WOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!! finally no more worries yes it can be done. just remember to us a us ecu and wire harness and a stock us exhaust manifold and you have to make timing marks on the jdm crank pulley and of course all of the other common sense stuff. all i had was my aem intake. just thought id share if ne on has questtions feel free to ask

 

congrats man, it always nice to see a legal swap so now no worries especially southern cali where the cops are always looking for a reason to get you in trouble.

 

congrats my fellow BAR brother.

 

What AEM did you use? did they run car or EO number

 

I believe most old AEM intake have CARB upon on request

 

a cold air for a 92-95 civic si

 

congratulations! no worries for you now I want to get mine done soon...where in SD did you take your car?

 

fuke! first time i've herd that! congrats!

 

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I can now say that to people as well.

 

As far as I knew all jdm engines in cali are illegal. In fact from what i've been told all you have to do is look after the "B16" on the engine code and if it has any other markings than its a jdm one and not legal. This of course is what i've been told but I may be wrong. Who knows, maybe the guy just thought he would overlook the whole JDM thing and let you pass. But either way, congrats.

 

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Actually, I remember seeing here that JDM engines are legal in CA as long as they have all the USDM smog equipment and have a USDM counterpart.

 

that is what the ref said to me. I have called and talked to refs at stations and they tell me that you can use a JDM motor as long as it all resembles a usdm motor. for example if using a 94-95 JDM gsr into a 92-95 civic then you have to use a usdm ecu and hookup all the smog equipment. they then treat the engine as a gsr changeover. they look at the ecu to see if it matches the ecu for those years. you can use aftermarket parts also as long as it has carb eo#'s for the motor and not the car. I had ref'd a 95 civic with a AEM intake and dc headers and he passed it since the books they have show dc and aem have carb#'s.

 

Show us some pics!

 

yea.. pics would be nice

 

just got mine too. it does feel good to finally be legal Well now the turbo is back on but whatever. Congrats to you.