Actually there is no exemption from smog on 66 - current vehicles in California. What is currently in place is no inspection on 75 earlier vehicles. Legally they are suppose to meet thier applicable smog rules. However if you get picked out at a drive by sniffer, you will get a letter and required to bring it into compliance, which means a trip to the smog referee station. The other problem is if you P off a cop who knows the law and about cars etc. He can write you up, although very unlikely. The danger is the roadside sniffers, since they are putting them at the on ramps. A gasoline engine is it's dirtiest at idle and during accelleration. Performance cams are usually dirty at idle, however clean up as the rpm goes up. If they would put the sniffers as your running down the freeway then the performance cars will be clean, even cleaner than a lot of the detroit cars.
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