Carburetors and California
dtsol
11-28-2004, 12:16 AM
Hi All,
Just bought a 77 Tradesman B200 a few days ago. It's my first van, but I've wanted one since I was a kid, so I'm super excited about it. I've never really worked on cars, so I have a lot to learn. I'm working on the van with a mechanic friend and also about to move from Massachusetts to California.
Here are my questions:
The van is really rough when taking off from a stop, and it runs quite rich. It's got a 1-BBL carb, which is kind of weird since it's supposed to have a 2-BBL, and the folks I bought it from were the original owners and supposedly never changed the carb. My friend is suggesting we put in an Edelbrock 1405 4-BBL with a Performer manifold to adapt the 1-BBL to a 4.
1. Anyone have any thoughts about this particular carb mod?
2. Am I going to have trouble getting this vehicle smogged in CA? It has no catalytic converter-- I think maybe it was bought in Canada--there's no 49 or 50 states sticker under the hood. If the smog is going to be a problem, I'm less eager about putting the money into changing the carb.
Any advice would be most welcome.
Thanks,
Dan
Just bought a 77 Tradesman B200 a few days ago. It's my first van, but I've wanted one since I was a kid, so I'm super excited about it. I've never really worked on cars, so I have a lot to learn. I'm working on the van with a mechanic friend and also about to move from Massachusetts to California.
Here are my questions:
The van is really rough when taking off from a stop, and it runs quite rich. It's got a 1-BBL carb, which is kind of weird since it's supposed to have a 2-BBL, and the folks I bought it from were the original owners and supposedly never changed the carb. My friend is suggesting we put in an Edelbrock 1405 4-BBL with a Performer manifold to adapt the 1-BBL to a 4.
1. Anyone have any thoughts about this particular carb mod?
2. Am I going to have trouble getting this vehicle smogged in CA? It has no catalytic converter-- I think maybe it was bought in Canada--there's no 49 or 50 states sticker under the hood. If the smog is going to be a problem, I'm less eager about putting the money into changing the carb.
Any advice would be most welcome.
Thanks,
Dan
bignoisey
11-29-2004, 03:39 PM
You'll need a smog check to register it in CA since its less than 30 years old. See
http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/StdPage.asp?Body=/Smogcheck/doineed.htm
for more info. CA does not charge a large gross polluter fee any longer to register a car with non-CA emmissions system, but it must meet the specs that it was originally designed to. You might want to just repair whatever is wrong with the present carb and wait until its older than 30 to modify it.
http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/StdPage.asp?Body=/Smogcheck/doineed.htm
for more info. CA does not charge a large gross polluter fee any longer to register a car with non-CA emmissions system, but it must meet the specs that it was originally designed to. You might want to just repair whatever is wrong with the present carb and wait until its older than 30 to modify it.
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