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1977 Lotus Esprit CA requirement for Carbon Monoxide?

To whom it may concern, I have a 77 Lotus Esprit and a Gastester, Exhaust Gas Analyzer machine. I would like to pretune my car for a smog check. What is the CA requirement or cutscores for Carbon Monoxide? Thank you for your help.

Answer:

The website you want to access in order to find out your Lotus Esprit's current California emission cut scores is below. It will give you current HC, CO, and NOx emission limits.

Note: The emissions standards applied by the Emissions Inspection System take presidence over those emission cut scores shown below. The bureau may determine to adjust cut scores up to 30% to comply with Section 44001.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

California Emission Cut Scores

Model Year:	1977	Make:	LOTUS	Model:	ESPRIT
Test Weight:	2500 (lbs.)	Body Type:	Sedan	Transmission:	Automatic/Manual
Cylinders:	04	Engine Size:	2 (liters)	Fuel Type:	Gasoline

ASM 5015 Standards
	Hydrocarbon (ppm)	Carbon Monoxide (%)	Nitric Oxide (ppm)
Fail	232	1.46	1434
Gross Polluter	425	3.06	2648

ASM 2525 Standards
	Hydrocarbon (ppm)	Carbon Monoxide (%)	Nitric Oxide (ppm)
Fail	200	1.26	1294
Gross Polluter	375	2.86	2448

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