Did Dealers remove SMOG?

[JoeC]

Welcome back Kurt...that's a great John Z post.

[Kurt S]

He's great! He is a nice guy, knows a lot, AND can communicate that info.

[KLONECO]

I AM NEW TO THIS SITE!BEEN ENJOYING A BUNCH OF CONVERSATIONS AND ARTICLES!!! I AM CURRENTLY DOING A 69 CHEVELLE "YENKO CLONE". TRYING TO GET AS CLOSE AS I CAN TO "ORIGINAL STYLE"!)AS I CAN. I WANT EXHAUST MANIFOLDS!! SICK OF HEADERS!!!!! BUT!......DO I SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE SMOG ROUTE? (I LIKE THE FACTORY LOOK) IF SO..IGNITION,CARBURATION, IS A FACTOR ?WHICH WAY? !(STARTING FRESH HERE) WANT GOOD SOLID PERFORMANCE, PUMP GAS AND BE FAST! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img] OPINIONS WOULD BE INVITED HERE!(this will confuse them!!!) [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img] (for sure!!!!) TRAILER QUEENS ARE INVITED TOO!!!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] THANKS AL

[shor]

please no caps

[TimG]

I owned a 1969 Chevelle SS with a 325 horse 396 and M40. This car had 9900 miles in 1998 and had no smog pump or holes in the original exhaust manifolds. When this was researched I found that because of the closed element air cleaner and automatic transmission it was smog pump exempt. Also, a 12,000 69 Indy Pace car I owned had a 350/300 horse and automatic transmission. This was smog pump exempt and had no evidence of ever having a smog pump. Neither of these cars were delivered to California.

[Keith Tedford]

Just for interest sake, our 427 came with #68 jets on the primary side and #76 on the secondary side. There was fairly noticeable lean surge at 60 mph. 72 jets in the primaries made the car run much better. Removing the AIR pump didn't make any big difference to the performance. Adding headers and doing some tuning sure did. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]

[KLONECO]

That helps!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] I guess I"ll just plugem!!!Push comes to shove I can advance to total tribute then!!!!
[img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ( sorry for the mouse letters i just like perfection!!! (BIGGER BETTER MODE!) soorry [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/mad.gif[/img] AL

[Belair62]

Save your money....leave the smog off....leave the headers on if you want it to be a bit quicker.

[KLONECO]

WELL SPEED ISNT THE ISSUE! I MEAN YES! BUT........I HAVE A COUPLE CARS FOR THAT! PERIOD CORRECT "TRIBUTE " IS WHAT I WAS THINKIN!......(oops caps again)((**&^%$@! sooorrry) [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

(THE RIGHT "LOOK ") YA KNOW THANKS AL