If i do a engine swap and its before the year of my car 98 ls will i pass smog. like if its a 96 engine putting into a 98 will it pass. i heard that it wont. and what year did they start making integra gsr

 

I thought the rule for CA was that the swapped engined had to be the same year or newer than the chassis. I could be wrong.

 

you could always go to the northern or the southern california forum. and ask in there to be sure.

 

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you are correct

 

the engine im going to get has already pass smog and it has papers.its a 96 gsr engine and i want to put it in my 98 LS. is it leagal to do that and even though it pass smog already when i put it in my car will it pass?

 

It depends if you want to just do the swap or get your car BAR approved? When I lived in CA, smog inspection was every other year or so. The 96 GSR motor should be able to pass the snifer test if your car is maintained and you keep all the stock smog equipment. It just depends if the smog station decides to look at the engine code and match it with your vin.

If you want to get the swap BAR approved, that is a different story. I am not too sure if the swap would be BAR legal since you are putting an older engine in the car. On the other hand, you will still be OBDII and I don't know if there were any changes to the GSR motor between 96 and 98.

 

YOu know what sucks is that they are starting to do smog test in NC now to get your inspection sticker

 

you will be illegal with a 1996 motor in a 1998 car.

if you want to be legal you need a motor from 1998+

you should not have to ask this question again..