Required smog equipment
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I live in NY and looking to move to CA. and bought a 1978 F250 with a swapped in 71 lincloln 460 with 73 heads back in Feb. I'm reading this post and am very disappointed to see that CA will only allow OEM parts for smog emissions. If the parts used produce less pollution then what the hell is the difference whats used. I don't think I have any smog equipment on my truck and I am very upset that I am most likely going to have to sell the truck because I can't take it with me. Whats the CA law for a swapped in engine not original to the truck or year?
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The law reads you can swap a later model engine into your rig providing you use all of the emissions equipment from that donor vehicle. For instance, I can put a gas motor from an '09 Dodge, or Chevy into my F250, but I have to put all of the emissions equipment on that came on the '09 into my 79. Your solution would be to find a 79 or later truck, and snag the emissions equipment to install onto yours. The engine was an option in 78, so if the smog stuff is there, he wont care where it came from. He willl have a book similar to what I have shown here, this is how you will get graded on your visual.
Here is what the correct sticker for your hood would look like. BTW, scrape off any old stickers showing you had a differnet engine from under the hood and engine.
Here is what the correct sticker for your hood would look like. BTW, scrape off any old stickers showing you had a differnet engine from under the hood and engine.
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Well anything I can do would require a referee's decision and the referee's have all been pulled because of the state budget shortage. So I give up on the truck and will sell it for parts to an off road racer.
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Thanks for the response. So it looks like I have alot of researching to do if I want to keep this truck. If I were to find a donor truck that has the equipment how much does anyone think it will all cost?
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no ref needed, if it looks factory. If it draws attention, you will need a ref, but make it looks stock, no referee.
You can get the smog stuff either for a million dollars, or for next to nothing. Shop around, you can get the stuff for next to nothign depending on how much you are missing.
You can get the smog stuff either for a million dollars, or for next to nothing. Shop around, you can get the stuff for next to nothign depending on how much you are missing.
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Resurrecting an old thread. I am in a similar boat now with purchasing a 78 F150 with a 460 dropped into it. The PO made the engine swap before Arnold got rid of the rolling 30 year exemption for smog in California. Masterbeavis, I have a Chilton's that has the bottom diagram that you posted and I've saved a copy of the page you posted above it. If I were to take these to a mechanic, would they know what parts I am needing? Would they know what those letters stand for as far as parts go?
I dropped into Pick N' Pull today and started looking for missing items that the PO removed including the stock air cleaner. Also, according to the diagrams, I can't tell if the stock manifold hat the air risers on the California models. Currently I have headers on the truck but no air risers. The diagrams I've seen of the 460 don't show air risers but I am not certain. I don't mind spending the time and effort tracking down the parts I need to make it pass smog, I just need to know exactly what I need to find. When I retire to NV or elsewhere, I can always yank what I don't need then.
I dropped into Pick N' Pull today and started looking for missing items that the PO removed including the stock air cleaner. Also, according to the diagrams, I can't tell if the stock manifold hat the air risers on the California models. Currently I have headers on the truck but no air risers. The diagrams I've seen of the 460 don't show air risers but I am not certain. I don't mind spending the time and effort tracking down the parts I need to make it pass smog, I just need to know exactly what I need to find. When I retire to NV or elsewhere, I can always yank what I don't need then.
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