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- From: lusky@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Jonathan R. Lusky)
- Subject: Re: Inspection info requested
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.075616.29295@ra.oc.com>
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
- References: <1jmu56INNm58@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 07:56:16 GMT
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- In article <1jmu56INNm58@bigboote.WPI.EDU> damong@vole.WPI.EDU (Damon'Fiat'Gentile) writes:
- >Hi all I was wondering what it took for a car to pass emissions requirements
- >in Mass or New Hampshire. The car I have in mind is a 74 ( no clean air
- >needed in Mass, don't know about NH.) It has a catalytic converter with
- >over 100k on the converter, so Im pretty sure that it is toast. ( supposed
- >to be renewed/refilled every 25k ) But the main thing that I'd like to
- >know is how loud can loud be ? Is this just an opinnon of the grease jockey
- >trying to get another $15 out of me ? Is it written anywhere, and where could
- >I try to find it ?
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- I don't know what your state/local standards are, but I think the
- max for new vehicles is 80 decibels (not sure which scale thats weighted on)
- at 30 feet on each side of the vehicle at WOT.
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