Monday 9/14/98 2:33 PM Don When I drove back from Pullman in about 9/96 I realized the valve seals were leaking in my VW Rabbit. Blue smoke coming out the exhaust pipe. Passing the low speed carbon monoxide test is the hardest. On 09/06/96 the emission test showed Standard Current Reading Result 1.20 2.88 FAIL You showed me your tool to change seals. But I needed to work on other projects. After spending about $400 to get the seals replaced, I got another test on 09/10/96 Standard Current Reading Result 1.20 1.31 FAIL In DESPERATION I used Berrymans B-12, changed oil, etc and REMOVED THE AIR FILTER for the test on 09/11/96 Standard Current Reading Result 1.20 1.19 PASS Talk about squeaking by! If your vehicle continues to FAIL emissions test, your life will be made extremely disrupted by the VEHICLE POLLUTION MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Rabbit had its 1998 emission test due in September 1998. I was totally prepared for failure. I ordered about $500 in parts from JC Whitney in preparation for a DISRUPTIVE engine rebuild. And, of course, I ordered for the fun of it the NAFTA [Mexico] exhaust headers. I could not wait to see the effect of exhaust headers on performance, so I installed them immediately. WOW! I estimate about a 20-30% performance improvement. Rpms up the ying-yang. Patty kept putting the 1998 emissions notice on my dinner plate. On Saturday I took a FAST ride to Oro Guay peak and hiked. I took a FAST return trip. I drove into EXPRESS EMISSION operated by Dung Nguyen. I wanted to see how badly my grey rabbit, R2, would fail. R2 is how the grey rabbit is denoted in my repair log. I couldnt stand to personally watch R2 fail, so I went outside while it was tested. On my return the two operators were smiling both and had their thumbs pointed up! R2 PASSED!!!! Standard Current Reading Result 1.20 00.13 PASS !Viva NAFTA exhaust headers! ANOTHER disruption out of the way so that I can concentrate on completing the digital FX! My HUGE FEAR what that I would have to spend time getting R2 into shape to POSSIBLY PASS the emissions test. TRYING to get a car which failed the emissions test is a nightmare! Sandia colleague Ron Pate had to have a rebuilt engine installed in his bronco so that it would pass. Black and White Test of Cryptographic Algorithms, by William H. Payne advertised at http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ / and presented at http://zolatimes.com will hopefully AID in getting my other distraction settled. Then, too, of course, are the JUSTIFIABLY upset MUSLIMS who are reading my zolatimes article. Sandia president C. Paul Robinson observed at http://www.jya.com/its-us.htm wrote A quick walk around the globe: other emerging threat nations ... What is perhaps most frightening is the apparent increase in the flow of technology, hardware, and a "barter system" in dangerous materials. We must understand "What are their motives?" Simple, in one case. Settlement. WE WANT OUR MONEY! This is on Internet at http://www.jya.com/crypto.htm DoE: Pay Bill Payne Thought about you guys at the fun Metriguard Monday corporate lunch. The Acer scsi Scan Prisa I ordered just arrived by UPS. Now I can scan in my schematics. And bash the Great Satan EVEN HARDER. But let's all hope for settlement before matters get WORSE. Later bill