RE: Can someone in CA let me know how a turbo conversion is legal?

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

PAT MARTIN decided to speak these words:

>How would the monkey boys at emission stations ever know that the engine was 
>not supposed to be there.  Not to mention the fact that it was a legal 
>engine 
>in the 5kt.  If it had no changes in the conversion I don't see why a monkey 
>boy would catch it or even care.  Pete and I just had ours done and they 
>both 
>passed with flying colors.  Pete does not even have a cat.
>
>Maybe California is different but Petes car did have current tabs when he 
>bought it from Duane.  
>
>Not to demean your friend but I just watched a "tech" spend 20 minutes 
>trying 
>to find an rpm signal while the masses waited.


Except it does vary by area in CA.  Places that are less populous have it 
alot easier, if i lived there i wouldnt have a problem.  The fact is that 
i live in SF, and it is a very tough area to pass in.  WE are essentially 
in an enhanced arear (or will be soon) where the smog tech's are becoming 
more and more trained.  Eventually CA is hoping to get rid of the 
referees completely and just use smog tech's.  To become a tech here, its 
very difficult...

Agreed that there are idiot smog tech's here, but every year there are 
less and less of them, and if my car were to become tagged by one of 
them, it would essentially be worthless.  I couldnt drive it legally 
until i rectified the situation by putting the old engine back in...

Fun fun...hehe


later...


Michael Sheridan Williams
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1985 4000 S Quattro 183,000+ miles, Koni Yellows/Coilover (2B), strut 
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breath>
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