hey everyone and good day. i live in good ole california and own a 99 sentra se-l. i want boost but am scared of cops. i have searched and never found the legality of a engine swap. like if i get a blue bird engine is it legal? can i make it legal? like i said i have searched and havent found anything so any help is good help thanks
Don't know about the legality of your engine swap, but you may also want to watch the insurance. Changing the engine is may cause problems. Logic runs - you changed x from standard, this configuration is not tested in crashes, therefore you are not covered. Also if part is better, it is obviously for a reason they won't like. Not reporting changes is worse.
Up here changing to winter tires is a performance mod. If you want to stop better you obviously want to drive too fast. 200 reported accidents going into work in 1 day, cold enough salt don't work (-42C), and there's still a question on why anyone wants to have max ability to stop?
sorry to say ..but unless you find a crooked Smog Tech..there is no chance a BlueBird motor will pass i have a JDM motor in right now and i cant even pass smog :P
Actually, it is legal to switch just engine and trany, if they are functionally identical, now how they define that is up to them, but if you have all the California legal smog equip and you just replace the engine and trany, seeing its fwd, it is legal, ck http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermkt/replace.htm its considered a japanese replacement engine, legal here just as long as you do it right, but unfortunately you cant have a turbo on it from japan. But not to squash all your hopes of turbo, jwt makes a CARB legal turbo for the SR20, check the Executive orders on the arb site. If anymore info is needed, pm me. I have probably research this too much, because i have been wanting to drop an SR20 into my b13 but i have to worry about getting residency for school. Oh well, have fun.
a DET can never be legalized in cali, because of the visual inspection. if you drop a N/A jdm sr20 u can pass as long as you change over your intake manifold and all your emission stuff is hooked up. btw try not to have loud muffler on the freeway or else the CHP will get you for modified exhaust and will pop your hood in the process. i know very weaksauce, all my friends got pulled over. im the last one and i have the loudest exhuast hehe
there is one DET set up that is legal, if you have an sr20 91-999 and but a JWT turbo on it, it is legal, here is the EO http://arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermkt/de...eo/D-244-2.pdf
It is legal, just has restrictions on it
there is one DET set up that is legal, if you have an sr20 91-999 and but a JWT turbo on it, it is legal, here is the EO http://arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermkt/de...eo/D-244-2.pdf
It is legal, just has restrictions on it
California laws suck! As someone mentiioned before, you wont be able to smog a JDM DET engine in this fine state without slipping a few benjamins in someones pocket. The only legal choice is indeed, the JWT turbo system.
its either you get a JWT turbo kit or do the jdm swap w/out turbo and change over all the emission stuff or due the bluebird swap and find Paco from Paco's smog and taco shop and give him lil extra cash to legally smog it thats the joy of livin in Cali.
Ya know what--everyone just needs to move to a state where they don't do emissions testing........that would kick ass.....................
I agree.. I'm one of those lucky persons, I live in South-Africa, Gauteng province. Here in South-Africa you can do any mod and drive with a loud exhoust and the worst that could happen is a fine. We don't even have emission testing here.
Unfortunatly I don't have the money at this stage to mod my 1995 Sabre 200GXI (Pulsar SSS SR20DE). I got it in Nov'03 after some #@% rearended :dumbass: my Sentra GA16DE.
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1995 Pulsar SSS SR20DE(Here in South-Africa its caled a Sabre :cool: )
it in Nov'03 after some #@% rearended :dumbass: my Sentra GA16DE.
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