Smog equipment needed for a '76 308GTS in California?

AFAIK, Anything after 1975 is screwed, courtesy of Ahnuld. That car would need a new air pump, belt, pulley, and all that other crapola. It could cost a few grand...like 5 or 6.

In the alternative, the buyer could try and fit modern aftermarket components on the thing and hope it passes smog next year. Supposedly, these old cars will only have to measure up to the standards of the year they were produced, and it might be more ways than one to pass a '76 308 on mid 1970s emissions standards.

What color and how much does he want for it?

 

There were no GTSs made in 1976.

 

Hi

Out of curiosity I have had a look in the 1978 USA catalog.....all NOS.......

Air pump #107631 £217 in stock
Small pump pulley #112482 £139 in stock
Big pulley #107756 £80 in stock
Pipe to air pump #107808 £58 in stock
Valve #111704 £137 in stock
Pump bracket #108286 £33 in stock

Just checked the major components, not the odds and sods !

 

Not in CA maybe...somewhere else.

I have a 1977 I will be removing all that stuff as not required here any longer.
It consists of TWO belt driven pumps along with a 'thermoreactor' muffler to be complete, along with the air injection tubing into the headers.

Dual R1/R2 point distributors, operated by micro switch off throttle linkage complete the system......


The chirping is an exhaust leak at the plugs or it has been posted here that machining of the plugs is required to avoid this. I have another car that the openings were just welded shut.

HTH

 

Now check 1978 exhaust system, as the thermo muffler was abandoned in favor of......catalytic convertors!!!!

You'd better send that baby out of state....asap!!!!!

 

You really neeed to nail down the VIN and date before starting down this road.

From what Ferrari uK has posted you could easily spend thou$and$ on this puppy for a CA Smog sticker.

 

When they ask me about the exposed spinning camshaft end during inspection, I tell 'em it was for the Expresso Grinder Option.......


That has worked for years.....

 

And I thought that was to hitch to the garage door when you got home incase you lose the remote !

 

RacerX_GTO,

Try Michael Rozenstraten at FerrariService in Costa Mesa.
The Ph. # is 949-548-9541.

I had a discussion with him about a 79 308 with the same situation.
He had the smog parts at that time.

 

we are going to see a flood of cool cars come out of Cali becasue of this law. good news for the rest of us buyers in exempt states!

 

I don't think so actually, they will just lose the ability to drive to and from the track............

Look for a boom in transport trailer sales...LOL!

Besides I have enough here, to 'cure' two cars!!!!!!!

 

Mr. Leach.

There will just be an increase in smog fraud. That's all

 

If your friend needs to sell the car he needs to either get it to pass smog by having it "tested" at a shop that will pass it. Or, he needs to advertise it on E-bay, ferrariads, FML, etc and note that it has not smog equipment.

The chirp can be fixed by machining a plug to fill in the smog hole on the exhaust from the air pump tubing.

It's NOT worth the cost to have the car fixed to meet CA laws. It will cost him several thousand in parts alone, not to mention someone having to install it all and then TUNE IT to meet smog, which will kill the power on the car.

Just sell it as it.

 

My name is Bubba, Mr. Lemus.......

I work with Speedy..........

He says "hi"!

 

Smog fraud is a very serious offense in an EPA 'Smog County' such as Harris County, Texas or in the great state of California.

It could lead to a twenty year game of rock hockey, in the big arena.......LOL!

My understanding is it would not be the Owner who was liable, as much as the mechanic who made the mods........the car's VIN once registered as an Offender here, is tracked from cradle to grave.........

 

Tell him I said "hi" back

 

That's why when I got my new car it was FI and not Carbed.

 

BigTex,

Our cars are exempt in Harris county (25yrs I think is the time limit) and each year the next year car is exempt. So, 1979 308's are exempt in Harris county. Next year, the 1980 cars will be exempt and not tested.

By the way, tell your buddy I've still got his air filters and if he doesn't want me to sell them as Ferrari parts on E-bay for 3x what I paid for them he needs to come get them.

In fact, I'm cutting out early today to go for a little drive, but I'm not coming South on 290 b/c that is the WRONG way if I want to have fun and not sit in traffic on Friday afternoons. Why don't you wonder out my way this afternoon and we could go for a drive.

 

PM sent.....ring the number b4 u take off........