well i finally got the go from my parents to start my engine build up just got to do some mesuring and i have the garage to myself until the end of the year (dont expect it to take that long but i want time to slack off and earn some extra cash to put good stuff in insead of the cheep stuff) and i want to do a dual supercharged v8 350 (havent desided how its going to fit but im too stubern for it not to) but heres where it gets even trickyer i just wanted to find out if this would be smog legal here in california and what i would have to do to make it smog legal (yes i know i should just put it in something that i wouldnt have to worry about smog laws but oh well) any help or links would be great i found something on it but after like 5 min of readign i was very confused


(stupid 56k slow as all hell)

 

im in cali too and as far as i know i doubt you'll be able to get away with that at all if you have to smog it and im not sure if there is anything you can do to make it pass short of pulling all the goodies off it. it sucks, i know. the best way i could think of to pass that engine would be to smoke out someone at the smog shop for like a month and hope for the best. as for a copy of the laws, i have been looking for some time now and still havnt found anything of any help. if you find anything let me know.

 

is there anywhere where i could get it smoged with the results not used i know if i take it to the place the results get loged in that big data base but is there anywhere i could get it smoged just for the hell of it? cuase i plan to have it done alittle after summer but my smog isnt until december so i figgure i could play around and see what comes up.

 

The only mods you can do to the engine are invisible/internal ones, and those that have C.A.R.B. exemption. I've failed visual inspections with my '86 TA/LG4 just for not having the heat stove tubing that goes from the exhaust sheild up to the air cleaner housing. The only way you will pass with such blatant performance enhancers is to be married to the inspector.

 

anyone know a single smog inspector (a girl) oh well i guess i could put it in and take it out every time i have to do smog its only once a year........ but the lt1 swap is leagle as long as i have smog equipment right just not the dual super chargers? ummm i wonder if i could fab a easy remove system for the dual supers the plot thickins.....


stupid cali smog laws

 

www.dmv.ca.gov

BW

 

Well being that I AM a Tech and i'm only about a year away from my smog license i can tell you strait up. I'm posting from my puter next to my bay as I'm at work right now, so I asked a smog tech to make sure I'm right)

That type of setup will pass smog emissions. I have an ATI ProCharger and it has the C.A.R.B. exemption number right on the blower itself. That makes it pass visual. And a blower setup that is done correctly will pass emission actually CLEANER then without the blower. As long as EVERY peice of smog equipment is hooked up AND functional. The rest of the engine can be along these lines.

1) A good free flowing set of heads that isnt too extreme to run on the street will actually make for better emissions too. More effieciant combustion chamber will result in cleaner tailpipe emissions. But start going too radical and you can fall over the "cliff" pretty fast. If the heads are aluminum or otherwise visually differant from the stock heads you need to make sure those heads come with a C.A.R.B. exemption stick that you stick somewhere under the hood so the tech does not fail you for visual.

2) A decently mild cam. Minimal valve overlap is good for blowers and nitrous so as to not bleed of boost and N20 and its also good for not letting hydrocarbons out the exhaust unburned. Again good for emissions. My cam is a mild .500/.510 lift 210/220 duration (@ .050) with a good 114 degrees of lobe seperation. A good blower cam AND good for retaining emissions legality. Plus if the tech hears any noticible lope in the idle hes going to get suspicious fast and be looking for the same CARB sticker for a cam. My cam isnt technically smog legal as it never was CARB approved but it idles smooth and will pass emissions. Only the most mild cams you can imagine will actually come with a CARB exempt sticker. So dont worry about that.

3) Intake. Whatever is either visually stock appearing or is CARB exempt again. Being that the intake is right in your face you are pretty much going to need CARB exempt one. (or stock as blowers overcome intake deficiancies pretty easy)

4) exhaust. Headers are fine as long as again they have the smog exempt sticker or metal plate on them. On my car I have the SLP 1 3/4" headers with the AIR injection so as to make them smog legal. And anything from the cats back are open to any mods you want to do since it has no effact on smog. I run fully functional dual CATCO 3 stage cats with air injection. So I'm legal there too.

Follow those guidlines and you should be ok as long as you dont get a TOTAL dick for a tech also.

Or you can drive up here to roseville and I'll smog your car next year.

 

thanks ill consiter it when i start my build up over the summer, might not happen thou now that i ran into problems, my project kid post just reasently made sence the boards are now back up https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=161072