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?

[shoguneagle]

A V-8 conversion can be made legal if you follow the rules, and be smog compliant for California Smog Laws. Some time ago I built a Chev V-8 conversion using Renegade Parts, donor 1987 engine complete including the fuel system, and exhaust mufflers. I even went into the car harness to retrieve a transistor that was needed on the electrical side of the house. I built this car before Scott owned Renegade and used documentation from Rod Simpson (or whatever was available at the time which was very limited). The idea from the start was to build within the law and then have a referee certify the car for compliance. I even put a catalyst on the the car which was a 1974 year. I was so clean that it made water in the tailpipe. The engine had 70,000 plus miles.

Insured the car, temperary operating permit, and took it to the Referee who would not certify the car at that time since it had a catalyst on it. Took the car home, removed the catalyst and subsequently passed the Referee Certification and Smog Check.

The reason I had to remove the catalyst: Not required on the car; belongs to the car side of the house, not the engine side.

This build was done in Santa Clara, California and the main items are to build within the law, know and build with complete engine requirements that are going into the car, know what the Referee is looking for and what the exact engine smog equipment requirements are, and make you engine as clean as possible. Work with the requirements of the State and get it Referee Certified. I could have even run cerfified headers with appropriate mufflers and passed the Referee as long as the engine was sound and clean in meeting the required year smog requirements.

Currently I am building another 1974 Porsche with 1987 Carrera engine (3.2) and will use all the engine requirements for smog etc with anticipation of meeting California State Smog Requirements. The only area I will be at risk will be the exhaust where I am running aftermarket headers (not required Catalyst). I am doing the building in Flagstaff, AZ which does not have any required smog checks, but I do live part of the time in California and I also expect Smog Laws every where will be similar to the California Requirements over future years.

The very basic reason I build projects this way is to minimize expenses and potential hassles. I find by understanding the rules and working with the people I can achieve these objectives and enjoy a higher performance car, rather than using non certified parts.

Incidently, both cars where shells that I recovered from going to the "crusher" and became running 914s again.

I think the Smog Requirements are explained very nicely in the thread. Now, we need to see what violation is on the ticket.

Steve Hurt