eightyfivefiveohh

I'm picking up an 85 gt, but in WA you have to pass emissions. so the car needs cats (at least temporarily).

anyway, i was talking to a friend and he claims that if you can buy some type of alcohol from a house paint store that you can run your car on, while going through emissions and pass without cats.

I'm calling BS on this, but idk for sure.
anyone heard of this? and/or done it? i'd love to hear about it

mustangsneverdie

yep bs no way you'll pass w/o cats

dagamore

running alcohol you might run clean enough to pass the sniffer, but if they look under the car, they will see the missing cats.

and when did WA make you get a emmissions test, or do you live in Seattle or something like that.

eightyfivefiveohh

that's what i was thinking!

eightyfivefiveohh

again, same thought process. looking under the car would be a dead give away.
i wish it wasn't required! but i live in vancouver which is in clark county. its one of like the six counties in wash that require it

302army187

here the first thing they do is check for a smog pump and look under the car for cat's.


dont even try it without them.

mjr46

true race alcohol burns clean and could pass the sniffer, however , it'd be hard to mask the smell of it burning

projectresto83

There was a thread similar to this last year. If I remember right it talked about using acetone. And yes you can pass the sniffer without cats...but it is all in how you have the car setup. Someone on here had a carbed setup and passed it just barely.

mjr46

^^^there is a can of stuff they sell call "gauranteed to pass" all it really is ....is isopropyl alcohol

eightyfivefiveohh

so general consensus is..? has the potential to work but very unlikely?

i wasn't planning on trying it, but if someone has and it worked, i would be very tempted