Boxster with S-Car-Go built 3.8L

[ChrisZang]

Originally Posted by Dlirium

also, I didn't see anything about CA smog. He has plates on it. I don't know how he is getting away with that...

why wouldn't he pass CA smog? it's a bona fide 3.8 engine with the cat converters

[Dlirium]

Originally Posted by ChrisZang

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...

[BYprodriver]

[QUOTE=Dlirium;432205]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...[/QUOTE]

Not yet but CA is working on that. Any M96 engine looks similir enough to the original that it will go undetected unless you take it to a dealer for smog check. $$$