\"Fighting the Law\" What does your state tink about V8 s-10\'s?

[redneckgames]

What does everyones local laws say about having a V8 in an s-10? Virginia sucks! My truck did pass inspection. (With alittle help)

How strict is your state?

[tracker]

as long as i have all lights, wipers, horn, glass and full exhaust. no problem

[redneckgames]

Virginia- Must have single cat convertor. (Mines dual in dual out) If the truck cam with a smog pump it must have one back on it. No clear tailights only those dot approved. only 45% tint on side windows.

[Mike]

no emmisions testing here

[bigfoot]

On 2004-02-09 10:31, tracker wrote:

as long as i have all lights, wipers, horn, glass and full exhaust. no problem





same in Louisaina

but some stations want you to have a cat so im not sure about that one

[speeder]

I have never had any car tested for anything. The tag office has never even seen the cars. As long it has a title you are good. Rural GA. Atlanta, different story. Emissions is a must, but all other stuff is cool.

[QUARTER_MILE_MASTER]

remember this......its only illegal if you get caught!!! this is crucial to my way of driving!!!lol..but really if you have a clear title, why have it inspected?

[mzoomora]

They have the sniffers here, on the rollers. I passed when I had the injection on it, even with the 220/230 @ .050, .510\" lift cam, thanks to an adjustable MAP sensor. Now I just get a waiver.

[rudedogg]

here in vegas they say if the engine was not offered for the vehicle you cannot put it in,1980 and older is ok though.Federal law states that if you have an 88 model vehicle the engine has to be an 88 or newer and retain all emission devices,thats fine but vegas seems to have their own laws but,the swap is perfectly legal in california http://www.s10v8.com/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif

[Wendell]

florida use to have a state inspection but did away with it in the late 70s. as for now nothing. however i did get a ticket for my front window tint being to low. got caught in a road side safety inspection.

[Bernie]

ohio has laws about emissions but i register my truck outside of the emmissions ruling. but i hve been pulled over alot and have nothing said to me about the engine other than that doenst sound stock.

[s10rodder]

In Jersey we have the sniffer on the rollers. The motor has to be same year or newer for a swap and have all original emissions equipment - fuel injection, single exaust with single cat through single muffler if it was a 4 cyl (which mine was).



Wow, for some reason my 400hp carburated small block with dual exaust and no cats has the same emissions figures as a 1999 Honda Accord. I wonder how that happened???

[Sack]

I live in central texas. Here there are no emmision testing yet. but word is it will be here. For me being heavy in the streetcar/racing scene its not hard getting an inspection sticker. But like most places down here you have to know someone or be lucky.

[zz5s10blazer]

South texas here, all I do is a narly burn out in front of the station for mine! (State inspection sticker) http://www.s10v8.com/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[riotpolice75]

in pennsylvania, 95 and newer are sublect to a full emmissions test, 94 and older its just a visual check, it has to be there but it done necessarily have to work. mine passed with a little help too. regardless of the motor thats in the vehicle all of the emissions b/s that was supposed to come w/ the vehicle has to be there.



as for the tint...its a grey area. some cops will say unless its factory no tint is legal, other will tell you it has to be less than 35%. no matter what your front windows arent supposed to be tinted. i believe its a federal law that the windshield cant be tinted below 3 inches from the top of the winshield. on every windshield ive ever seen theres a little marking that says \"as]1\" on the upper corners of the windshield, thats where you can tint it to. as for trucks, anything goes except for like painting or frosting the windows. i have 5% on the backs and 32% on the fronts, i have also been pulled over about 20 times and no cop has ever said a damn thing to me about it. however on my title its officially listed as a station wagon.







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[afghanimobilerawks]

here, you have to have all the emissions parts in place, and the vehicle gets listed as a hot rod, and they are more lenient on the testing... sometimes. if teh vehicle is older than 20 yrs, it doesnt need e- testing.

[THEGOOF]

Here in Montana you can do what you want. as long as you have lights,dot tires, and power to loose the black and whites.

[ymyhere]

Here in Tennessee, or at least in our county, it has to be the same year or newer and all the emission stuff has to be in place. If the truck came with one cat convertor you can only put one back on. More is not better here. It has to be in the stock location and no more that a couple inches front to rear from stock. I called the emissions place in Nashville and they were real helpful in telling me what I needed to do.

[knudsonm]

Here we can get away with almost anything. I have a 8\" hood scoop and I know of guys that drive on the street with slicks. I\'ve had some trouble with open headers though. Pretty much if you\'re not a menace on the road they let you go unless you are a rice grinder. I\'ve seen the fart can crowd get pulled over for nothing and I roll by with my beast setting off car alarms and get a \"nod\" from the officer. It\'s great!!!

[evil_admin]

in TN, 4 wheels, lights, wipers and a gun rack and your fine http://www.s10v8.com/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif No pesky emission testing here. As long as you keep emission systems from the newer engine, your fine.

[spacecadet]

95 & newer (ObdII) if the yellow \'service engine\' light comes on and then goes out when starting it then it passes emision. For Obd1 is same except that all emision items need to be checked for being their and operating. (Anotherwords if the guy checking sees that the A.I.R. pump is unhooked than it fails, but if its gone with no evidence of it being their, than it missing wouldn\'t be questioned.

All vehicles 25 years & older only get saftey ONLY checks. If emision pieces are missing they tell you but cannot fail it.

All years though exhaust from the cat back doesn\'t matter. It doesn\'t even have to be thier. But no leaks on the converter or to the engine at all.

In the city, however it must pass a sniffer test. Year doesn\'t matter. They punch in Year make model and it comes up with a spec and it must meet the spec. From what I understand the specs are more variable than the varance in the specs on the obdI controled cars. I\'ve seen that an 80\'s car could be running on 6 out of 8 cylinders and the yellow \'service engine\' light still won\'t come on. Now thats some varance!

[BadBowtie]

actually afghanimobilerawks, in ontaroi anything older that 20 years doesnt hae to have any testing period regardless of make or model if you want you can a 79 full size truck with a blown 572 and 300 shot of nitrous and they cant touch you.

If it newer than 20 years you right it goes under the hot rod catagory. So mine gets tested and a 1980 Carbed 350 even though mine is TBI. I went once and my truck was running so rough that it would stall when shifting from Park to Drive. I still passed.

But i dont have to worry about it cause my uncle Is a lisenced everythin for inspection and all the GM Dealers in windsor love him!

[afghanimobilerawks]

thats what i meant.......... yeah, i dont really have to worry either, my dad repairs gas stations, and he knows a bunch of mechanics who hes talked to, and they said that if we bring it to them, theyll make sure it passes everything.so, im in the clear as wellhttp://www.s10v8.com/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[jeffie]

speeder was right about Georgia, all you need is a confederate flag somewhere on the vehicle and you are all set. In Atlanta though, it is a different story. When i bought the S-10 blazer, it leaked so bad, sometimes you would get ill with the windows up, but passed with flying colors. I have been told by the guy who did the machine work on my 305 that i can get a waiver. So, I will let you know.

[FastBikesRule]

In PA, technically your supposed to get a \"M\" designation for your title after modifying a vehicle. That means an engine swap, suspension mods, adding fender flairs, tubbing, etc. Not sure what this does for emissions testing. Probably has to meet same emissions standards as original vehicle. Tint has to transfer 70% of light. Truck rear side windows and rear window have no restriction. You need a whole bunch of lights, your tail lights have to have a minimum area of transmitted light, and everything is supposed to meet a min. and max. brightness level. Front tires min. of 5\" wide. Hood has to cover entire top of engine (sides can be open). Specially constructed vehicles and street rods are exempt from all emissions tests.