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Old 03-29-2007, 10:52 PM
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im having the 95 accord EX single cam VTEC engine for my 93 civic DX hatch, and someone told me that its not legal to do so. my mechanic told me "i think its ok aslong as the engine fits in the car"
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hatchback1993 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im having the 95 accord EX single cam VTEC engine for my 93 civic DX hatch, and someone told me that its not legal to do so. my mechanic told me "i think its ok aslong as the engine fits in the car"</TD></TR></TABLE>

well your friend is right! too a point and as for your mechanic

you will have to goto the smog ref to get that engine legit
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you can fit k-series in a civic. i doubt thats legal.
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by the way this is base on California U.S law, so basicly after the swap ill take my car to a smog testing shop and get thier approval? for it to be street legal?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1.8L_allmotormilitia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can fit k-series in a civic. i doubt thats legal.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, its perfectly legal. Kind of a pain in the *** to pass the ref with, but it can definately be done legally.
Old 03-30-2007, 10:22 PM
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The only way a diffrent motor in a car is illegal is if its stolen. Passing emissions in cali might be hard, but its not illegal.
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thanks ya'll,its really a relief to hear those positive replies.
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It's not legal until you get the engine change certified at a BAR station.
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BAR station?
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Bureau of Automotive Repair, if you are lucky the nearest community college will have one.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hybrid93Eg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

No, its perfectly legal. Kind of a pain in the *** to pass the ref with, but it can definately be done legally.</TD></TR></TABLE>

in most cases people just drop it in and pray they don't get caught.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dude_123 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Bureau of Automotive Repair, if you are lucky the nearest community college will have one.</TD></TR></TABLE>


If you're in So-Cal i been there before. It's a random *** place middle of some college.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1.8L_allmotormilitia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

in most cases people just drop it in and pray they don't get caught.</TD></TR></TABLE>
As I did like 12 times and got caught twice. Pretty decent ratio if you ask me 6:1
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As I did like 12 times and got caught twice. Pretty decent ratio if you ask me 6:1 </TD></TR></TABLE>

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yeah i live in lancaster L.A county pretty much so-cal.
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yeah i was in the san fernando valley i would go to roxford in sylmar and race and sometimes lancaster every thursday and saturday and any day during the week
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kaoss_11 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
As I did like 12 times and got caught twice. Pretty decent ratio if you ask me 6:1 </TD></TR></TABLE>and the consequences? were they JDM or USDM motors?
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jdm if there were no consequences I paid a couple hundred bucks and that was it. If you know how to work the courts and know the rules and regulations to selling a car its nothing.
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LOL i found out that the ref here in lancaster is one big dick. as he fail my friends eg with K in it, my friend even put the stock head/tail lights back removed the stickers removed the lip had the stock seats back in took of the struts torque damper gauges dude the car looks like it just came out from a honda dealer pretty stock still the dick ref failed him he has something againts honda's i assume lol
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appearance of the car means nothing its the appearance of the motor and making sure everything stock is there
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no cuz the thing is he thought making the car looks like a racing car triggers the mind of the ref to fail him cuz he might just go haul *** on his streets thus he made it look stock and just plead and told him that he totalled his other car and just took the engine of it and put it in this old car or some bullshit like that
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