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drew 11-01-2002 03:32 PM

please take a look...



https://www.nopistons.com/forums/index.php?...&f=30&t=7885&s=

Racer X 11-01-2002 11:39 PM

Vosko has a point.Either your cats are clogged or you air pump is messed.Those are high numbers.One way to tell if your cats are clogged is to drive it around awhile then take a look at your cats.If they are glowing red the they are clogged.See as you have a RB exhaust I doubt that would cause you to fail.Wish I could be more helpful.

9BASE3 11-02-2002 09:11 AM

I know FD's with DP, Hi Flo cats, CatBacks intakes and Intercoolers that have passed. It's a bit tricky, but can be done. Mine failed STOCK however.... I would put in some new plugs, add a gallon on denatured alcohol to 5 gallons of 93, and call it a day.

drew 11-04-2002 08:31 PM

Thanks for all your replies guys... after taking a look at everyone's ideas and taking a look at the car I'm guessing bad ACV and/or cats... the cats are both original and I'm real close to 94K at the moment...



this is what I'm planning on doing:



-check ACV and air pump

-install the downpipe I got the other day

-order and install a Bonez high-flow cat

-replace the o2 sensor when I do the CAT and DP

-plugs only have 3K on them, but I have a spare set and a spare set of wires, may throw them on as well

-replace anything else found to be bad

-throw in some alchohol for good measure

-go test again

-have a beer

9BASE3 11-04-2002 09:29 PM

Put have a beer at the top of the list. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

drew 11-05-2002 08:38 PM


Originally Posted by 9BASE3' date='Nov 4 2002, 11:29 PM
Put have a beer at the top of the list. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

I meant to say "have ANOTHER beer to celebrate" https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/beer2.gif :bigthumg:



it's implied that there's beer drinking throughout the other activities https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

T-RX-R2 11-06-2002 04:20 PM

I failed once this year...then I ran the **** out of it for about 45 minutes, had it warmed up really good. Then had them test it and it passed with flying colors. I do not have all of the mods you have, but I think this is key to a good inspection. Make sure you tell them it is a Rotary engine, they test different according to the people at the MO inpection site.



And you might want to ask for a driver who can drive a stick well, I know people who have failed because of the driver.



Good luck!


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