Engine Swaps vs Smog Laws

Hi

What's the story on various US state smog law and swapped in engines.

I see that folks swap different engines into different 4x4s and I'm curious how that works out regarding smog laws.

I'm mainly concerned with how one can legally drive such a vehicle on the street. Obviously it is possible to trailer/tow pretty much anything out to the boonies for offroading, but I'm considering something along the lines of a Jeep/Land Cruiser with a Chevy motor and would like to be able to drive it legally on the highway as well as offroad.

I'm in Nevada, but I'd be interested to hear about other states as well. Any comment or pointers to websites that can help me figure this out would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Claude

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claudel
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It varies state to state. The only person with the answers is your own DMV.

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Rusted

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L.W.( ßill ) Hughes III

Thanks for the links, that's sorta what I thought.

This is one of the vehicles that caught my eye, but the legalities might be a bit much...

Claude

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claudel

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L.W.( ßill ) Hughes III

Smog Test?? What is that?? LOL I love living in a state where we don't have Smog Tests... Or even inspections.. :)

Ben

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Ben

Must be nice.

Turns out the one I was looking at has catalytics and a smog pump on it so I took the plunge.

At least Nevada isn't as bad as Kalifornia...

Claude

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claudel

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L.W.( ßill ) Hughes III

Ben did pass the time by typing:

No smog tests or inspections in Oklahoma anymore. I really wish they would bring back inspections. Far too many morons out there with excessively low tires, bald tires, broken lamps, etc.

I swear the average driver these days is incapable of maintaining their vehicles.

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DougW

Most states don't have a problem swapping an engine into a vehicle, so long as the engine is not any older than the vehicle is. So you could swap a 2000 engine into a 1997 vehicle but not a 1997 engine into a 2000 vehicle.

Jerry

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Jerry Bransford

Doug, I have to agree with you there... Too many idiots driving crap with stuff falling off it here in South Carolina...

Ben

95 YJ 2.5L
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Ben

Thanks. I've been looking out for a desert buggy and this one seems to fill the bill. It's a bit weird buying a vehicle sight unseen on Ebay but the seller seems to be an honest person and the description fits my wants for the most part. Time will tell if the risk was worth it or not...

Claude

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claudel

You can have crap falling off your vehicle here in Nevada too as long as it'll pass the smog test...

:^)

Claude

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claudel

Colorado just struck back at that one - upped the fine for discarding human waste on the right of way to something like $500.

As for the safety inspection, I have mixed emotions. When I was a Cadet here, I would help my future FIL do inspections in his gargage. I came to the conclusion that inspecting tires and such once (even twice) a year really didn't make much difference - needs to be done MUCH more often than that to be effective - say, every time you get in?? Same thing for brakes - they would wait until inspection time rather than keeping on top of it on a continuing basis. Since Colorado dropped the safety inspections something like 30 years ago statistics provided by the state pretty well back up the move.

I could see a > You can have crap falling off your vehicle here in Nevada too

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Will Honea

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L.W.( ßill ) Hughes III

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Will Honea

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L.W.( ßill ) Hughes III

You bet they do, or at least the co-pilot does if the pilot asks him to... but the PIC (pilot-in-command) is supposed to do his own preflight because it's his ass if something goes wrong that could have been spotted with a preflight. I know as a pilot that I would never fly an aircraft without having personally first preflighted it.

Jerry

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