California smog requirements!
11-19-2002, 10:24 PM
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California smog requirements!
I'm starting a 3.6L transplant into my '81 SC, and I am not sure what the requirements are here in CA to get the conversion certified. I've searched the CARB site and emailed them, but haven't gotten any hard facts. I would particularly like to know what they will expect in the exhaust system. Does anyone have info or a resource for this? Thanks
11-20-2002, 04:23 PM
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From what I understand if you drop a different engine into a car you have to meet the emmisions requirements for whichever is newer. So you will have to meet requirements for whatever year the 3.6 is.
11-20-2002, 08:30 PM
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I've only got hearsay experience, but I am *pretty* sure the requirements are based on how the car is registered - and that is based on the tub - at least in California. For that reason, there is a BIG premium on good '73 and earlier tubs, because you can basically do ANYTHING for an engine and be street legal.
Our chief instructor here in the Bay Area has a '72 tub with a twin-turbo'd 3.8L motor on which he can dial up between 450 and 700 HP by turning the abjustable boost ****. This is absolutely a race car and a race car motor, but it is registered and street legal as a '72 911. And he occasionally drives it to the track...
I wish I had a camera to capture the look on an old man's face gassing up his minivan at a 7-11 a few miles from Thunderhill on a Sunday morning as Hank was firing up his beast after grabbing a coffee on the way to the track. This guy was so mortified by the noise and the appearance of this hugely winged beast that I thought he was going to croak right there on the spot. <img src="graemlins/nono.gif" border="0" alt="[nono]" />
Our chief instructor here in the Bay Area has a '72 tub with a twin-turbo'd 3.8L motor on which he can dial up between 450 and 700 HP by turning the abjustable boost ****. This is absolutely a race car and a race car motor, but it is registered and street legal as a '72 911. And he occasionally drives it to the track...
I wish I had a camera to capture the look on an old man's face gassing up his minivan at a 7-11 a few miles from Thunderhill on a Sunday morning as Hank was firing up his beast after grabbing a coffee on the way to the track. This guy was so mortified by the noise and the appearance of this hugely winged beast that I thought he was going to croak right there on the spot. <img src="graemlins/nono.gif" border="0" alt="[nono]" />
11-21-2002, 12:49 AM
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Look up MikeZ and Widebody911 on the Pelican parts 911 BBS. They both have done 3.6L transplants in post 73 cars, and live in California. I know widebody got his exempted, but don't know the process he went through.
I rode in Thom's(widebody911) this last weekend, and it was bad a$$! <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />
Dean, Watt's car is one mean machine! I was very impressed last weekend when I saw it.
I rode in Thom's(widebody911) this last weekend, and it was bad a$$! <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />
Dean, Watt's car is one mean machine! I was very impressed last weekend when I saw it.