[Farrel]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to the forum and to Porsches in general. My path to this point was inevitable. I have always loved the Porsche 911 but never had the resources to justify one. I became aware that the 996 could be bought for a fraction of the original cost but the engine had its issues so that led me to the conversion idea. From there it was a easy jump to finding Renegade Hybrids and the LS3 conversion. I was sold and ready to do the conversion but needed to do my homework. I called the referee program and was shut down immediately when they said that the conversion either had to have the gas tank and transmission from the GM car or if I did an ERod that it had to be a 1995 or older car per the ERod CA EO. I spoke with Scott at Renegade and it sounds like no one that he knows of,has gotten a 996 with a conversion through smog legally in CA. If this is not true I hope the process to getting a CA 996 through smog could be discussed on this forum. If this is true, then I hope that as those who are going through the conversion and smog would share there journey with us so that we can learn and hopefully create a path to getting these wonderful cars back on the road. It seems like such a waste to have a great car go to the scrap yard with a blown engine, when a LS3 will put out less pollution with more power that is far more reliable then the original engine.