California swappers please listen' up

[DMaula at gordonrees.com (Denny Maula)]

My last car was an acura integra and I swapped  the 2.2 l from a honda
prelude into it.  In my personal experience, Referees are nazi's of the
automotice world. I was failed due to having one silicone hose rather
than an oem or similar unit.

They have a database that they pull up to refer to EVERYTHING.

Good luck.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Guido [mailto:scirocco@comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:34 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: California swappers please listen' up


I have a dilemma. Since I live in calif. I need to bring my MK1 16v 
engine swap to a referee before I can  get it registered. Now, I first 
believed that I had to initially go with the 1.8L because that's the 
engine management system I'm using (CIS-E) , but now I hear that I can 
just go with the 2.0L block instead, and that the referee won't care as 
long as it behaves like a 1.8L. ( He may never check the code on the 
block). The risk is that if the referee sees the engine code on the 
2.0L he will recognize that the engine should have motronics, not CIS-E 
and it will fail inspection.

What am I to do?   I really don't want to start with the 1.8L, as I 
have a 2L engine ready to go in.

Has anybody has experience with the State of Calif inspection system as 
it relates to the swaps, codes, engine management?

Will the referee even care?

Thanks in advance!

Craig Williams please chime in!


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