ok im already bar'd for a b16 in my car but I recently I took it out to finish my right hand drive swap and 2 of my buddies got state reff'd. they both have b16a's in their eg hatches. so I put my set up in both of their cars and got them bar'd for a b16 also.

heres my thought. b16a_ why not just get a 3 punch and put a 3 in there after the a? if your motor is legit and not hot what would it matter? it would save you the hassle of having to go to the state ref every time you get pulled over?

any thoughts?

 

As long as you have all the emission stuff, I don't see why it shouldn't work. I had mentioned this before, but nobody ever replied.

 

thats what I thought but california now states no jdm motors are legal in cali now. well why not just add a 3 to it and say it came out of a del sol. problem solved right?

 

in theory, yes

 

highly illegal but I am not going to stop you. JDM engines are not completely illegal. The rules state that if your eg1 in American came with a b16 then a JDM b16 can be use for a replacement. Since here in America, the eg's never came with b16's from the factory therefore illegal. For a integra that originally came with a b18b1 or a b18c1, there jdm sister can be use for a replacement because the car originally came with a b18. Get it?

 

cali needs to rot.

 

hmm never heard of this before seems like a good idea.
just keep it quiet you dont need the gaest state in america catching on, i need to move there in a year lol

 

I doubt its possible w/o looking like **** next to the b16 stamp.

Were both your buddies popped in Bakersfield? Damn if so I need to watch out, I'm already bar'd with a jdm engine so I don't know if I'm fukked or what.

 

if your jdm engine was already bar'd you are grand fathered in. but ya they were both caught in bako.

 

u can also completely shave everything and put any stamping u want....

 

thats not the smartest thing to do as tampering with numbers are illegal as it is, u need it to look as factory as possible

 

What you're discussing is blatantly illegal.