[Land-speed] High mileage homebuilts

[Jon Bishop]

On Jul 31, 2008, at 8:03 AM, Ed Weldon wrote:

> Dave --
> I sympathize with you regarding Connecticut's approach to registering
> vehicles.  I used to live in New Jersey where it was similarly  
> difficult to
> register anything homebuilt.  California has always been much more  
> liberal.
> I believe that as long as a vehicle passes the reasonable safety
> requirements of the DMV referees and meets the smog requirements for  
> the
> engine you use you are "in".  Any CA guys on this list been through  
> that in
> the last year or so?  Am I anywhere near correct in my statement  
> above?
> Ed Weldon

I can't say for sure (as I've never actually dealt with it), but as I  
understand it, the other caveat is that the motor has be of the same  
year as the body, or newer. Then it has to meet the smog standards for  
the year that it was made (the engine).

I've been toying with the idea of putting a small 2 liter mitsubishi  
diesel in my eclipse for near half a decade... but I am still partial  
to the 7000 rpm powerband of the 2.0 turbo, and it still get's 25+ mpg  
most the time.

~Jon