[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]

As Julie and John said, upgrading to a newer combo is fairly straight forward. The best/takes a lot of the quess work out of doing it right the first time, is to get a complete engine/trans/computer combo out of a known running vehicle that has passed smog recently (the smog thing is just a bonus.) keep all the facts/info on the car/engine and vehicle ID. Note the pipe set-up and cats in the exhaust system. Also grab or at least note the fuel and fuel return system setup. The more you have, the easier it will be for the computer to read correctly and give the green light to the testers. SpearTech is one company that you can send your computer to and they can rewire and tag where needed to mate with your existing electrical system. I did this with a 2000 Chevy motor/trans into a 84 jeep scrambler. When done, you will end up with a very clean setup.
Ed