Before such tests the control was set to a specific quality of fuel, oil in crankcase, air temperature, load on gearbox etc.
what NOx levels were you seeing at those lean burn and what combustion temperatures were seen with your experiment. Such tests are not done with multimeters or handhelds - When I was seeing them the engine was loaded on a dyno with thermocouples for each cylinder and an exhaust stack data analyser made by Honeywell to literally see all exhaust gases in ppm. 15 engines of the same variants run 15 separate tunes - that is called testing on control level.
After such tests, the engines are pulled apart - oil samples tested and general service tolerances tested.
In the same facility a lot of discussion is thrown around to tweak the performance tune of the corvette LS1 - but it has to follow an emiissions mandate - for that the cat is monitored and the exhaust is controlled to keep it working - Driving pleasure can take a hike.
And Please elaborate that how a manufacturer like Nissan does not know where there cars are going to be sold?
How was your testing done, - Pakistan does not have any such facilities that I know of.