"De-Smogging"

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   I know this is dredging a post from the past, but is there any desmogging articles out there? I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and we don't have those laws here (yay!) so I wanted to remove some of the shoddy old lines from my 85 Eagle to clean it up a bit.

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Nightpath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Apprentice Joined: Jul/22/2012 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nightpath Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug/04/2012 at 7:53pm
	I know this is dredging a post from the past, but is there any desmogging articles out there? I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and we don't have those laws here (yay!) so I wanted to remove some of the shoddy old lines from my 85 Eagle to clean it up a bit.

vinny Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Jan/05/2012 Location: Calgary Status: Offline Points: 488	Post Options Post Reply Quote vinny Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug/04/2012 at 9:33pm
	My brother has a 50 Plymouth coupe and says the local guys told him it was one of the cleanest cars they had tested. My early 232 purrs like a kitten and gets good fuel economy. I think that 70's and maybe early 80's stuff was a step backwards.

Mr. Ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Nov/12/2010 Location: Sewell, NJ Status: Offline Points: 1330	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mr. Ed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug/05/2012 at 10:51am
	In my humble opinion, smog controls and all of the computer stuff on cars now was put in place because too many people ran their cars way too long between tuneups which caused them to pollute. When I put the 304 in the '83 Spirit, NJ required catalytic converters for inspection. I didn't have them and they would even put the emmissions sensor in the exhaust pipe. I dared them to but they refused. The car was well tuned and I am sure not polluting but I still had to go back to Midas and get 2 CCs put on the car so it would pass inspection. Even now you get behind a car that is dragging around a dead CC and you can smell it. Later! Mr. Ed
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carnuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Mar/31/2010 Location: Seattle Status: Offline Points: 1428	Post Options Post Reply Quote carnuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug/21/2012 at 1:11am
	I run my '87 MJ (Comanche) and Eagle with just the cat cannisters in the line for looks. They passed the E-test without trickery and that was after I removed the AIR pump and other junk. The things I kept were the EGR valve (went universal and use the smallest port), the charcoal cannister (so I and others don't have to breath the raw fumes) and the heat riser to keep the throttlebody/carb from icing in winter. I still have the air pump from the Eagle and it's miles of hose and stuff (thankfully it came with a non-computer BBD carb, so it runs just fine) and that is on the for sale pile (until I run out of time, when it will be loaded in the 5 ton and sent to the crushers along with several tons of other parts/scrap)
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