The "Throw Away 318"
I havent been watching I have seen blurbs that he's in the other guys shop picking apart the cars that come in there... I dunno why he needs to post two videos a day but hell realize the money from YT will level off at some point. I dont believe the sky is the limit with YT.. What he needs to do is get a TV show like Freiburger and Dulchich. Of course this is my opinion. I beleie UT will burn out on the YT thing or he will get burnt with a fine like said before. You cant film yourself doing illegal chit and not get caught. There was a video of a guy recently who got busted and it was 25 grand i thing EPA violations with vehicles. One has to keep in mind UT wasnt a lifelong pro mechanic. I think he did it in the late 70s for a little while in a garage in his hometown. That has the potential to be bad when you teachtodays young folks that "you can put a AMC 6 intake and carb on your jeep..."
there was a time when you could remove emission equipment and get away with it, mid 80s maybe maybe up into the early 90s .It depends where you live and if they emission test back then not all areas of the country had emissions compliance tests/ UT is still in his head in the late 70s...things have changed.
Yup, they have changed. Some for the better, some no so much. I am working on ideas to put modern EFI on an old engine to run cleaner. Part of that is getting a modern design cam. One is a 1954 Chev 235 six with 5.3 LS valves and planed head using 3.8 Buick/3800 controls. Put injector bungs in the aluminum three carb manifold, modified to use the throttle and MAS. Aim the injectors at the right cylinder, so the injectors would be from the front 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5. Could it be compliant? Who knows. At this time we do not have emissions testing, but I think police are starting to pull over the hotrod diesel boys that leave a black cloud when the light turns green.
This engine will go in a 40 Chev Coupe with a T5 transmission.
A slant could be modified in similar manner using Jeep or Pentastar components. With O2 sensor(s) and Cats, a slant six could be brought to compliant exhaust. From what I hear the testers are pretty testy about any deviation from factory certified. Since VW and the other Sauerkraut manufacturers got caught with their pants down with their diesel ECM programing that sensed an emission test sequence to make them compliant for the test, that whole factory story is in question.
A number of years ago, Calgary, Alberta held an emission test day with just sampling idle exhaust with a 4 gas tester. They invited car club members and they had about 6 new police cars. The Street Rod club had a bunch of members come out. Now lots of these guys like their cars to sound like their drag racers from their salad days, lumpy cams and fat idle setting. After testing they would give recommendations on how to improve their exhaust emissions. Many were to just lean the idle. A friend had a 1941 Ford with a flatty and a SCOT blower with Holley 4V carb. After sniffing it they said this is not working so went to a new cop car. 4 gas worked fine and the new car did not pass. Tested the flatty again and the readings were very clean. Now the intake path on flat head engines is not good for high power, but the air/fuel gets mixed and well vapourized, which helps get a clean burn.