I did the swap about 5 years ago. The inspector was also an instructor on smog inspections... Kind of the like the Darth Vader of smog. I did have to go back a second time for a couple of small items. And he went through every detail of the swap, including pulling out the manuals on the donor engine.

Don't know if it's changed, but I was OK as long as I followed the regulations. I got dinged for having a non stock cross over pipe and too many braided stainless steel hoses. He let the hoses slide, but the crossover pipe had top go back to stock and my MDS box was missing its CARB sticker, so it had to go.

What won me points was the install was clean looking and everything was hooked up. It also was running very well.

This guy was in Santa Barbara, I'm sure experiance varies depending on who you get. Never know... If I tried it again if they would bust my chops or not. I moved so I'm not trying again.

The smog station in SB is part of the community college so the ref was using my swap to train other refs and auto techs.

What won me points was the install was clean looking and everything was hooked up. It also was running very well.