gwilson87

I'm in Utah and I think its more than a carburetor problem. I might give it one more try but I think I might just hold out to get a 2.2 in there. For-go the whole carburetor in general. Also the air filter was the first thing I changed when I bought the car. Followed by an axle, ball joint, fuel filters, plugs, distributor cap/rotor, windshield, pcv valve and hose, and somewhat rebuilding (heavy cleaning) of the carburetor.

I myself and currently looking into doing an ej22 swap into my '85 brat. Adding also a 5/sd D/r to replace the 4 sp. MY ea81 isn't being nice so its time to upgrade. I read once a full write up of the swap (25 page pdf) and now I can't find it regardless of searching. If anyone can point me towards it I would be extremely grateful.

Just got back from the re-test. Idle Test (I got the idle to about 900) HC - 1989ppm!!!!! Thats 1769ppm over the limit.... The benefit of this test was the finally did my safety test so I'm clear in that area. I might "sell" the car to my wife and have her register it under my sisters address in iron county where they don't have emissions Even though I know that there is still a problem that needs to be fixed so I won't be at ease, at least I will have license plates...

From my little knowledge I have gained in reading countless posts, and surfing the web endlessly after work looking for assorted parts there aren't much in the aftermarket for brat exhausts. A few other brat owners around here are big on junkyards, salvaging anything off gl's since they will most of the time fit our brats. Hope you find something suitable.

Well then... Not exaclty what I wanted to hear :-\ Tomorrow is my last day to get a free test done (since you get 2 free retests). After getting everything back together today it was running a bit smoother and idling at about 1000 or so. If it still fails then I'm gonna go ahead and either replace every single vacuum line and start on the compression tests.... or just buy a 2.2 engine and begin my swap. Thanks for the info.

I am having the same problem with my "new" brat. My readings were... High Speed Test HC-84 CO-.15 Idle Test HC-1203 CO-.2 HC can't be more than 220 and im clearly pretty high over that. I have replaced plugs right before the test. Since the test I have rebuilt the carb (the brat still runs the same though) replaced pcv valve and hose, as well as distributor cap and rotor. I have one more free test and I'm still scared I will fail. Any thoughts ? I just might go buy some alcohol to put in with the gas to just get past the emissions. Also my brat doesn't like to idle at its recommended 700 rpm. It struggles to get under 1200 which its required to be under for the idle test. Any help is appreciated.