Oh believe me, I'm not worried about emissions. My province doesn't have emissions requirements.
Anyway, replaced the hoses and the battery, and finally got the damn car to run... seems to run better than before. Having said that, it still bogs at 4k at WOT. I can sometimes get past at 3/4 WOT. Put it in park and revved it to 6k and found that it didn't smoke, but the exhaust smells bad.