emissions testing - LS1 engine in 92 Camaro?
04-16-2005, 11:42 PM
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emissions testing - LS1 engine in 92 Camaro? hello i am new to this board and i have been doing some looking around and i have some questions i wanted to know if i could get help with. i am looking to try to drop an ls1 eng with a 4l60e tranny in a 92 5.7l camaro. but my prob is before i start to do this would this be streel legal and pass emissions testing?
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ps i did search but did not find anything that looked like it answered my question
thanks for any help i can get
ps i did search but did not find anything that looked like it answered my question
04-16-2005, 11:51 PM
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Sure you can , even in California , I believe. You won't have a problem with putting a newer engine in a older car. Perfectly legal. It's when you put an older engine in a newer car that might cause you problems. Emmissions laws vary from state to state and even within the state from county to county. Here in TN, if you live in a major metropolitan area or a surrounding county , you have to go through testing . In rural counties , you don't . They are looking at changing these laws but that's the way it is for now.
04-19-2005, 03:50 PM
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thanks i was not sure if it would pass i was looking at www.speartech.com but they said something about not pass emissions testing
04-21-2005, 10:36 PM
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im pretty sure as long as you got all the smog equipment (egr and air valves) they wouldn't even notice. you could check with a referee in your state to make sure or just check local law. a lot of guys are so dumb at smog though, they wouldn't even notice as long as had the egr and air valves
04-21-2005, 11:47 PM
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yea well i am in pa right now and i know enough shops that if you lip them a 50 they will pass it running open headers but i am moving to delaware and the state dmv does the testing
04-22-2005, 10:13 PM
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I've always heard if you replace an engine in a car with a newer engine, the vehicle will be held to the emissions standards of that engine. Example: you swap out the 5.7 in your 92 with a LS1 from a 2000 F-bod... you now must meet the 2000 f-bods standards. That's mearly something I've heard mind you. I have no idea how they would be able to tell though unless you told them what you did. The emissions folks here would never notice- they just look for the pass/fail and make sure things like cats and mufflers are present.
