ok i took my 4dr dx to get smogged to day and the guy at the smog station said he could not smog the car because it has a vtec swap. has anyone else in socal had this problem. and the guy told me that i had to go see the ref because of the swap. hell if i knew it was going to be this much of a problem i would of just put a ls swap in the car i only went with the 1.6 sohc because i did not want to have any smog issues

 

Man...I would try to go see another smog guy who will do it for you. That is unless that guy already reported you in the system. Then you're in a rough position. You could try to talk to a ref (w/out your car present so he doesn't throw it on the machine) and see what the rules are for having that motor in your model car. I think that rule is that if the motor is the same year or newer and it was available in the U.S. and is a USDM motor then you can register it as the vehicle that was origionally equiped with that motor. I've known a few people who have 92-95 civics and thier registration shows that they are GSR's because they have a USDM GSR swap. It is an enormous pain in the *** I'm told though. Good luck with that.

If I'm wrong feel free to correct me...

 

what i don't get is how can the smog guy tell if a car is a dx or ex model it does not say it on the title or the registration and there are no badges on the car that say what the car is. i think the smog guy just saw vtec and the red valve cover and thinks its a swap, and thats why he said what he said. but i am going to try a different place tomorrow. but what did u mean by putting me in the system as having a swap never heard of this

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by street dreams &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what did u mean by putting me in the system as having a swap never heard of this</TD></TR></TABLE>

This is in regards to him already trying to perform the test. If he tries to do the test and you fail, you go in the system as failing. If he didn't even hook your car up then you don't have to worry about it. He could probably tell if he checked the VIN# but if he didn't then he was just being an ***. There are a lot of smog guys who don't want to get in trouble with illegal smog jobs because they can lose their license to perform tests if caught.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cypress50 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

This is in regards to him already trying to perform the test. If he tries to do the test and you fail, you go in the system as failing. If he didn't even hook your car up then you don't have to worry about it. He could probably tell if he checked the VIN# but if he didn't then he was just being an ***. There are a lot of smog guys who don't want to get in trouble with illegal smog jobs because they can lose their license to perform tests if caught.</TD></TR></TABLE>
oh ok yeah he did not even hook it up he just popped the hood and said oh i cant smog this, this is a vtec swap he did not even look at the vin or the model of the car

 

i dunno why he couldnt smog it. 92 civics came with sohc vtec so its considered "engine replacement" and you dont need to go to the ref for that. go back and tell him to read the smog manual again.

 

he is right you do need to see a ref and get a bar sticker. if you would have swapped out another no vtec motor you would have been(if its was same year or newer) ok but since its vtec you need the sticker.
he was most likely able to tell what motor was originally in there byt the VIN code.

 

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oh ok yeah he did not even hook it up he just popped the hood and said oh i cant smog this, this is a vtec swap he did not even look at the vin or the model of the car</TD></TR></TABLE>

Did you take it somewhere else? If you did how'd it go?

 

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Did you take it somewhere else? If you did how'd it go?
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i.m going to take it today<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Who Said &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">he is right you do need to see a ref and get a bar sticker. if you would have swapped out another no vtec motor you would have been(if its was same year or newer) ok but since its vtec you need the sticker.
he was most likely able to tell what motor was originally in there byt the VIN code.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah i would of understood that if he did run or look at the vin but all he did was pop the hood

 

its smogged now and time for the turbo

 

Glad to hear it!