I am doing research on buying and building a Cobra in the next couple years but starting on the engine before even then
. In registering this car in Ohio I would need emissions testing and assuming I put a 60's-70's engine (block at least) in it I would be excluded from this testing. My question is what happens if I would like to put an aluminum 427 block into the car from Genesis or Shelby or wherever. Would this now constitute my engine being produced in 200x? Or because it is modeled after an engine that quit production in 197x (engine casting would not be there), or because it is a unique manufacture would there be some other type of exclusion from emissions testing? I suppose that everyone that already has a registered cobra with an exclusion can change out their engine without anyone's knowledge but how about transfering to a new state with this engine, or selling, etc. Lets assume that putting a cat on the sidepipes are not desired
Thanks for any input i can get.
Scott