1jz legal?

[drift freaq]

Originally Posted by juicyjosh

Allow me to help you guys out here.

I recently visited a smog referee at Skyline College and inquired about engine swaps.

The smog referee stated that for an engine swap to be a California certified legal swap, the swap must adhere to certain criteria:

1) The engine has to be newer than the chassis.
2) He will inspect the engine bay to see that everything under the hood is factory to include all smog-related equipment down to the main cat(s).
3) It must use the new engine's gas tank and fuel pump.
4) The engine's ecu must not register any codes.
5) Catback does not matter so long as CA automotive noise levels are not exceeded.

Post count means nothing.

I have never heard anything about the fuel tank and pump before and I have talked to many referee's.

Everything else you have mentioned is on the money.

Oh and I will state this, Each referee at the different stations literally interprets the letter of the law differently.
For instance if you went over to LA Trade Tech the ref over there would tell you that swapping anything engine wise is illegal.
They can and quite often are assholes.

I know of another guy(story related by a friend) who did a engine swap in a Jeep. Which is actually quite common with jeeps and he had one vacuum hose missing and the tech out in Simi Valley sent him home and would not pass him.

Oh and Lou yes you are all wet on the Skyline College thing. It is a College and it does exist its on Skyline Boulevard in the bay area. Hence the name.

Skyline boulevard ah brings back memories of Z cars at high speeds.