You might pass the emissions test, but there is also a visual inspection that you won't pass unless you somehow get the DMV to give you an exempt status (not easy to do you have to pass a detailed DMV inspection). Aftermarket upgrades such as a turbo need to be CARB exempt and have to have the CARB number displayed somewhere for the inspector to see.
Maybe you could go to a smog-check place where the tester can be "talked into" giving you a "pass" on the visual.
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Originally Posted by hazw8st
How is it that my 1962 VW bug has no emissions equipment, spews 10 times more pollutants than a brand new Dodge Viper SRT-10, yet meets all CARB/Cal EPA mandates and requirements? And a Honda turbo doesn't?
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Because EPA requirements for a 1962 VW bug are different from EPA requirements for a 2000 Honda. Your VW would never pass if the EPA required the same numbers from your car as they require from a 2000 Honda.
I know that you know everything there is to know about everything, but CA doesn't care WTF you do to a vehicle that falls within the "grandfather clause" since anything you do would probably be an improvement. They're much more restrictive with newer vehicles.