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Carbs and catalyst on a modern engine?
mr henderson - 4/6/09 at 08:29 PM

Anyone have any anecdotal info on whether a modern engine such as a Duratec 2.0 could be made the pass the emissions test with carburtettors and a catalyst?

John

blakep82 - 4/6/09 at 08:30 PM

yep, there was a topic about it yesterday. someone said they did. i forget who though

helpful ain't i?... er, hmmm

mr henderson - 4/6/09 at 08:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
yep, there was a topic about it yesterday. someone said they did. i forget who though



It does seem to crop up in related topics, but apart from me wanting to get some opinions about it, a thread with the title given will make future searches easier

John

jpindy3 - 4/6/09 at 08:46 PM

i know bike carbs would be fine,mine didnt even read 1%

mr henderson - 4/6/09 at 08:57 PM

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Originally posted by jpindy3
i know bike carbs would be fine,mine didnt even read 1%


Presumably that's just CO? It's a bit tougher for modern engines, the engine in question would have to be under 0.2 HC and 0.15 NOx, which is why I asked about the catalyst

MikeR - 4/6/09 at 09:26 PM

I'd say no on the basis rover couldn't get the a series mini through and had a special exemption to allow them to sort out FI on the thing.

(although this may be complicated by the 5 port head).