77 CJ5 Emissions Requirements

"fragrant smog violators?"

;o)

Earle

Thanks for the info Bill. The problem is, if the vehicle came equipped with emissions apparatus, it still has to be there whether it works or not.

Not if you live in southwestern Colorado it doesn't...

Earle

It's OK, as long as they're "fragrant" about it...

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:56:34 GMT, "Wade" shared the following:

Wade, I'm kinda in the same boat as you. I also live in NC. My Jeep is a '76 CJ5 so it has already passed the 25 year mark. Technically from what I've read you do have to have the factory emissions stuff in place like you said. From what I've experienced, though, I'm not too worried about it. The last time I took my old '63 VW bug in to be inspected, the inspector initially told me that he didn't want to inspect it because he knew it wouldn't pass. When I asked him why he said that, he told me (I swear I'm not making this up) "It don't even got no cadillac converter on it!" Oh gosh. I've got a set of headers on order for my Jeep right now and I plan on putting a split-plane Edelbrock intake and a Holley Avenger truck carb when funds allow for it. The plan is to just put an air-cleaner on top of the carb that looks kinda-sorta "stock" when I go to get it inspected and maybe rig up something in 5 minutes or so that looks "emissions-control-like" for the inspectors to glance at. Most of them around where I live are teenage kids who don't know a cadillac converter from a glasspack muffler. Good luck with your inspection. I recommend you take it to Jiffy Lube... ;-) The "J Team" is the way to go. *cough cough*

-- Travis