 I'm Lost, 3s-GTE legal or not? |
 Apr 21, 2003 - 12:34 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Apr 15, '03 From San Jose, CA, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
I keep getting contradicting info. One site says the engine will not meet smog, and yet people have swapped the engine into US Celica's. I Live in California where all the regulations are the strictest, is it legal to swap in the 3s-gte or not?
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Apr 21, 2003 - 9:02 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '03 From Connecticut Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
Its legal to swap a US-Spec 3sgte, and its not illegal to do the swap with a JDM engine - the illegal part is the fact that JDM engines do not have the EGR, which cuts down visual smog emissions. JDM engines actually run cleaner, however more can be seen out the tail pipe. You can add this but its a pain in the ass to do, and it'll cause you to lose about 25hp.
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Chrobis I'm Lost Apr 21, 2003 - 12:34 AM
Benevolence No, not legal in california unless you have illega... Apr 21, 2003 - 2:42 AM Chrobis Is it legal in other states, and by illegal connec... Apr 21, 2003 - 8:57 AM Chrobis 5s-fe with 130 hp or 3s-gte with 250 - the 25... h... Apr 21, 2003 - 1:47 PM Benevolence In california I hear its nothing but a pain in the... Apr 21, 2003 - 3:04 PM Supersprynt QUOTE (Chrobis @ Apr 21, 2003 - 2:01 PM) 5s-fe wit... Apr 21, 2003 - 4:39 PM Chrobis is it possible to make the 3rd gen 3s-gte smog leg... Apr 23, 2003 - 7:17 PM zigy dude you are always going to have problems... but ... Apr 23, 2003 - 9:16 PM Chrobis yeh but this is California, or anal town USA... I ... Apr 24, 2003 - 1:05 AM Matthew no it can not well unless you have connections
i... Apr 24, 2003 - 2:09 AM Benevolence QUOTE (igotta5S-FEturbo @ Apr 23, 2003 - 11:23 PM)... Apr 24, 2003 - 3:27 AM Matthew oh yea
well sorry.
umm... Chrobis i would say to... Apr 24, 2003 - 8:18 AM XE_Nathaniel heres teh CARB Law.../
"Cars may swap engine... Apr 25, 2003 - 11:59 PM Matthew yo nate
the 3s-gte has been produced up till 19... Apr 26, 2003 - 2:22 AM Coomer QUOTE (GT2GT4 @ Apr 25, 2003 - 11:36 PM) yo nate
... Apr 26, 2003 - 2:34 AM Matthew oh yea
i always forget about the dang caldina.
... Apr 26, 2003 - 2:37 AM Chrobis So is it feasible for me to do this or not. The la... Apr 26, 2003 - 3:48 PM Matthew you can do the 2nd gen
its less expensive and has... Apr 26, 2003 - 4:09 PM Inferno What about this? I heard that if the engine wasn... Apr 26, 2003 - 5:23 PM
XE_Nathaniel checked the law..its same year or above.....which ... Apr 27, 2003 - 3:08 AM |
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