05 Aug 97 19:08, Puleeeeze Brer Alexander Bilan, Dooooon't trow 396 Malibu.. 
'79! in dat der Briar Patch!
 AB> You where writing to Mike Eyre;
 AB>
 >> When I was looking around (1989-90) for an engine for my Firebird, I
 >> ran across a guy with a 78-79 El Camino which had a BB in it.
 >> In California, it wouldn't be smog legal to put that engine in there.
 >> This guy preserved the SB and R&R'd it every two years to pass smog.
 AB>
 AB> At least a sb400 looks the same on the outside as any other sbc. =)
Yeah, but it won't make gobs of torque like a REAL big block..
 >> Since you like Camaro's, here's another.  A friend of mine here in SD
 >> has an 82-84 Berlinetta with a 396ci/350turbo in it.  Smog legal, it
 >> got grandfathered in under some mistake that the CARB made a while
 >> back.
 AB>  As Homer would say, WoooHooo!!
 AB>
 AB>   Must make for an educational experience if it ends up getting
 AB> smogged by a new tech or shop unfamiliar with the car. Alex.
Nope!  Once it got grandfathered in to the program, it got a permanent 
sticker on the thingy in front of the radiator cover, stating such...That 
lucky devil...
Same as when I put an Accell coil in my Monte Carlo SS.  It's got a tag on it 
that sez it passes the CARB requirements to be allowed on the car.
Anytime you see an ad in a magazine that sez "not legal for use on pollution 
controlled vehicles in California" it won't pass visual inspection and your 
car won't pass smog.  Most aftermarket manufacturers go through a lot of BS 
and pay high bucks for the privelege of selling their stuff in California.
Now, if  I could only figure out how to get CARB to let me put that 454 I've 
got at the shop, in my IROC..:)
... Just think of all the things we haven't thought of yet!
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