Stam, With reference to your comments on the following....
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>If I have an MG TA (or Ford model A) based Hot Rod with a 350 Chevy
on the
>front and I try to get it smog tested will the staff a the test
station polite
>explain the it will never pass because its modified? Or is there some
leeway in
>the regulations?
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It is my understanding that if a *hybrid* is presented to be smogged,
the most current age item is the standard tested to. ie. You have a
1950 MG with a 1980 CHEVY engine, the standard applicable to the 1980
smog, is the one tested to. If you have the reverse, ie. a 1980 MG
with a 1968 engine the 1980 standard is the one tested to. That info,
I was told, came from the BAR *Bureau of Automotive Repair*, here in
California. This would seem to make most sense, at least to me.
Now, it's any ones guess if *all* smog centers adhere to this rule or
not. YMMV etc.
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