Date:         Fri, 6 Apr 2012 23:45:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Failed Ca Smog due to Evaporative leak
Comments: To: Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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Thanks for that tiny Tim. As Tim and Jeff had mentioned, other conversions are possible. It's just a question of bringing the vehicle to a referee. 

No 'payola' to anyone to pass CARB. Anyone thinking that is how things are accomplished in California is still living in the middle ages.:-) In fact, the certificates are usually provided free of charge.


BenT
sent from my electronic leash

On Apr 6, 2012, at 10:48 PM, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Now your ranting Don.
> All you have to do is follow any 1960s or 1970s muscle car for a block
> or two and realize California's air is a thousand times better than it
> use to be and a million times better than what it would be now if
> there was no CARB.
> 
> To insinuate that something wasn't done because someone didn't pay
> can't be verified.
> 
> Do I like CARB? Nope, I sold my 66 Alpine because it wouldn't pass
> emissions tests that didn't exist when the car was built. It was only
> several years later that they decided to put the rolling compliance
> laws into effect, then discontinue them. I also think they should
> approve whole engine transplants on a one on one basis. According to
> BenT and Stephans AH, this can be done. To do it blindly won't work in
> this atmosphere but if I were going to do it, I know it can be done.
> To accuse BenT or SAH of doing something illegal wouldn't be right
> either. It is someone doing their homework, something Bostic
> apparently didn't do.
> 
> Don't like rants even more than I don't like government doing the wrong thing.
> 
> tim in san jose