[prockbp]

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It looks like I will be heading to California toward the end of this year. I have been planning to rebuild my IROC for street use, but now I am wondering about restrictions in California.

Does anybody know the dos and don'ts for modifying cars in California?

I am guessing that there are heavy restrictions from the intake manifold back to the tail pipe.

The car:
1989 IROC
L98 350cid (305 originally)
T5 Transmission
Holley Stealth Ram Intake
Hooker Super Comp Headers - full length
and other typical ESP modifications to the suspension and brakes

thanks for any advice-

This post has been edited by prockbp: Mar 18 2008, 05:16 AM

[fasteddiewick]

It gets no tougher than here in California. I am pretty sure the full lengh headers are gone. Only smog legal/tagged headers shorty type are legal. Many chip/computer mods are not legal. All the original smog equipment needs to go back on. Timing specs must be stock. They wont check suspension/ brake mods.
Two sites to get you started (www.smogcheck.ca.gov) and (www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/smog) and call the California Bureau of Automotive Repair.
By law, I believe you need to register the car within 20 days of moving here. It may be even less to apply for you Ca. lic.
This could be a real uphill battle if you pulled a bunch of stuff off or have a bigger cam/etc.
Good luck,
ed