Ca Smog

General chat about the car goes in here.
Post Reply
User avatar
geospider
Patron 2020
Patron 2020
Posts: 585
Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:07 pm
Your car is a: 1979 Spider 2000
Location: concord, ca

Ca Smog

Post by geospider »

PASSED the dreaded Ca Smog. damn the '79 ADHA carb is horrible. it's amazing how bad it runs with this but passes with low numbers.
now to switch back to the 32/36.
A few hours every 2 years and a fair bit of stress.

time for the celebratory beer; even at 11 am. it's a Saturday after all.

Geo
scrapironchef
Posts: 155
Joined: Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:06 pm
Your car is a: 79 Spider
Location: Richmond, CA

Re: Ca Smog

Post by scrapironchef »

Find a friend or relative who lives on the other side of 5 and register it at their address, you won't have to smog it again until you sell it.
User avatar
geospider
Patron 2020
Patron 2020
Posts: 585
Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:07 pm
Your car is a: 1979 Spider 2000
Location: concord, ca

Re: Ca Smog

Post by geospider »

Well, that ship sailed now that my daughter will be starting Vet school in the fall in Pomona and leaving Reno.
1 bad day and stress, but has passed 3 times.
18Fiatsandcounting
Posts: 3780
Joined: Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:23 pm
Your car is a: 1969 and 1971 124 spiders
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Re: Ca Smog

Post by 18Fiatsandcounting »

Well done, Geo! I always stress every 2 years, but for my '93 Jaguar (my Fiats are exempt due to age). Every time the Jag is right on the line on hydrocarbons, but it's been that way since I got it in 1996. Just the way it is. Sometimes it passes. Sometimes it fails and I take it to another place and it passes. Go figure.

-Bryan
wetminkey
Patron 2018
Patron 2018
Posts: 1199
Joined: Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:57 pm
Your car is a: 1979 2000 Spider
Location: Ault, Colorado

Re: Ca Smog

Post by wetminkey »

Did it again, huh?! Congrats,...and you DESERVE that beer!
I KNOW what it took to put that back together each time, every two years - and you've done it three times now!
And then to disassemble and revert back to the DFEV,...
Strong work, geo!
I wonder how mine would run with all of the ol' dual plane/ADHA/emissions B.S. back on it,....well maybe not.
Keep up the fine work, my friend! Happy motoring!
Todd.
1988 Mazda RX-7
1979 Fiat Spider 2000
1978 3/4 ton Chev 4x4 P/U "FRANKENTRUCK"
1976 Camaro
1972 VW Superbeetle
1969 Ford F100
1968 Mustang coupe
Post Reply