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Old 01-17-2015, 10:01 AM   #15
Dlirium
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Originally Posted by ChrisZang View Post
why wouldn't he pass CA smog? it's a bona fide 3.8 engine with the cat converters
Hummm...you must be new to CA :-)

You can't just go throw any old engine in a car out here! Yes, there are certain years you have some flexibility (OBD 1 cars, 1996 and older as well as 1974 and older cars), but certainly not in a 2000 boxster.

There may be an appeal process he went through or something, but a 3.8 has a different or tuned ECU that will throw a code on a smog machine most likely...
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