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MR2Enthuze · 05-23-2005, 08:12 PM

hmm well my dad took my car for emissions today while i was at school without me knowing and apparently my car weighed 3058lbs.. what is weighing my car down so much?

i have a 91 N/A mr2.

*note- i failed the test too cuz i had my guy do some modifications to the exhaust lol

whiteblur · 05-23-2005, 08:52 PM

so glad here in indiana we have no smog test

MR2Enthuze · 05-23-2005, 09:08 PM

ha, yea... ur lucky, im only a state away from u here in illinois

ShawnM · 05-24-2005, 06:38 AM

Did they fail it for the mods, or because the numbers were to high?

gkcopperdrag · 05-24-2005, 08:00 AM

I feel ya, I'm from Joliet originally. Had a 2.75" exhaust put on my ford probe with a high flow cat / headers / etc and I failed it horribly. Run your car down to less than 1/8th a tank of gas then dump about 10 - 12 bottles of "Heet" ( you can get it at any autozone ) into the gas tank. Drive the car for about 10 - 15 minutes and make sure its hot then go get your emissions tested. You'll pass fine without having to change your setup.

whiteblur · 05-24-2005, 08:35 AM

10-12 bottles???

gkcopperdrag · 05-24-2005, 10:02 AM

true the gas tank on the probe was about 13.5 gallons and the 2 seems to be about 11... depending on how bad you're failing you could try 5 - 6 bottles, won't hurt your engine. Just be sure to fill your car with gas after the test.

MR2Enthuze · 05-24-2005, 06:41 PM

aight thx ill try that heh, but do they have a guy sit in the car during emissions?? cuz my car isnt supposed to weigh over 3k lbs

gkcopperdrag · 05-25-2005, 08:15 AM

yeah he has to rev it up on the dyno for the emissions testing ( that's how it is for IL anyways, some places they just test at idle ).

I don't think having your car over 3klbs will be much of a problem. They never said anything about weight when I had 5 12" subs and a 25F cap in the trunk of my probe.