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No.. I'm not sure what you mean by beat the law... any engine you install in any car in california must have the smog devices that engine came with. Period. There are 500 exemptions given annually we collectively call "SB-100"...
If you get one of these spots you are PRESENTLY allowed to use any power you like without the emissions equipment that would have come on that engine, or in the case of a specialty or crate engine, any at all.
Generally engines built before 1968 had little if any smog control devices. In 1968 AIR, smog pumps and vacuum canisters, smaller carburators etc. were used.
Any car you build presently (except "SB-100" exempt cars) will require a smog check every 2 years forever. I say presently because in the past cars older than 30 years were exempt. Production cars first built before 1975 are exempt from smog checks but are still illegal to modify from stock. It is a common misconcption that you are (legally) able to modify these cars with impunity. It is rare but citations are issued for modifying any cars smog control device, including in the case of a car eqipped with catalytic converters, a cars exhaust.
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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