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> Paul was lucky and unlucky. *Any* modification to the stock engine
> violates California law. If the smog mechanic knows that your Alpine came
> with dual Strombergs and sees one carb, or sees anything else tampered
> with, he is obligated by law to report your car as a gross polluter,
> regardless of whether or not he actually hooks your car up to the machine.
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Just a comment here. What Jay says about any modifications being
illegal *only* applies to vehicles factory-equipped with emissions
controls. Now that is what they thought they were doing (I think)
when they instituted the current smog testing of vehicles in use.
Unfortunately our wonderful California legislators screwed up
(no surprise) when they stated that all cars 1965 and older be
exempt, and all cars 1966 and newer be tested. They forgot (or
didn't know) that a number of 1966 and 1967 vehicles were not
equipped with emissions controls, and thus are not in the same
situation. I've been talking with different BAR people in Sacramento
over the last year or two, and it is my position that since both
the Motor Vehicle Code and the Health and Safety Code state that
standards established for testing of cars cannot be stricter than
the standards that the cars were built to, then those cars not
originally required to have emission controls (and thus were not
built to meet any particular emission levels) are not being
tested in accordance with current law. If SB42 doesn't pass I
intend to continue pursuing this line of thinking.
So to get back to the point, if you have a 1966-1967 imported vehicle,
*any* modifications to the engine are perfectly legal (provided
you keep the PCV device).
Bob Norton
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