alright guys my friend is REALLY shi**ing it cuz he got a referee ticket and its coming up and he doesnt know what to do...he's running H22 in a eg hatch and they told him he has to see a state referee....if anyone knows how the ticket works or what he gets signed or better yet if anyone knows how to make it "go away" with some cash we would both greatly appreciate it....thx

 

If the engine is newer than the car, then you can make it legal as long as all the stock parts are there. If it's not, your friend has a problem.

 

Ref tickets will not just "go away"...they are State run smog shops...thats why cops write these tickets out when they see swaps...

your motor can be legal...and going to a smog ref in CA is the only way of making the swap entirely LEGAL...

search for BAR STICKER or SMOG REF in the archives in all forums...you will find info that will help you

call 1-800-622-7733 to make an appointment with a ref near you

 

HAHAHA... You live in alhambra.. I used to live there and the cops are asses!!! go to the state ref to get the motor legal in your friends car. may of us here that live in CA get the swap legals so we are not harassed buy the cops...

 

what i did when i got a ref ticket...
I went to the police station after 530pm or so ...so most of the in office cops were at home by that time. I went in to get the ticket signed off ....the guy actually signed off on it. I then went to court to talk to the judge and showed him that its signed off. The judge then dismissed it. Maybe i was lucky or maybe it will work everytime. Its definitly worth a shot because a ref ticket is no joke...especially in cali w/ a jdm motor.

 

Getting your car to pass now is even harder than before. All smog and referee stations have to run your car on a dyno-type machine now. So your car will have a load and actually rolling when it is being tested. Good luck.

 

not unless they changed that this month.... I went last month and it was the same sniffer test.. no rollers, not until jan 1st

 

Take a friends stock hatch and do a number job....

 

so the dyno test will only be a at state ref locations correct?

 

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come next year.... rollers everywhere... all smog places have to get re-licensed and install expensive rollers

 

well on a side note, the roller thing is going to suck, but back 2 the referee ticket...the motor is i believe a 94 and the car is 92si...the car is stock except for fuel pressure regulator, intake, msd ignition, hot shot header, and magnaflow muffler...the muffler is quiet though and "50 state legal"

 

also other than putting everything back to stock how can we make the car street legal?

 

94 motor...your car should be wired obd-1 with stock intake and tube, stock exhaust and catalytic. btw, new law on dyno type machine is effective now (July) and not just the referree station but all smog stations.

 

as long as the motor is newer then the car which it seems to be and the obd is the same as the motor/car or newer its legal as long as it passes smog. You also need to be running a prelude ECU and make sure all the smog equippment is hooked up. I hear the EGR valve/sensor is a pain in the *** to wire. Good luck

 

the ecu isnt the p13 he has a stock computer programed by prospeed....so as long as the car passes smog it should be legal? i guess that makes sense from there point of view

 

the ref needs to see it and hes the one smogging it he might overlook the computer but technically he needs to have a prelude computer p13 i believe are the prelude ECU's

 

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i guess thats one good thing about living in the hick *** midwest. no smog testing

 

GO FLORIDA!

 

so you guys are sure that if everything is stock that it will pass ref?...and antone when you got it signed off who did you see and did they put a sticker on the back of the ticket saying you had to see the state ref?

 

How did the officer know your friend had a swap ?
even if they looked under the hood I cant imagine them spotting it.

 

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even if they looked under the hood I cant imagine them spotting it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

alhambra or the san gabriel valley cops are trained in import mods/swaps.. there is supposedly a special task force that is specificaly trained in spotting illegal modifications.

As for knowing if you went to the ref.... you get a sticker saying you are carb legal.. or you don't... if you get the sticker, you are good to go.. if you don't... you better do you home work and get it all set up...

read up here: http://honda.hybrids.jp/forum/...&vc=1

 

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just went to ref about 2 weeks ago...my car was put on the rollers...didn't pass of course, but the ref was cool about it and told me to go obd1 del sol b16a

 

in general (not CA) is it hard for the japanese b16's to pass a normal smog test ?

 

It's easy to pass smog, it's the visual check that is hard.