CHP gives cliff a smog ticket for his teener Options

[Chris Hamilton]

Has a 2.0 with webers. Sounds like some kind of fixit ticket. Do 1971 teeners have to smog? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) How would a six ever smog since those came with carbs too?

Do we have any california law experts here to explain this?

[Cap'n Krusty]

A slight clarification: The smog rule is that the equipment has to be correct and complete for either the engine or the chassis, whichever is newer. You can put a '32 Ford engine in your '72 914, but it has to have functional D-jetronic EFI, evap, vacuum controlled hot air riser, vacuum controlled spark advance and retard, and an oil bath air cleaner, and it must pass tailpipe emissions testing as appropriate for the area in which the car is registered. Conversely, you can put that 1.7L teener motor in the model A, but it has to be equipped as it was when the engine was certified for sale in 1972. As was mentioned earlier, the test exemption is just that: a test exemption. The state may, at it's discretion, compel you to have it inspected for both equipment and for emissions levels.

The Cap'n

[JeffBowlsby]

...and it must pass tailpipe emissions testing as appropriate for the area in which the car is registered.

Huh? The factory emission label above the relay board indicates the emission standards for that particular 914, as it was manufactured, at the time it was manufactured. The labels all indicate either 'EPA' or 'California' compliance or both. Is it true that same 914 today would be required to comply with different or even stricter emissions levels? It seems hard to believe that the same car would be held to a more stringent standard than when it was manufactured. That could lead to 'unlawful seizure of property' with a quick change of the laws.

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