ok so i been hearing for about the past month that you can have jdm motors in your car as long as they pass smog

is that true ????

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by angel949 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok so i been hearing for about the past month that you can have jdm motors in your car as long as they pass smog

is that true ???? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sort of, as long as the block code exists in the US (B18C refers to B18C1 or C5 for instance) and all the US emissions equipment is hooked up and working they are smog legal. This isn't new though.

 

so i can really have a d15b in my car . as long as it passes smog . ?

 

it has to be the same year or newer then your car

 

oh ok .

sucks though all ref stations are shut down for a while .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by angel949 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so i can really have a d15b in my car . as long as it passes smog . ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

It seems to me the D15B vtec is smog legal, but check to make sure. I'm in new brunswick canada, we don't even have any kind of smog testing here, but i've read up enough on the california stuff to understand how the law works for the most part. D15B vtecs are fun little engines btw, i have on in my sedan and couldn't any happier with it.

 

yah cuz i have a stock cx . its soo slow!

what years did they stop making the d15b?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by angel949 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yah cuz i have a stock cx . its soo slow!

what years did they stop making the d15b?</TD></TR></TABLE>

is there any bar links . so i can find out more info .

 

they made them from '92 - '94 for sure, probably '91 as well and unlikely in '95, reason being that japan is usually 1 year ahead of us. I've never really understood why california requires the engine to be the same year or newer than the chassis. for example '92 - '95 D16Z6s are all exactly the same thoughout the production, and a '92 should put out exactly the same emissions as a '95 all other things being equal, yet its illegal to drop a '92 Z6 in your '95 hatch, makes no sense to me.

 

yah .
i also heard ther is a special project licenses you can get . for your car .
cuz all off road race trucks . are special projects and street legal .

 

this is y i dont live in california

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sanegb16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it has to be the same year or newer then your car </TD></TR></TABLE>

So if I have a 91 b18a block with the rest of the motor being from a 95 b18b and my car is a 94 wont be smog legal?

 

thats why cali sucks for this reson . thre are trucks out ther that polute more than a 1.5 motor ... sooo gay

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by demian22 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So if I have a 91 b18a block with the rest of the motor being from a 95 b18b and my car is a 94 wont be smog legal? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Technically no, although had the engine not been an A1 you might have gotten away with it, so far as i know honda only puts a date code on the head casting. The A1 kind of automatically scews you over as they stopped making them after '93

 

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Technically no, although had the engine not been an A1 you might have gotten away with it, so far as i know honda only puts a date code on the head casting. The A1 kind of automatically scews you over as they stopped making them after '93</TD></TR></TABLE>

This sux, i hope they wont pay much attention to the A1 part!

 

is there any links with info ?

 

so i wouldnt pass with d15b2 in my 93 dx came witha d15b7 even though its the same lonblock that makes no sense whatsoever

 

what year is your car and what year is the motor as long as its the same year or newer

 

mo its an older motor and i have zero problems with it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94EG8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

It seems to me the D15B vtec is smog</TD></TR></TABLE>

you have to drill a small hole in the back of the IM on it for your evap purge solenoid though

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by angel949 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yah cuz i have a stock cx . its soo slow!

what years did they stop making the d15b?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Up to the 6th gen.

 

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you have to drill a small hole in the back of the IM on it for your evap purge solenoid though </TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by obuhmyuh &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

you have to drill a small hole in the back of the IM on it for your evap purge solenoid though </TD></TR></TABLE>

where is that located by ?

 

looking at the manifold from the back its on the far left.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94EG8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looking at the manifold from the back its on the far left.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yep, near the top

heres a pic of mine, located just below my brake booster.

 

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

heres a pic of mine, located just below my brake booster.
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i dont see it . put an arrow please if you can