Factory Five 33 Hot Rod

[roundhouse]

I appreciate the info, we do emissions at work and I read the requirements for a "hot rod" and "kit car". They are sorta vague so I do not know exactly how it is gonna shake out. I've already thought of a few creative ideas, including buying a property in a non-emissions county. The only good news is I have at least a year or two to figure it out. There are several people in Georgia building Factory Five cars so I'm hoping they may help me through the process.

you dont have to buy property, you can rent.
all you need is a utility bill or a rental agreement.

You do have to change your DL to that address though, and all your other vehicles.
The state wont let you have vehicles registered at different addresses anymore.

I used to have my DL and all my vehicles registered in Stewart county, I used the state park there as my address.

I have a place in Hiawassee I cant rent ya long enough to change the address on your DL
or if ya wanna buy.....

 

[roundhouse]

If you have an emissions dyno, you might be able to experiment a little, make some trial runs and see what it might take to get it to pass.

who knows, the right carb, spark timing and a half dozen cats and it might pass.

its really a grey area, because the state now considers it , for emissions testing, to be the year model you built it, which uses the OBD plug in, and not a dyno sniffer test like the 95 and older vehicles.

so does that mean you have to have the OBD plug?
or can you test it with the sniffer on the dyno?

 

[Boz1911]

If you have an emissions dyno, you might be able to experiment a little, make some trial runs and see what it might take to get it to pass.

who knows, the right carb, spark timing and a half dozen cats and it might pass.

its really a grey area, because the state now considers it , for emissions testing, to be the year model you built it, which uses the OBD plug in, and not a dyno sniffer test like the 95 and older vehicles.

so does that mean you have to have the OBD plug?
or can you test it with the sniffer on the dyno?

I'll be doing some research, but for now, I'm going to build the car the way I want it.

 

[Boz1911]

The original engine donor vehicle. Had to pry, cut and bend the crashed front end out of the way to access anything. Finally got it out with a boatload of Redneck ingenuity. Note the 5 gallon bucket to catch the transfer case, since I did the work by myself. This combo goes to my son-in-law. I couldn't bring this to my house so all the work was done at my farm with hand tools and all work was done on the trailer shown. Thanks CaptnMike for selling me a heavy duty boom pole a couple of weeks ago. It worked like a champ.Blue dot taillights !!

 

[camotoe]

i would pass on the stroker kit, and build for 87 pump gas.

 

[Boz1911]

i would pass on the stroker kit, and build for 87 pump gas.

I don't even run 87 in my Challenger, She's tuned for 93. Realistically this car won't be driven 1000 miles a year so I'm going back to my drag race days. I'll be running a 580 lift hydraulic roller cam so fuel economy, be it 87 or 93 will only be a dream anyway....

 

[Boz1911]

Ahhh, the heart of this 408 stroker motor was sitting at my doorstep this afternoon. with the other rotating pieces. Then of course the squeezie things.Then, boringly the timing cover.

 

[Boz1911]

Today, we take all them rotating parts to the machine shop and get them balanced. Don't know how long that takes but final assembly of this engine is getting closer. Also need to swing by Summit and get a bunch of miscellaneous bolts and hardware. My goal is to have the engine ready before the car arrives next month and that's looking like it will happen.

 

[beaker]

I don't think you are gonna have a problem with emissions or registration.

Kit Cars

A kit car is a motor vehicle assembled from a manufacturer's kit. The kit body is placed on a frame that may be purchased with the kit, purchased separately or homemade. The engine and transmission are usually purchased separately or may be from the same vehicle as the frame.

A kit car does not utilize a chassis from an engine/chassis combination certified to meet emission control standards or where the original manufacturer's identification has been eliminated due to the replacement of the vehicle's body with one of a different make and/or style.

Kit cars that did not receive Non-Conforming Status by December 31, 1998, or those registered in one of the 13 covered counties after December 31, 1998, must have all the required emission control systems for the model year shown on the registration card.

Click here to visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website for complete information on kit cars.

http://www.cleanairforce.com/motorists/otherexemptions.php

 

[Boz1911]

It's the line "registered after 12/31/98" that concerns me.