Engine Certification

[Ken Mayer]

On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Dan wrote:

> I have been playing around with the idea of building a custom car
> from the ground up including the chassis.  Has anybody looked into
> what hurdles you need to jump to have a street legal car? How hard
> to get EPA certification for an engine not currently used by a
> production car?  I don't think it would be too hard to pass emissions
> tests, but that isn't enough to get title and registration.

I don't know about emissions.  You could probably check the CFRs.  New
Jersey does have provisions for registering a reconstructed or similar
vehicle.

Ken
:-)