OT: The new "tuner" law, Anyone know any details on this? Cops.. |
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OT: The new "tuner" law, Anyone know any details on this? Cops.. |
Andyrew |
Feb 16 2006, 02:30 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
My dad and i are leary of this new law that allows the cops to pull over any car that is "modified".
Does anyone know any details? or can someone post the actual law? My dad thinks they can impound my car and crush it and i'll never get it back... This is on the basis that they pull me over for no apparent reason. ALSO, knowing that I will never street race, what if they catch me get on it a little, or throw some tire smoke.. Anyways, Im 19, and here are some obvious facts about my car (and soon to be car) It will have subtle flares, but it will have 18x10's on the back with a lot of rubber. Brakes look stock, fronts are painted red. Fiberglass front and rear bumpers w/ (soon to be) lexan rear spoiler Lights are stock Front trunk has louvers, not entirely noticable, in body paint color. Body is factory phoenix red (orange) Mirrors un decided, but will have left and right. License plate on both front and rear bumper. Engine lid stock, can see chrome air filter cover (will paint) obvious sbc Exhaust is dual, side exit w/ 2 mufflers, should be relatively quiet under normal driving. Racing seats Racing harness's momo wheel, factory guages Small tubes no higher than stomach (while sitting down) for long to door pillar bracing (follows seat lines) Black carpet Thats about all they can see.. Car is a 73, does not need smog... What can they do to me? Andrew |
lapuwali |
Feb 16 2006, 01:36 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Catalytic convertors are not required for 1973 MY cars. Even if smog tests were still required for a '73, a cat wouldn't be required. Were Andrew to follow the exact letter of the law to bring his car into compliance, he'd have to do the following: if the V8 is from a '73, he'd have to fit all of the smog equipment orignally fitted to that engine in the donor car in 1973. Catalytic convertors would not be part of the package (these didn't appear in CA until 1975, and weren't required in the rest of the US until 1980). If the engine is older than 1973, he'd have to fit all of the '73 914 smog gear, including EFI, the charcoal canister, and all of the vent hoses. If the engine is newer than 73, he'd have to retrofit all of the equipment in use on that engine in cars with that engine in the model year of the engine. This may include catalytic convertors if the engine is a '75 or newer. Once this was done, a visit to a BAR referee station would test and certify the car as being a XX model year car for emissions purposes ('73 or newer, depending on the year of the chassis or engine, whichever is newer). From that point on, he'd be subject to emissions testing if the engine is a '76 or newer, as the car would now effectively be a the new model year as far as the DMV is concerned. The limits used would be based on the year of the engine. Since the car IS exempt in CA, you're in more of a gray area. The EPA doesn't care, as the car is more than 25 years old. CA law is more iffy. You're not required to be TESTED under the exemption, but a strict reading of the law states that you're not really exempt from the requirements, just the enforcement. The engine swap rules technically still apply. Most of the CVC regs that will get you pulled over, however, have nothing to do with the engine or emissions, but are instead concerned with things like how loud the muffler is, what color your lights are, etc. As long as he's using a sociable muffler, and correct 914 lenses (Euro lenses are iffy, but likely to be OK), and isn't lowered so much that no part of the car hangs below the lower lip of the wheel rims (except the tires, of course), then he's "street legal". |
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