And so the car will not pass the test sometime in the future? When the engine wears a bit — design to test margin?
Maybe this really proves that these tests are invalid and a joke. That the government set up the regulations and testing that are meaningless but cost the car manufacturers and consumers a fortune.
If a tweaked car passes, then clearly the test is not good enough.
“If a tweaked car passes, then clearly the test is not good enough.”
If someone gives you a counterfeit $100 bill and your ‘test’ fails to detect it, it is ok to pass counterfeit bills?
They are. In 99/2000 I built a 79 Ford F150 with a 400 and several hot rod parts( Edelbrock intake/Holley 570 Vac secondary/ MSD Digital 6 ignition) and all emissions gear stripped. We took it to a station to have the smog check done for the hell of it.
The guy said it was cleaner than many new cars of that era.
§86.1809-01 Prohibition of defeat devices.
(a) No new light-duty vehicle, light-duty truck, or complete heavy-duty vehicle shall be equipped with a defeat device.
“And so the car will not pass the test sometime in the future? When the engine wears a bit — design to test margin?”
Please see CFR on ‘useful life’.