ok my question is i have a 92 hatch with a 97 ls motor in it. everything for smog is hooked up on the motor. when i went to a normal smog place they went to run the test then it printed out a paper that said must see smog referee center. i have heard i will fail at a ref because the year of my motor. i need to kno if i iwll pass or not. the first guy said my car submitted clean emissions but it had to be seen by a ref. any help wouldbe appreciated thanks.

 

You will need to get it certified. Here are the things that I know that you need to have in order to get it certified.

1. it has to be 92+ motor
2. All smog and emissions have to be included
3. You need to pay like $35 to get a tag that says that it's smog legal
4. Can't be a JDM motor, Has to be USDM

Hope this helps. I know a couple of people who did swaps and got a DOT approval on their firewall.

 

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4. Can't be a JDM motor, Has to be USDM</TD></TR></TABLE>

I thought JDM motors can be BAR certified.

 

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I believe they can be, as long as you use all of the USDM smog equipment.

 

JDM 4 LIFE y0!!!

 

you must retain the stock uspec 97ls ecu and all smog equipment for that year motor...this has to be done the same if it were using a jdm 97ls motor.

 

i am using a 97 usdm ls and the ecu and everything is the right one and everything else is hooked up for smog. the only thing i have heard tho is that it will not pass because it is an obdII motor going into an obdI. i heard there is no way to pass an obdII motor off in an ObdI car. any comments would help thanks

 

So if you have a jdm b16 you would still need a USDM ecu?

 

yes...everything has to be usdm

 

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your car will pass as long as all the smog equipment and uspec ecu regardless what chassis its in.