what are the rules for cars with engine swaps? How are you guys going to get these things inspected?

 

so these are offroad use only?

 

engine has nothing to do with getting insurance on the car. It askes to catch brakes, lights, exhaust and a few other things. But nothing about engine

 

I'm pretty sure you're wrong about this. In many states it is illegal to put an engine other than what was originally sold in the vehicle. If your car is illegal it obviously won't pass inspection. You may be able to squeak by with a 20B, but I would think a v-8 would be obvious, especially one as recognizable as a LSX.

 

OK I guess from what I have read it's ok as long as the engine is newer than the car, and retains all of its emissions devices. Does that sound right? I don't want to complete the swap only to have a problem getting the car inspected.

 

thats what the rules in the states is. But up here in Canada you can put any motor into anything I do believe. Haven't ever givin me **** about it

 

as you stated earlier it depends where you live. You can put any engine in any car as long as the engine is newer than the car and the engine has all of its ORIGINAL smog equipment. This is why you have to get an engine the year or newer than yours, cause emissions were federal regulated by year.

 

btw, if you get a Grannys kit, you get instructions to help you pass smog.

 

yes, that is true the motor has to come from the same class of car (passenger car, you cannot use a truck engine).

the motor has to be of the same year or newer than the vehicle its going into.

you must have all related smog equipment as the vehicle the motor came out of. cats, egr, computer, check engine lamp, evap system, purge system


you will need to provide the vin of the car the motor came out of (maybee not necessary but help full)

TAKE SOME PICS OF THE INSTALL AND WHERE YOU MOUNT THINGS, THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO PROVE THAT YOU INSTALLED THE SMOG CORRECTLY

it can be made street legal and it isnt to hard to do

 

alot of states don't inspect vehicles...

Minnesota inspection goes like this:

Lady at DMV - "to your knowledge, is the original emissions equipment installed"?

ME - YUP.
while thinking: Hell No!!!

 

Just buy a sticker.

 

In California it goes like this


Then engine has to be the same year or newer...
You can go from carb to fuel injection,but not fuel injection to carb!...
You cant put a heavy duty engine in a passenger car..like a water pump deisle .
The engine has to remain all of its stock emission's equipment...
Car has to be certified by a state referee,then issued a C.A.R.B sticker

Might be a couple of other things but thats the major stuff.

 

I spoke to an inspector yesterday while I was getting my wifes car inspected. He says, that in Texas, the engine cannot be older than the vehicle. The only catch is that the car will be tested as per the engine, not the car. IOW, if I put a 2002 5.3L engine from a GMC pickup in my 88 rx7, the emissions will have to pass the criteria for the 2002 vehicle GMC, not the 1990 Mazda.

 

i just registered mine in a different county at a different address that didnt have a smog test....

 

hells ya, there is always a way around something if you try hard eh lol

 

also RX-V8 can you take some pictures of your alt set up for me please man. As I am not 100% on how I am going to do mine yet. pookie_37_@hotmail.com if you dont mind man. Thanks man

 

Money solves most problems

 

touche

 

Can anyone comment on the Ls1 in an FC? i heard that the stock headers won't fit and that's why most can't get theirs BARed...I'm very interested in the swap if my motor goes out...smog is a bitch

 

5 bills gets you what you want.

 

5 bills doesn't keep the cop from popping my hood and towing my car away

 

So get a fake sticker...

 

Friend was put in jail for that...at least using the tags off his other car on his rx7. Complete BS if you ask me. ;[ exactly why the LS1 is the answer to my problem. Which is why I want to know about others in CA who've done the swap and had the paperwork done

 

No, not a reg sticker, a carb one..if your concerned about a dumb cop popping your hood.

 

Anyways, just wanted to know what people who've done everything properly have run into problem wise and such...I know BAR and REF a new engine is a PITA

EDIT: Carb sticker doesn't cover stripped emissions, no cat, fmic, aux injection, etc lol I wish