i think u have to pay for a proper check but yeah they are clowns

Quote: Originally Posted by MUS [View Post] I wonder if your allowed to have a high mounted turbo in vic? I argued that since extractors are a legal modification why shouldn't a top mount be? The epa guy in Moorabin didn't accept this, but the EPA office saw the logic and let it pass. I'd also like to clear up a misconception about the EPA. The EPA is doing an excellent job and their intentions are good. They did everything in their power to help me keep my car on the road. They are also reasonable about most things, if you speak to them in a respectful manner. Unfortunately they have been misinformed about some things but hey they are human after all. They are NOT the bad guys. Police/toggies like to use the EPA to keep modified cars off the road. What police don't see is that they need to ban hoons not performance cars. Their job is to protect the environment not to keep street machines off the street.

Clear title is a little different to having an EPA notice on the vehicle.

40% of the cars on Australian roads wouldn't pass an EPA test that's how strict they are

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH [View Post] Clear title is a little different to having an EPA notice on the vehicle. but they will tell you if there is a defect on the car, we have 100 plus cars that are checked through work every week and anything bad gets flagged straight away

I had epa test about 8 years ago, they checked the decibels at 4000rpm, mounted a probe on the exhaust to see the emmisions level, examined the engine bay for pollution gear, charcoal canister, vacuum lines etc. passed the test and I was on my way. car was returned to stock before test.

not true we have taking afew cam'd ls1s into Epa running on e85 . with v6 commo exhausts , they run like **** but they have all pass'ed

Ill keep use posted what they do to mine tomorrow!

Car failed the test apparently the emissions have to be under 4.5% and mine came back at 5.1% also the DB test came back at 89db legal is 90db lol ---------- Post added 17-01-13 at 22:25 ---------- Cars running little bit rich maybe the AFM or oxy sensor

are you running a standard ecu and stock injectors?

Yep

The water temp sensor also makes it run rich too makes it think its cold when its not and dumps more fuel in. Good idea to check all sensors mate

Cheers thnx bud

I had a factory vlt berlina wagon got EPA buy cops had to book in for fill emissions n failed,for not havin factory Vlt charcoal canastor,n all vacume hose were not fitted correctly to standed specs,also did few sec start up to check for engine smoke,n sniffer up pipe for running rich ect test..it's a *** around,mate also failed wit a lsx block for not having all sensors in em wit ls1 cum out wit!

It has turned me off building a performance engine

what cat converter did u have on? the factory type or a newish one?

Newish one

Quote: Originally Posted by Gouldy [View Post] Car failed the test apparently the emissions have to be under 4.5% and mine came back at 5.1% also the DB test came back at 89db legal is 90db lol ---------- Post added 17-01-13 at 22:25 ---------- Cars running little bit rich maybe the AFM or oxy sensor Take it in to a mechanic for a tune up. Any desent mechanic will have a 3 or 5 gas analyzer. My EPA test result sheet says 0.06% emmisions, but mine is on LPG.

I fiitted the factory exhaust back on my vl before the test, which included the 15+ years old cat, if u had a newish cat with higher flow rate im guessing maybe it may have contributed to the levels exceeding the limit, my old cat would of been full of crap and restrictive, so would of helped keep the levels below the limit.

Is there any 1 on this forum that has a 300-350rwkw vl that has passed an EPA test?