That's true, I did not do the home work first. I bought the BMW 2002 from
someone (who probably found it difficult to complete his conversion by getting
smog certified). I took it over and met smog referee appointments about half
a dozen times to only find that I pretty much had to restore everything back
to its original equipments. I had the original BMW block. Had I had a Chevy
engine swap then it might have been a different story.

Oh yeah I talked to the mechanic because he is my cousin and he has been
a smog licensed personnel over 20 years and he is a owner of a smog test station
and owner of a garage. It's natural for me to trust him for his words. I could
trust Stephen, if he were accessible to me at the time, but how would I know
if his words were more crdible than words from other mechanics I had dealt with
for my BMW conversion?

David

--- Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> First: Why do you think a gas station mechanic be knowledgable about DMV
>            beauracracy?
>
>   Second... From my understanding when discussing this topic with more than
>                  one DMV rep. is that the problem people have in getting a smog after
>                  a conversion is simply that.  They didn't do their homework first.  They
>                  did the conversion without consulting the DMV in the first place.  What
>                  they should have done is arranged for an appointment to discuss their
>                  planned conversion to make sure that it had a chance in hell to pass
>                  in the first place.
>
>                 So if you want to do a conversion, then do yourself a favor and talk to
>                 a referee first.  Then decide which conversion to do.
>
>   Steven
>
> David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>   Well, I once talked to a mechanic who owns a 76 gas station and
> who happens to be my cousin about engine conversion. I was advised
> that in California it is too much trouble to deal with DMV because
> of emission regulations. I wasn't given details but got the impresion
> it could be endless trouble getting smog certified every two years.
>
> Can anyone in California who has done it comment about this?
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 5/30/07 6:48:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > Andrew.Richards@NIKE.COM writes:
> >
> >
> > > My '87 GL may have sprouted its third passenger side head gasket leak in
> > > 30K miles.
> >
> > time for an engine conversion!!
> >
> > im sure im not the first one to say this LOL
> >
> > chris
> >
> >
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