 

[riored96gt]

It's the thing you pull to set base timing. It's located by the air filter.

46 or 50?

huh

4.6 or 5.0? Must be 5.0...can't change timing easily on 4.6.

 

[CC'S95GT]

Yea 5.0
wow I really spaced. I was reading fortysix or fifty not 4.6 or 5.0.
the OP has a 95 so he has a 5.0

 

[95gtdrop]

does anyone have experience with catco cats?
found a guy with a stock h pipe but the rear cats were replaced with catco. he said it passed smog with and ecam and gt40's.

 

[CC'S95GT]

I have a catco on my 89 toyota truck. I still have probs passing smog but I don't think it's the cat.

 

[cmsismyname]

whatever cats you get make sure they are odb2 cats or else it still wont pass smog in cali. Not all cats will pass california smog it
must be obd2

 

[95gtdrop]

are you sure. i think its for 96 and up cars. my 95 is obd1

 

[cmsismyname]

actually you might be able to use obd1 because my car is 98 and they told me odb2

 

[95gtdrop]

yeah obd1. got my stock hpipe the other day. brand new catco cats and the 2 stockers up front.80 bucks. too bad my garage door broke so i cant get my car out to get it up on the ramps or jack stands. FML

 

[95gtdrop]

so i changed out the bassani x for the stock h pipe, timed it to 10*(factory) drove the hell out of it before i took her in, changed the plugs, and my readings were still way to high. the guy said it was borderline gross poluter. i cant figure out what the fuck is going on. any ideas? im about to remove my cobra upper/lower and put every stock part back on and sell this bitch. and get something else. why all of a sudden would my readings be sky high?

 

[MadStang]

doesn't the bassani x only have two cats?

 

[95gtdrop]

yeah the bassani has two cats, one on each side (2), where as the stock h pipe has two on each side(4) i figured since i had 2 more cats over the last time i got my car smogged id be good to go.

 

[MadStang]

oh I read that backwards I thought you put the x pipe on in replacement of the h. what were the results? what was the high number? NOx?

 

[95gtdrop]

i will get the paperwork out of the mustang tonight and post it up. i think it got worse.

 

[95gtdrop]

so im putting my stock upper lower intake back on, stock throttle body, and putting everything back to stock hoping it will pass. would a 70 mm throttle body and a ported cobra intake produce higher emmissions on a stock motor?
im getting very puzzled.
i had an oil seperator between the pcv and the intake and he failed it visually because of that, and i had a "t" fitting in the vacuum line for a vacuum gauge. this guy was a prick!