Originally posted by dubster99
To register it in CA you have to take it to a State Smog Referree. He will do a visual inspection and make sure all the correct smog equipment is there, and make sure the engine looks like it belongs in the car. Then he'll put it on the rollers and sniff test it...if you pass, you get a nifty BAR association sticker for your engine bay, saying the smog is legal. Then you can take it to any smog station and have it smogged, but it must be reffed first.
hmmm.....here in the Bay Area, they don't use the rollers. Make sure your vacume lines match that of the car the engine came from. When I took my car to the state ref, he told me you have to upgrade your smog equipment to the year of the motor. For example, if the engine was from a 98 GSR and it was dropped into a 91 CRX, you have to convert the car to OBD2 to make the swap legal.