Big Jim, if the changes go like it went when Galveston County went to emissions checks, get ready for some changes.
This year, when I went to get the Jeep inspected, it didn't pass the emissions test - high NOx at high speed (they put the vehicle on a set of rollers to check the exhaust at different engine speeds - under load, idle etc.).
The station directed me to a State of Texas website (I don't remember it offhand, but I can pull the paperwork if anybody needs to know). It states that all vehicles from 2 years old to 24 years old will have to pass an emissions test to get an inspection sticker. The older the vehicle, the less stringent the requirements. They will reimburse the cost of repairs to emissions equipment up to $1000, or pay you about $700 to have the vehicle destroyed (I can't remember the exact dollar amounts, but I'm close).
I had removed the computer and associated wiring, sensors, etc., installed a pre-computer BBD carb, and installed an HEI distributor prior to inspection (basically all I left was the PCV and EGR systems) so I was worried it wouldn't pass. The inspector OK'ed the visual check, but was a stickler for the sniffer(probably has no choice. But, the only problem was high NOx, caused by a stuck EGR valve. I lubed the valve stem and replaced the old hose - it passed the reinspection with flying colors.
We used to have little hole-in-the-wall inspection places that would pass anything you could drive in, but apparently the cost of the testing equipment, and the fact of them having the test results calculated and results recorded on computer drove most of them out of business. And , you have to have the vehicle inspected in the county your address is in, showing on your drivers license! I tried to get it inspected in an adjacent county, but they wouldn't do it.
Oh yeah, it costs around 45 bucks for an inspection now.
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