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?

[CliffBraun]

Okay, here's an update for everyone, I've got an appointment with a referee to go fail at 2:10 pm. Interestingly enough, their locations and phone number has got to be a matter of national security or something because they WILL NOT give you the address or phone without making an appointment (in your name, etc etc).
I'm going to go there, talk with the guy about it. There is an exemption to the every two year smogs for something not being available. I phoned the four BAR recommended parts places and got three responses. "What? they had EFI in 1971?" "I've done it before, it costs more than the car is worth, fuck off, I have people who are going to spend money," and "we can probably find you most of the parts, but not all of them."
I then phoned someone in the porsche business who said it's impossible to get the manifold pressure sensor and ECU anymore. I am going to see if the referee will buy that argument and re-certify it.
I've been considering converting the vehicle to run on methanol. One would think that C.A.R.B would be supportive of this, but it is illegal (unless you're a company and have lots of money) to do such a thing. I've been on the phone with CARB about this but the lady who deals with modifications is out until tomorrow. I'm going to play up the alternative fuel angle as I'm a student and can probably get some sort of credit for converting it. I will also talk to her about what to do in the situation of most of us, where the EFI sucks so much that we replaced it with a system that has the potential to be just as, or even cleaner. This is especially worrying for older vehicles as no manufacturer has the incentive to spend $100k on getting their product approved.
So I've contacted BAR, CARB, and the referee scheduling people. I'll be finding a solution, I just hope I don't run out of minutes first.