quick question, is the zc considered jdm? i bought the car with the motor. and will it pass smog, assuming i havea helthy motor?


this sucks.got pulled over last night n they asked me to pop the hood.

 

What kind of ZC? But as far as ZCs yes they never were made for the US market.

 

sohc

 

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sohc zc non vtec is an a6 with a hotter cam, I'm not too sure on calis laws about just using a different motor code it being the same thing.

With a bit meaner cam it'll run a tad dirtier, and might not make smog.

Then again if it just being a jdm motor is enough yes it will fail.

UP for you and hopfully someone in cali will know better.

 

ive seen people with ZC pass smog some guy in orange had his pass like a day before I dont think its illegal ask hawk8est or whatever his name is he should know

 

yes it will pass

do you have an

intake
header
modded ig (msd or any external coil?)

BTW did you get popped at the street races?

 

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do you have an

intake
header
modded ig (msd or any external coil?)

BTW did you get popped at the street races?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes carb legal
yes carb legal
no

and yes

 

alot of cops don't care if carb or not they see modded **** & it's off to the ****** ref

muffler?


well which ones?

 

dont they need a warrant to pop ur hood?

 

nope not anymore even if they think you have anything they have the right to pop your hood

 

I know from expierence and sohc zc at a ref isnt gonna fly!!!!try and find a motor to swap in there or else your gonna get hit with a fine mate...sucks living here in the valley...but thats why I dont go to street races...for one cops are dicks and two its not worth my life...but we all learn from our mistakes and pray not your life....

 

yhe it should my bro's car passed smog and it had a dual camm zc in it all that matters is that all the conecters are plugged into the right sensors. but what year and what model is your car bcuz if the motor is older than your car your fuked bro. but if its newer than than the car than you should be ok just take off your intake and header and conect the breather hose and you should be ok you could find out the year of your motor by looking at the head it should say it in a little circle one side should say on number and the other side another number

 

Man that **** is so wack. I'm glad I don't live in CA.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Got_EF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yhe it should my bro's car passed smog and it had a dual camm zc in it all that matters is that all the conecters are plugged into the right sensors. but what year and what model is your car bcuz if the motor is older than your car your fuked bro. but if its newer than than the car than you should be ok just take off your intake and header and conect the breather hose and you should be ok you could find out the year of your motor by looking at the head it should say it in a little circle one side should say on number and the other side another number</TD></TR></TABLE>NO MOTOR FROM JAPAN IS LEGAL IN OUR CARS....JUST LIKE NO JDM ECU WILL PASS REF!!!!....ya you get away with it at a smog shop...cause they dont know what to look for but you get sent to a ref there gonna ******* looking at everything specially cause its a ticket!!!if he went there to see about getting bar'd be diff story but either way you will get get a zc bar'd in cali...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by djphonics &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Man that **** is so wack. I'm glad I don't live in CA. </TD></TR></TABLE>One my friends got busted here with Oregon plates

 

Bar'd SOHC ZC here. Passes smog with flying colors (cleaner than most d16a6's) just make sure your cat is good and if need be slap your stock exhaust back on there .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1989CivicSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Bar'd SOHC ZC here. Passes smog with flying colors (cleaner than most d16a6's) just make sure your cat is good and if need be slap your stock exhaust back on there . </TD></TR></TABLE>then come explain that to the ref's in stanislaus county and the rest around me...they wont ref jdm motors here

 

the decision lies in the hands of the actual ref.

my teacher is the ref over at rio hondo college in whittier and he refs sohc zc's all the time.

he just wants everything to be done right before he looks at it

 

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my teacher is the ref over at rio hondo college in whittier and he refs sohc zc's all the time.

he just wants everything to be done right before he looks at it</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, I hooked everything up like the USDM a6's would be. All wiring was stock as my car is an Si...just don't give them any more work than needed and you'll pass, lol.

 

man thats sucks. I hope you can get passed that ref.

 

Sucks, where did you get pulled over at?

 

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Anyway, there are many many benefits to living here in the Motor State. 94 octane @ the pump, zero emissions laws, seeing test mules and protos everywhere you go, NAIAS . . .

. . . you just have to dodge all the potholes and Mustangs.

Peace
policy

 

Yes SOHC ZC (non-vtec) will pass as long as everything is hooked up right and you have your cat. Before the JDM craze, the ZC SOHC was being imported by K Watanabe Motors as a direct replacement japanese engine.

Anytime someone blew an a6, and purchased a "direct" replacement, 9/10 it was a ZC. Later as swaps (more specifically, illegal) became the thing, and importers began bringing in all sorts of motors, they started looking at the motors more closely.

An **** smog tech that knows his stuff may fail a car with a JDM engine designation stamped on the block, within his right if he doesn't want to take a chance getting busted, most wont care, wont know, if it looks like it's supposed to.

BAR ref's will pass a SOHC ZC as a direct replacement, as long as it is done right, and they are keenly aware, not everyone would rebuild a stock engine in a 89-91 car when they could drop in a replacement for about $400. There are provisions for direct replacements.

And as for stanislaus county, some places just think it is too much trouble, or don't care to go through the trouble of reffing imported motors properly, so they say no to it all. Go elsewhere.

Cheers

 

lol, some cops in ut harrass me but alot are kinda cool. Its about how you treat them. I had a cop pull me over for no front plate once. He wrote me a 'fix it' ticket then he started asking about the car. "Is it fast?" No. "Why is your battery in the trunk?" Cuz its JDM SON! "Why is the back gutted" I likes me them big girls, they gotta ride back there.

lol

My car at the time had a bad battery and I had been 'bump startig it'. Well I turned my car off after being pulled over and after the bsing and ticket was done I asked the cop for a jump. He said he couldnt becasue of the computer stuff in his car, so you know what happened? I stayed in the car while he pushed me a few hundred yards to bump start it. lol. Some cops here in ut are cool, most are not, its all how you treat them

To the op. Hopefully it passes. With my experience in emmissions, just make sure everythings as close to stock as possible or pay someone to pass it.

 

damn that sucks i used to get pulled over all the time then i stopped driving the car for a month or so and haven got pulled over since and i work for the county so they let me slide