keeping it "legal"

[MakeMeGoFast]

hen you take an engine/harness out of a 2002 ODBII car like mine, does the engine put in have to be an 2002 OBII or newer to be kept legal. Or can I just use an OBDII engine/harness from any year that uses OBDII.


Also if you use a Standalone EMS do you loose the ability to use OBDII. Like plugging in the code reader to see if there are any codes? Effectively loosing its legality

[jville]

you can put any setup you like in there, however i believe it is illegal to remove/alter any emissions device on and 96 and newer obdII vehicle. I dunno about pa but when i was an inspector in NY instan fail if the cat was missing/altered.

[MakeMeGoFast]

Basically the reason I'm asking is cause I'm trying to get my KL project underway. And if I can use any Manual V6 car from 97-up (mx6/626/probe) to use a donor car I will. If not I'll have to find a 02 manual 626. which is rare and will be expensive.

[MakeMeGoFast]

Something Else I found

http://www.dmv.org/pa-pennsylvania/custom-built-cars.php#Registration_and_Titling_Requirements_for _a_Street_Rod


So what I'm readin from this page is that I would simply have to register my car as a modified car. Am I missing the "fine print". It doesn't seem all that difficult to do.