cutlsp Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 texas if the car is under 25 years old it has to be stock. have all the emissions crap on it. everything needed to drive the car has to be intact. also when they test the brakes if it pulls in either direction the car fails it sucks. once a car is over 25 years old it just needs the safety inspection but they also check to see if the emissions crap is still there. so on my truck i'm just going to put on dual cats only drill em out and put a straight pipe through them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Ryan Posted May 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 yeah, PA sux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Where you at in PA? See, up in Elk County (about 30 min above Dubois, or I-80) we don't have any emission checks...yet...but the monoleaf shouldn't be a factor in passing inspection, unless it's actually broke. If it's wore, it *should* still pass. And if I were you, find a decent j/y exhaust and throw it under there to pass it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Ryan Posted May 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 im 10 minutes outside philly. whatever part of the leaf it was, it failed. and i dont wanna pour more money into this car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Yeah, that sounds like a typical NH inspection also. I can't wait for cali....no inspections, just smog, and even thats not as tough as they make it seem. But year after year, my white z has managed a sticker..This year alot is being done to it in order to inspect and sell the damn thing. First being my electrical issues, and the struts, balljoints and exhaust... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luminator94 Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 Where you at in PA? See, up in Elk County (about 30 min above Dubois, or I-80) we don't have any emission checks...yet...but the monoleaf shouldn't be a factor in passing inspection, unless it's actually broke. If it's wore, it *should* still pass. And if I were you, find a decent j/y exhaust and throw it under there to pass it. Your not to far from me. I'm in McKean County...Smethport. But we do have to have the factory emission shit..that I do know. And I was told that once they actually hook up to the tail pipe to do the smog check, the price of the inspection is going to triple! Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteC Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 damn that sounds like a lot of bullshit. here in south carolina their are no saftey or emissions checking. damn i love it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Ryan Posted May 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 god, i hate PA. everything about PA sux. there BS inspections. the strick ass alcohol laws. you know they dont sell alcohol anywhere except distributors, pubs, and resturaunts? thats BS! in NJ, they sell it at gas stations...i think they do in any other state. PA sux! d*mnit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 I want the 5 speed.. Yesterday.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 :?: Does anybody have a way to get ahold of Ryan? I am the winner of the auction for Item number: 4555010939 which ended a couple of days ago and I have sent him some messages about it, but have gotten no reply as of yet. I found he was on here through a good samaritan who linked me to this post and alerted me to the fact that the auction was a little brief in description. I don't know that for the price any of those things bother me, or for that matter that I trust any mechanic that stands to profit by a diagnosis of some potential problem, but we shall see. Thanks Kurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFromColorado Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 I was just looking at that whole inspection thing, you can easily get by most of that crap they are trying to pull on you such as the whole monoleaf thing, because the ONLY want the leaf spring can fail is if it is broken or missing "The coil spring or main leaf spring is broken if originally equipped" so that's BS! as for the ball joint, those are CHEAP to replace, and can easily be done by anyone who has an air-hammer, also, you can look up the specs for the balljoint runout (should you wish) and make them measure the play as indicated by the manufacturers recomendations, not just shaking the tire and feeling for movement, also, find out how and why they determined the catalytic converter is bad, how the engine started smoking while they had it, and how the starter failed while they had it, because it seems as if those were two things that you didn't have problems with, until they started working on it. --Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Off topic: HOLY HELL look who posted! On Topic: Hope the sale goes well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbombshell95 Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 lol. hahahahha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I met Ryan and picked up the car. Drove it 700+ miles. Did not die. Leaf spring does squeak and balljoint is shot, but what do you guys expect for a few hundred bucks, and what do you expect out of a 16 yr old car? I got a $300 car with a $300 transmission in it so I guess I got what I paid for. Ryan is actually an OK guy in person. Kurt (Calvin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 cool, good luck with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 LOL had to repost an oldie since I still have the car, and the leaf still squeaks cuz I am too lazy to stick $20 pucks under the leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 cool, so did u have to do any engine work to it or not?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 cool, so did u have to do any engine work to it or not?? Shit, I drove it home, threw a coil pack on it, and it passed emissions, no replacing cat or engine or whatever. I did put in one balljoint that was annoyingly loose. I drove it just like that for a year till the clutch got weak (about 50k on it, prev owner used it to deliver pizzas) then over memorial weekend I swapped in a 3400 since I had it apart for the clutch anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 oh shit 2005! This thread is old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 yuh wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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