My tags r up in Oct. which means smog check should i pass smog w/ my stock engine and then swap my B18a1? Lets say i hooked everything up right no check engine light would the ref even want to check it when he sees its a DOHC?


Modified by Efbucket at 2:31 PM 9/22/2007

 

Smog now and later after swap make sure everything is there for the ref to see no headers intake make it stock. Good luck.

 

So are you asking should I smog it as is, or should you do the swap and then smog it. Correct.

Well you have to ask yourself will it pass smog now? If it does then do the swap and you have two years to get it right. If it fail's do you want to put money into this motor.
Or do the swap and hope that it passes. if not then you are pressed for time because the DMV will only give you two extensions.Plus you have to deal with the BAR ref and scheduling appointments.

Dilemma for sure. I would try it as is. But of course I havent driven it either.

Of course the B18 will pass if it has a good emissions system like it came from the factory. It did pass before. And all of us in CA know that the header and other aftermarket bolt-ons have to be CARB legal.

 

you would fail visual thats for sure and the tech would probably say
"off to the ref you go"

 

Lmfao hed kick ur *** out so fast once he saw dohc

 

lol I know a smog guy that probly do that for ya hehe...but ya you could pass with that LS in like everyone else says only thing you wont pass is visuel....so if you can find a guy that just goes about numbers then your in luck...if I was you just go Reff it if you got the b18a1 motor and you got the obdo LS ecu then just make sure O2 sensor is good and make sure cats good I bet youd pass....I got a reffed b16 its super harder then a LS motor so if I was you reff it for 40 bucks and they smog it for you too..

 

NAHHHHH thats crazy talk, he can't pass reff, he will need the dual knock sensor from the 6th gen cg5 and the map sensor from a eg6. will be hard man, you will need to run the pm5 ecu on that ls to ref also.wil be hard work man.

 

Since the day i posted this i saw some guy who went to school with he has a 91 Civic DX he has the same engine im putting in mine, he said he had no trouble smog'n his, he also said to "make sure O2 sensor is good and make sure cats good I bet youd pass.." just like crx-b16. thanx for the advice people.

Another ?
Ive got a jdm hood and on the inside it has a picture of a DOHC engine but the writing around it is in Japanese you think hed fall into thinking its the stock engine for the car?
Sorry if u think its a stupid ?

 

Smog first swap later it'll be alot better for inspection.

 

if you live in CA smog then swap trust us in this forum we've lived through it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonknee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NAHHHHH thats crazy talk, he can't pass reff, he will need the dual knock sensor from the 6th gen cg5 and the map sensor from a eg6. will be hard man, you will need to run the pm5 ecu on that ls to ref also.wil be hard work man.</TD></TR></TABLE> yeah a pm5 is the d15b2 dpfi computer, so i higly doubt that is the ecu he needs

 

lol Jonknee you can reff Pre obdo so he wouldnt need the new map sensor he could use the one in his stock rex basically if you got everthing on motor thats stock Id just check the O2 like I said and the obdo ecu dont have to run obd1.... now if you did run obd1 then youd have little bit more money to spend...

 

yeah i was kidding

 

lol and you call yourself a EF member Johnny...wow total Newbie...