Thread: Smog check

I dont have any problems with smog check, i just wanted to discuss the issue of Hot Rods and smog check. Correct me if im wrong on any of this.

ok so any car older than 1975 doesnt have to pass smog, diesels dont either, but what about those old, rich dudes who build like 1930's fords? I dont believe they have to pass smog, and that kind of bothers me because they build brand new engines for those. So if i wanted to build a brand new engine for my DSM i'd be required to pass smog, but those guys get off that easy. Why? The reason i started this is cause my uncle builds Hot Rods for some old guys, and honestly i've never seen or heard of one at a smog station.

You ask some pretty basic question..

Common sense my friend.

Back then they didn't have the SMOG laws we have today, because of this they cannot be held to the new laws and at the same time you can't force their previously aproved cars off the road...

I put it in basic terms but there is a little more detail to it. But that is pretty much the reason in a nutshell.

Originally Posted by TSimage

You ask some pretty basic question..

Common sense my friend.

Back then they didn't have the SMOG laws we have today, because of this they cannot be held to the new laws and at the same time you can't force their previously aproved cars off the road...

I put it in basic terms but there is a little more detail to it. But that is pretty much the reason in a nutshell.

Yeah but the thing is they build a completely new engine, they dont restore the old ones. So say i had a car i wanted to have a fully new built engine, then ill be required to smog it. And the other guy wont be.

Well, as for diesel goes, its gonna start for them also I believe 2010, and as years go by our max's on the gases for us will only go less and less. Meaning harder to pass smog. I only say that because its gonna get worse before it gets any better. And as for old school hot rods, EPA see's them as very minimal. And also cars that are pre 76 doesn't necessarily mean they can do whatever they want. They still want them to have motors of the same family. A police officer can still make you go to a referee if he suspects big modification on a pre-76 car, even thought they do not require smog. But it rarely happens.

Originally Posted by pycakmark

Yeah but the thing is they build a completely new engine, they dont restore the old ones. So say i had a car i wanted to have a fully new built engine, then ill be required to smog it. And the other guy wont be.

They NEVER assume you are putting in a new engine, the whole point is to leave it stock...

But it happens but as mentioned there aren't enough of them on the road to matter...

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