Not likely, my '84 has a 430 RW HP LS2 with '06 Tremic 6 Speed. That was the first drive with Wayne's Vette. I'm also finishing up the wiring on a 55 GMC pick-up LS3/EROD, Art Morrison suspension. We will need to put a few miles on the car to make sure everything is sound before Wayne drives it back to California. I want no surprises.
Dan
Vetteworks Motorsports

 

No worries Dan, it wasn't a serious suggestion, just my friends giving me a hard time.

 

I'm shocked...someone "disliked" this clip!?!?!?

 

Perhaps related...

 

Congrats!

 

Actually he seemed happy with the L98 in his build thread...hope it hasn't blown up since.

 

I just shared and liked it. Haters will hate

 

Anyone have experience getting a CA temporary operating permit? Been looking at the CA DMV site & they don't have an application on-line.

Paid my registration fees, but couldn't get tags without a smog check. Probably should have non-op'ed it. It's far enough out of registration the police can impound it if I'm stopped!

 

I'm wondering if you should load it on a trailer at the OR-CA border ...

 

Didn't DMV gave you an extension? It's a squared red tag with a number and goes on the rear window.

 

No just a document saying I'd paid but still need to get smogged.

When the completion schedule firms up I'll head over to the AAA and/or DMV and see what can be done.

 

You should easily pass SMOG.

 

Passing smog's never the problem in California... it's the damn paperwork that's the problem.

 

CA DMV has a form for all cases where they don't have a form. It's called
"Statement of facts". It's a blank sheet of paper except at the bottom
where you sign under penalty of perjury. I used it to transfer my late wife's
C4 to me. Attached a copy of the death certificate and a copy of her
will, and (I think) a smog certificate. About 20 days later I had a new
pink slip with my name on it.

I used it another time when I sold a '70 Datsun pick-up to a a kid who
never completed the transfer.

Chuck

 

Stopped by the local AAA office this morning. They will only issue the 60 day TOP if you have a smog fail certificate in hand, any other circumstance requires a visit to the DMV (and a supervisor). The only other option the AAA offers is single day permits, but they'll issue three days worth at a time, and will repeat as needed.

The shop will check to see if they can get something similar locally, otherwise I'll have to get a few days worth & mail them up so they can road test it.

 

Ok I got a question. What problems are you encountering with this new motor in DMV? I assume, you have all the C.A.R.B. documentation, the cats are in place, you do have mufflers, and cars has been road tested.

You mention fail smog, Did the Vette fail the visual or the sniffer? I don't think that engine requires a sniffer (newer than 2001).

You have been thru hell with this EROD kit. You started this in November 2011, and it is not done yet. Would it has been cheaper to buy a C5 Z06?

 

It hasn't reached the DMV yet...I'm trying to figure out how to legally drive it there.

The swap is just about done, just a few sensors & fine tuning and road testing needed. We haven't figured out the AC system fitment and are debating whether to put that off till the car comes home.

The next step is to get it home and inspected by a BAR referee. He'll check the installation against the instructions and the Executive Order & if happy, will approve it and provide a sticker documenting the smog test targets (or something along those lines) for future smog tests.

The latest few posts are just about how to drive it home legally---it was supposed to be smogged & registered last October. I paid the registration fees but can't get the sticker without the smog test. I'd like to get a 60 day temporary operationg permit, but you can't get one of those without a smog check certificate of failure. As it stands today it looks like I'll have to move it around on single day permits, but I still have a few other options to explore.


Oh, and this project has nothing to do with making financial sense (or any sense, for that matter). It was my Dad's car & this is my response to the C4 noob discovery "what do you mean only 240 HP!??!!?"). Five years ago Stanford told me I had 3 years to live without treatment, I got the treatment, and playing with the vette is just an indulgence to celebrate still being around.

 

'We haven't figured out the AC system fitment and are debating whether to put that off till the car comes home."

Wayne, unless I'm not understanding the above info, it looks like you have not decided where to mount your AC compressor. If that is correct, maybe I can help. On my build we ran into the same problem. After measuring and re-measuring several times they finally decided to mount the compressor on the right side of the engine bay. You should be able to see it in my pic. I only have about 1/8 of an inch clearance on the outside of the compressor but it does fit. The next trick was to find a pulley system that worked. They found one but it wasn't cheap. The pulleys, AC compressor and alternator cost just over $2,500, before labor. Let me know if you need more info.

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Yes, they've looked at a couple of AC bracket systems and haven't found one yet that fits. Please do let us know what you're using. I believe the shock towers in my '87 are interfering, it's tight in there.

 

Wayne, based upon the parts list I got from my builder (which list is not the best), it looks like the Engine Accessory Drive was comprised of the following parts:
1. Pace Performance Non-AC Drive #19155167;
2. AC added with a PAC-K10143R134; and,
3. a Dayco Belt.

That is all the info I could find from the limited info available to me. When the builder died and his company went BK I was not able to get access to my file which may have had more info in it. Hope this helps, but of course I'm not sure if the differences between your car and mine matter here. Good luck!