Playing Nevada's Smog Game
well..as of Oct 1, 2011...Nevada changed their smog laws to allow anything older then 25 years to register as a classic car....no more smogs...but you have to pay an additional 6 dollars ....the amount of money the dmv got from the smog test....vehicle is only allowed 5000 miles a year...No big deal...
My 73 Duster now has Classic Vehicle Plates...
Yep, just changed that. I will be taking advantage of it next year.
Just for reference on the catcon issue - My 1980 F100 would not pass - Predator carb, headers- nothing else. But in Clark County there is no visual inspection, only tailpipe emissions. They can however measure Dilution. So just pumping air in does not work.
I put a quickie Y pipe on the headers, and added a 3 way cat - with the air tube. The air pump was re-installed & plumbed straight into the tube on the cat. Normally the air would be pumped into the heads, but that was not an option. Set the timing @ 10 degrees, warmed it up good & off to test.
The standards for 1980 are fairly loose compared to current specs. The vehicle had catalyst & AIR from the factory, so they expect to see dilution.
My smog guy heard it come into the lane snuffling & grumbling (decent cam, won't idle below 1150) and asked me if I was sure I was "ready". Surprised the heck out of him. It tested about half of the 1980 standard, and could have passed 1988 standards.
The cat does run hot. It has plenty of fuel to burn, and lots of air. I would not recommend driving the crap out of it with the cat installed.
So, every year I put the Y-cat test passer on & go get it smog tested. Next year it gets classic plates on the new deal.
B.
