hidden turbo?

[LowR3V'in]

I saw some ricer nissan 240 getting towed the other day.
ricer taillights, cf trunklid, hood popped. :D

He probably just had shiny intake and purple cam gears.
Just don't be rice with your rims, little muffler, cf, or slammed ect

[einstein57]

It all depends on the cop and if your acting like a dick. If you have 5 or more vehicle code violations they can impound the car. And they can use some pretty bullshit excuses like dirty license plate.

[e30shmobberr]

never heard of that. i own a V70 turbo.
Miatas here are modded with turbochargers as well.
I get pulled over for speeding but not because of the turbocharger.
They don't ask you to pop open your hood.

So I think that's just false info. you got.

I have actually been in my friends wrx when he got pulled over and had to pop the hood. I guess it is all about the location and what cop pulls you over.

Well I know it's off the topic at hand but I have been moving along
on my so-called hidden some-what set up..

If you check out page 2

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=190517&page=2

and you can see alot of the work that I did earlier..
and now for the pic's that I took today...
It's raining like a motherfucker in my neck of the woods so I have
not finished/mounted pic's but will asap!
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rear mounted turbo.... Isn't as cool as the elc. ones you can score for cheap on ebay!

btw cant wait until it is done. you make me want to do a hidden-ish turbo system.

[u3b3rg33k]

like what? you get your inspection in cow country if you dont need to get smog'd and they'll pass anything.

That is not always so. I went in for an inspection in Vermont once, and the guy spent an hour looking over the car, pointing out this, that and the other thing. Guy even wrote up the oil leaks.

[McGyver]

Cali is the worst when it comes to emissions but its not the worst as far as inspections. I'm so glad we don't have those like they have on the east coast.

like what? you get your inspection in cow country if you dont need to get smog'd and they'll pass anything.

[MonkeyMadness]

Well I know it's off the topic at hand but I have been moving along
on my so-called hidden some-what set up..

If you check out page 2

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=190517&page=2

and you can see alot of the work that I did earlier..
and now for the pic's that I took today...
It's raining like a motherfucker in my neck of the woods so I have
not finished/mounted pic's but will asap!







rear mounted turbo.... Isn't as cool as the elc. ones you can score for cheap on ebay! :giggle:

[bernzpeed]

in cali you can, they can even seize your car.

never heard of that. i own a V70 turbo.
Miatas here are modded with turbochargers as well.
I get pulled over for speeding but not because of the turbocharger.
They don't ask you to pop open your hood.

So I think that's just false info. you got.

[dkbmxer002]

Gearz also did an sts build on a vette. It was the ol smoke build.

the shop that has done alot of work with my car built this...

http://carterrace.com/front/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=9&id=38&Itemid=82

it IS worlds better than the sts kit and sounded so amazing.

[einstein57]

Gearz also did an sts build on a vette. It was the ol smoke build.

[Massimo]

We have just as much trouble in Australia. If anything is not stock you can get a ticket, you can get a ticket for putting in a basic aftermarket radio with CD player!!! But this is all at the descretion of the po po.

In my old e21 the muffler fell off and it was loud as way over the legal limit, and I got pull into a defect station, so I was shitting bricks.

To add to it I had a aftermarket tach on the dash because my speedo was stuffed and my stock tach jumps so I had no idea what speed I was doing. Being poor at the time I bought the cheap tach and used the rpm and gear to know how fast I was going. The cop had a look at the car up and down and said I was free to go. But I know people who have got done for stickers on there car!

I find being a euro and pre E36 the cops don't know what they are looking at even if they are enthusiats. Especially with the 318is one because they a very rare here and being a half bread between the e36 and e30 they have not a clue what they are looking for.

On saying all of this you can get your modifications legalised by going to a chartered engineer getting approval from him then going to the department of transport and registering your car with the approval from the engineer.

I have not done this before but just about any thing can be legalised, you can legalise a turbo one by up grading suspension, tyres and wat not so the car can handle the extra power and be safe. Then all you need to do is pass an emissions test. The only issue with that is it cost $2500 and if you fail well that is $2500 down the drain.

When I start my project I will sit down with one of these engineers and go through what I would like to do and what he recommends I do so that the car will be street legal and I can rub it in the poo po's face HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Hey_You]

...Getting a 75 or older e30 might be tough...

[mr.vang]

just get a 1975 and older and your good to go.

[Hey_You]

...look into registering in Tuolumne county if you are in CA...other than title transfers, some new vehicles, and some new diesels, no smog needed (as in no bi-annual). Just lookin' out for the r3v family (keep this on the DL)

[u3b3rg33k]

It will still have an e30 VIN...

CA needs a hobbyist plate. WI has it, and it lets you "tinker".

[S4gunn]

Hi,
Some folks recommended I check out this forum b/c of some crazy E30 engine swaps you guys do here but I wanted to register to post about making modded cars California legal.

Here's one route to consider. California does allow for a LIMITED number of kit car registrations (500). Once your car is registered as a kit car, you will then be smog exempt. A buddy of mine camped out overnight on the 31st to get his Kit Cobra reg'd (the donor was a Ford Mustang 5.0). I also believe this is how folks get CA legal Noble M12s.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/spcnsreg.htm

While it does say that you cannot use this registration to modify a 68 VW bug as long as it still looks like a VW bug, I wonder if you can claim that the late model 330i that your engine came out of was the actual doner vehicle so making it "look" like an E30 BMW would be a significant change...

It's something to dig into.
Good luck.
-g