[nj85z28]

Just to clarify a few things here, my SS monte just passed inspection a few weeks ago. the car had originally failed for dry rotted tires and the oil gauge wasnt working. therefore they could not run me on the dyno. emissions failed by default.

then i took it back after a little bit, with some new rubber and a fresh sending unit. the guy asked me 2 questions-
did you get new tires? yes sir.
did you fix the oil light? yes sir.

then looks at my papers, and says-
this is a v8?
Yep.

Ok then.

they never popped the hood or anything. went through all the motions of the reinspect, and i had a reverse light out and a liscence plate light out as well. the car has a TPI engine it with headers, a rust hole the size of a silver dollar and bla blah blah.
Passed no problem

Just take care of the little BS like turn signals, brake lights and headlights, the horn is an easy fix, just get one of those momentary contact switches. its like a 5 dollar fix.

My point is this- dont worry about the headache of emissions until you have to. Just take care of the silly stuff and maybe you will get lucky.