CA smog

[ash00]

Hey Gang,

I'm about to get a e30 with a s52 here from MN to California. I've never dealt with smogging an out of state car, let along one with a different motor.

Has anybody had to do deal with a smog rep here in CA? If you have any info- please let me know.
Thanks!

[hugh jass]

Hey Gang,

I'm about to get a e30 with a s52 here from MN to California. I've never dealt with smogging an out of state car, let along one with a different motor.

Has anybody had to do deal with a smog rep here in CA? If you have any info- please let me know.
Thanks!

hey ash, it's carl. you came to my house in sacramento when steve was visiting.
i'm taking my car to a referee station today to get smogged and inspected. if it goes well, i'll be in touch with everything you will have to do. i'm very familiar with steve's car, so i'll fill you in.

[devonjordan]

Hey Hugh, after you do that can you post a thread about it. I know that many of us in CA neglect to tell the state that we have swapped motors in fear of not being able to register. But if the ref process is easy enough I think more of us might go that route. TIA

[hugh jass]

Hey Hugh, after you do that can you post a thread about it. I know that many of us in CA neglect to tell the state that we have swapped motors in fear of not being able to register. But if the ref process is easy enough I think more of us might go that route. TIA

yes, i will keep everyone updated. keep your fingers crossed at 3:10 pacific today for me!

[golde30]

what? Blunt sold his 24v e30??

[Farbin Kaiber]

what? Blunt sold his 24v e30??

x2?

[hugh jass]

what? Blunt sold his 24v e30??

yep, i couldn't believe it either. he still has his dad's e30 though.

[golde30]

wow. shocking. must have become too FUH RAZE for his old bones. oh well, still has a badass 02.

[ash00]

Yep-- he sold it, and now I have to put my 88 535is, and 91 318is up for sale for this monster. I can't wait.

Hey Carl- howd your swap end up going? Let me know! Shoot me an email at aashish.dalal at gmail dot com and let me know how the smog thing goes. I need to get a cat on steve's car too...oy!

[devonjordan]

Hey man, got pics of your 318is I may be interested if the price is right...

[hugh jass]

It passed! Man am I stoked.
It was a painless process.
I showed up for my appointment time, told them that I did an engine change with a 95 3.0 M3 motor. They looked at the car for about 20 minutes and then ran it on the dyno. It didn't pass the tailpipe test the first time, so they let it idle a while and then re-ran it after the cat got hot and it passed.
Basically, here is what I have

s52 with s50 valve cover. I did this for visual reasons and so i could run the proper cranckase vent with the 2 hoses off of it.
e30 charcoal cannister with the e36 evap purge valve mounted on the side with all lines in place
s52 exhaust manifolds with the o2 ports and air injection ports welded shut
k&n cone air filter
magnaflow cat with 1 o2 sensor

my swap looks pretty clean, which i think helped a lot. they said they get all sorts of junk in there, and when your work is clean, it shows that you haven't cut corners and probably makes their job easier.
i've got the bar label on the shock tower now so i can smog it as a 95.
if anyone else has questions, pm me or post here.

[VacMan]

It passed! Man am I stoked.
It was a painless process.
I showed up for my appointment time, told them that I did an engine change with a 95 3.0 M3 motor. They looked at the car for about 20 minutes and then ran it on the dyno. It didn't pass the tailpipe test the first time, so they let it idle a while and then re-ran it after the cat got hot and it passed.
Basically, here is what I have

s52 with s50 valve cover. I did this for visual reasons and so i could run the proper cranckase vent with the 2 hoses off of it.
e30 charcoal cannister with the e36 evap purge valve mounted on the side with all lines in place
s52 exhaust manifolds with the o2 ports and air injection ports welded shut
k&n cone air filter
magnaflow cat with 1 o2 sensor

my swap looks pretty clean, which i think helped a lot. they said they get all sorts of junk in there, and when your work is clean, it shows that you haven't cut corners and probably makes their job easier.
i've got the bar label on the shock tower now so i can smog it as a 95.
if anyone else has questions, pm me or post here.

Awesome, congrats! I've been considering a swap lately, so your success is great news.

Tim

[surebimmer]

Very good info! Sounds like your swap is just like mine. I did the valve cover cover swap as well. I have until Oct for smog so I'll see what happens then.

[devonjordan]

FUCK YEAH, now I have no worries about a smog test when I swap!!!

[e30pq]

It passed! Man am I stoked.
It was a painless process.
I showed up for my appointment time, told them that I did an engine change with a 95 3.0 M3 motor. They looked at the car for about 20 minutes and then ran it on the dyno. It didn't pass the tailpipe test the first time, so they let it idle a while and then re-ran it after the cat got hot and it passed.
Basically, here is what I have

s52 with s50 valve cover. I did this for visual reasons and so i could run the proper cranckase vent with the 2 hoses off of it.
e30 charcoal cannister with the e36 evap purge valve mounted on the side with all lines in place
s52 exhaust manifolds with the o2 ports and air injection ports welded shut
k&n cone air filter
magnaflow cat with 1 o2 sensor

my swap looks pretty clean, which i think helped a lot. they said they get all sorts of junk in there, and when your work is clean, it shows that you haven't cut corners and probably makes their job easier.
i've got the bar label on the shock tower now so i can smog it as a 95.
if anyone else has questions, pm me or post here.

How do you setup that kind of inspection?

I'm up for smog (my tags are actually expired since the beginning of the month). I haven't had to get smogged since the swap but I would like to get the swap approved.

TIA