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Anyone on this forum from BC and knows if "Air Care" lets you swap out the pollution control devices on the stock 80 "B" for the earlier SU setup? Is it against their regulations or do they accomodate you and test using the specs for the earlier carb setup? Karl
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MGB British Columbia/MGB Carb Swap/Air Care?
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Opa
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Karl I'm out here in BC and have had my fun with air care :madder: Basically they test the car by weight of vehicle,never mind the engine or changes made.You can put a late model v8 in there and they test it by weight shown on reggie, if you are a resident of BC. If you import something from out of province it then has to safetey inspected etc. and that maybe a different story, no experience there.GOOGLE aircare.ca or aircare stats for BC.,should give ya what your looking for
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Basically all they care about is what comes out of the pipe. They're not going to fail you on a visual inspection.
And the limits they set are pretty liberal.
All my previous single carb spitfires had all been converted to twin SU's, no cat convertors and they all passed with some trial and error.
So as long as the carbs and ignition are in excellent shape and you have a nice steady idle you will be almost there.
I always got very close, but used Jags Plus in North van to get my spits through. Even though they're not an aircare recognized shop they knew what to do to get the car through(using a scope to set the carbs) and then set it back up to the way they're supposed to be after passing the test.
At about $100 + plus the test cost it was worth it for me.
And they would run it through for the customer.
And the limits they set are pretty liberal.
All my previous single carb spitfires had all been converted to twin SU's, no cat convertors and they all passed with some trial and error.
So as long as the carbs and ignition are in excellent shape and you have a nice steady idle you will be almost there.
I always got very close, but used Jags Plus in North van to get my spits through. Even though they're not an aircare recognized shop they knew what to do to get the car through(using a scope to set the carbs) and then set it back up to the way they're supposed to be after passing the test.
At about $100 + plus the test cost it was worth it for me.
And they would run it through for the customer.
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Not to hijack this thread but I would add that this could be interesting to others, even though we might not be in BC. I am presently in conversation with the North Carolina DOT concerning some proposed changes in mechanical and emissions testing and from the draught copy of the proposed changes I can only gather that they must enjoy opening huge cans of worms. I worked with the state government of Florida as part of a trade organization on the implementation of changes in their state inspection laws and the their statutes that had to do with the requirement of service facilities to offer written estimates before repairs could begin. The mess that is about to happen in NC appears to be more entertaining than anything that I ever saw down in Tallahassee.
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