California smog legal swaps
11-17-2006, 12:33 PM
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The shop we take our normal cars to has turned into some hot rod lair, first just a couple cars, now word has gotten out they do good work, and there were a FREAKING dozen old crates there getting new engines etc. if not a full restore (somebody else doing body work etc. it looks like). No smog and the mix of modern electronic ignitions and carbs, and these old cars are playgrounds for the idle rich. The place is crawling with 50 something guys driving what they couldn't have 30 years ago.
******* Engine swaps, the more I learn, the less I fear, but the more I know its going to cost. I found out yesterday one of the big Jeep engine swap places is right here in town, T&J I think its called. Jeep is their main thing, but much of the swap is Dependant on the engine used, and these guys are getting OBDII motors into old jeeps through California smog, so they might have a clue.
******* Engine swaps, the more I learn, the less I fear, but the more I know its going to cost. I found out yesterday one of the big Jeep engine swap places is right here in town, T&J I think its called. Jeep is their main thing, but much of the swap is Dependant on the engine used, and these guys are getting OBDII motors into old jeeps through California smog, so they might have a clue.
11-17-2006, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by aram
Oh yeah and HPTuners is your friend when reffing these cars. 
11-17-2006, 11:17 PM
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Absolutely, gotta be able to clear all the codes.
What worries me is some of this stuff is starting to make sense.
CARB swap guidelines could fit on a business card. They need to flesh it out a bit because I am sure not even 10% of the swap guys are running legal, just doing whatever it takes to fake through a normal smog test and going home to bolt up the long tubes for another two years. Plus it freaking makes NO SENSE to block me from putting in an LSx engine because I can't mount the O2 sensors in the factory location, so I run some 20 year old barely passing oil burner.
OTOH if you want bragging rights showing me a smog legal swap you did yourself is going to impress the hell out of me now.
What worries me is some of this stuff is starting to make sense.
CARB swap guidelines could fit on a business card. They need to flesh it out a bit because I am sure not even 10% of the swap guys are running legal, just doing whatever it takes to fake through a normal smog test and going home to bolt up the long tubes for another two years. Plus it freaking makes NO SENSE to block me from putting in an LSx engine because I can't mount the O2 sensors in the factory location, so I run some 20 year old barely passing oil burner.
OTOH if you want bragging rights showing me a smog legal swap you did yourself is going to impress the hell out of me now.
