On monday I took my pan based IM with a 73' 1776cc engine to the smog referee for my required out of state car admission smog check and got some disturbing news.
The 73' engine is smog exempt but it must look like it did in 73' and have all its original equipment, ie: the single carb, with orginal air cleaner and an full evap system. I am pretty sure that the original air cleaner setup will not fit into the speedster compartment. The referee suggested maybe a Karmen Ghia side mounted air cleaner.
This page is pretty accurate about this stuff http://www.ratwell.com/technical/Smog.html but it relates to buses.
The Smog referee was a good guy though, but he knew his stuff and dubs. He told me I failed the visual part of the test and would have to reinstall the original equipment. But he did have some advice and I will share it here.
He did not charge me and advised me to go the SB100 route and even wrote up a note to maybe help me extend my temp registration which expires in August, hopefully I will be able to extend until the SB100 first of the year lotto. The referee also said if I failed to get the SB100 I could get a 67' or older engine which could have dual carbs and no evap system. He said he would pass the 67 or older set up like my engine. (dual carbs etc.)
So lessons learned are:
1. an out of state speedster coming into CA is a SPCN (kit car) pan based of tube frame.
2. a SPCN is identified and smogged according to the engine year of make.
3. a SPCN engine must have its original equipment, no dual carbs, extractors or aftermarket parts etc.
4. Buy a CA registered car if you live in Ca and don't want to hassle.
Hope this helps others.
Dave
here is a pic of my 73 engine
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