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Originally posted by Hugh R
You don't have smog checks in Illinois? Cars got to pass a visible inspection before testing the vehicle emissions; meaning no modifications are allowed.
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Not exactly Hugh. If you put the motor from one car into another, you use the more restrictive rules for emissions. For example, if you have a 1975 Chevy, it does not have smog checks anymore in California, but if you put a 2005 motor in it, technically it would have to pass 2005 emmissions. So if you took a 1976 Porsche, and put a 1975 V8 motor in it, it has to pass 1976 emmissions, and have all the emmissions control equipment from the 1976 car. You go to a referee, who decides if all is kosher.