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Not bein gfrom CA... I'mnot familiar w/ thsi issue. Is it not legal to change the motor? Or, do you just have to have all teh matching equip for the donor vehicle?


Here in Ca you have to swap everything over from the donor rig, i.e all of the smog equipment/exhaust, sensors, ecu, etc. must be swapped over, then it must be inspected/certified by a C.A.R.B. referee before any smog shop can test it.

Same in Colorado, but I had no trouble passing it. I used the charcoal canister from the 22RE, but all the 5VZ VSPVs and tubing (it set a code if I didn't plumb it correctly).
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Here is another fun <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> bit of info for those here in CA, according to my smog tech as of Nov. 1st of this year all pre-OBII vehicles will now also have to have a fuel tank pressurization/leak test. The test will be pumping the system full of hydrogen (IIRC) and see if you have a leak, if it leaks you fail the smog test. From what I understand it is to test the charcoal canister and return fuel lines.

Fortunately in CO they just test the gas cap.

-Bill
'87 4Runner w/ '96 5VZ-FE, 'Red Chili II'
'97 Taco XtraCab 3RZ-FE, 'BlackBean'
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