CRAP!!!!!! Emissions problems... HELP!, Need advice!! Options

[ninefourteener]

Ok.... Illinois decided that I had to get the teener inspected... so I did..... it passed everything EXCEPT the Hydrocarbons test. (I think.... thats the one that measures "unburnt fuel" right?) The max is like 800-something, and my car blew 3000-something.

Before ANYONE starts, my car runs INCREDIBLE, and I don't want to change, alter, adjust ANYTHING. Need to know if there's any special "tricks" I can use to get this thing through.

Granted, the teener wasn't fully warmed up, cause it's so cold outside.... the gauge was only reading about 1/2 as high as normal operating temp.. would that cause it??

So.. here's the scoop.... the engine has about 6 or 7K miles on it. Its a 2.0, lots of minor upgrades to the heads, valves, cam, etc, but nothing too significant. I have the reciepts (just not with me now), and I know thew PO spent over $5k just on the engine it done right. It's NOT fuel injected.. it has been coverted over to dual Solex carbs.... and I know thats why its probably failing.

I know I used to have an 80 Elcamino.... took out the 305, and dropped in a 396BB with a nasty cam. I ran the tank almost empty, dropped in 2 bottles of dry gas, and the thing passed emissions better than a honda Civic--LOLThe emissions guy knew I was full of shit, but who cares.. I passed. Will that work? Will running a teener on dry gas for 20 or 30 minutes severely hurt it??

Lastly... I don't want to be emissions exempt, nor do I want to register it as an antique.. I want to get this thing through inspections just like any other car.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Air_Cooled_Nut]

Obviously, the engine needs to be at operating temperature and you should've had it tested as such. This establishes a baseline to which you can then make necessary changes. If I was your mechanic I'd tell you to go back and get retested with the enigine running at the proper operating temperature. But first I'd rub your nose in the exhaust pipe and tell you, "bad boy! Bad, bad boy!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)