You guys might know i have been tryin to find a way to legally turbo my 2000 gs300 via swap/kit and i just spoke with the california referee and there is NO way NO how its going to happen unless i sell my car and get a 98 and swap the usdm gte in . the referee also told me that the only part of the jdm motor that you may use is the short block, Everything else must be usdm ! So ima just go NA/T illegally of course , so good luck to me hopefully, no impounds for me !!!!

 

Ya it would suck to try to boost in kommiefornia. My car wont pass inspection but here if you know someone that will "pass" it for you then its no biggie the cops dont look for "illegal" mods here...

 

yea they do in cali but i think its mostly the ricers and muscle cars , short of speeding by a cop BOV raging i dont think im a target for the cops to pop my hood .I hope LOL , ive never been asked to pop the hood and i have been pulled over doing 140+ by and under cover

 

all the power to you man! do what you want. good luck with your journey and keep us posted.

 

maybe not the best of places to put on a public forum,anything like the UK and police can see these posts and find you IP address and get you,i've seen it happen before

best of luck though

 

good luck man.

 

They don't want us to pop our hoods, they want us to pop our trunks

 

LMFAO !!! Thats true i actually have gotten a ticket for noise pollution slappin my 3 JL 12's LOL , thats when i had an LS and 22's i think im out growing the bling.

 

Oh and about a cop finding me using my IP address go ahead and try damn **** (male chicken)smugglers a have like 6 computers i post from and trust me i think they have better things to do. i hope lol .They should be going after the grimy beaters puffin more smoke than cheech and chong and leave our beautiful cars alone , there just jealous.

 

welcome to the USA home of the lazy azz bacon.... they def not worried bout that here

 

damn man you guys have it rough in cali.. here.. well your check books the limit for what ever turbo you want.. cops probably don't even know what a BOV is.. but they are *****y about loud exhausts.. althought I've never had a problem *knock on wood*

But hey, good luck man! Make it a beast

 

So why is it ok to do it on a 98 and not the rest?

 

Because 98 was the last year the 2jzgte usdm was available...and when you do engine swaps in cali you must replace your engine with your year, or newer. So a 98 is the only year ok for a gte swap...legally. (in california)

 

Exactamondo !!!! i was always told it just had to be offered somewhere in the world (aristo was offered gte till 05) but i spoke directly to a ref and he said it had to be offered in the US , the gte was only offered in US up till 98

 

>_< man that has to be one of the most retarded things I have ever heard.. "Ya you can put that engine in that car and its 100% legal, but you can't put it in that one, even though they are identical.. except the chassis is newer"