Engine Swaps vs Smog Laws

Hi

What's the story on various US state smog law and swapped in engines.

I see that folks swap different engines into different 4x4s and
I'm curious how that works out regarding smog laws.

I'm mainly concerned with how one can legally drive such a vehicle
on the street. Obviously it is possible to trailer/tow pretty much
anything out to the boonies for offroading, but I'm considering
something along the lines of a Jeep/Land Cruiser with a Chevy motor
and would like to be able to drive it legally on the highway as well
as offroad.

I'm in Nevada, but I'd be interested to hear about other states
as well. Any comment or pointers to websites that can help me
figure this out would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

Claude

It varies state to state. The only person with the answers is your own DMV.

http://www.dmvstat.com/




"claudel" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> What's the story on various US state smog law and swapped in engines.
>
> I see that folks swap different engines into different 4x4s and
> I'm curious how that works out regarding smog laws.
>
> I'm mainly concerned with how one can legally drive such a vehicle
> on the street. Obviously it is possible to trailer/tow pretty much
> anything out to the boonies for offroading, but I'm considering
> something along the lines of a Jeep/Land Cruiser with a Chevy motor
> and would like to be able to drive it legally on the highway as well
> as offroad.
>
> I'm in Nevada, but I'd be interested to hear about other states
> as well. Any comment or pointers to websites that can help me
> figure this out would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Claude

Most states don't have a problem swapping an engine into a vehicle, so
long as the engine is not any older than the vehicle is. So you could
swap a 2000 engine into a 1997 vehicle but not a 1997 engine into a 2000
vehicle.

Jerry

Rusted wrote:
> It varies state to state. The only person with the answers is your own DMV.
>
> http://www.dmvstat.com/
>
>
>
>
> "claudel" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Hi
>>
>>What's the story on various US state smog law and swapped in engines.
>>
>>I see that folks swap different engines into different 4x4s and
>>I'm curious how that works out regarding smog laws.
>>
>>I'm mainly concerned with how one can legally drive such a vehicle
>>on the street. Obviously it is possible to trailer/tow pretty much
>>anything out to the boonies for offroading, but I'm considering
>>something along the lines of a Jeep/Land Cruiser with a Chevy motor
>>and would like to be able to drive it legally on the highway as well
>>as offroad.
>>
>>I'm in Nevada, but I'd be interested to hear about other states
>>as well. Any comment or pointers to websites that can help me
>>figure this out would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Claude
>
>
>
>

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