cadman

Entirely legal. My wife's parents own a condo in June Lake and that is my trucks registration address. Mono county is in the Change of Ownership smog program, meaning no smog check unless selling the vehicle. They will be selling the condo in a couple years, so when registration is due then I'll change the address back after getting the renewal notice and still get a couple more years.

No PO boxes allowed, and it must be a legitimate address, so the DMV must check it somehow.

If I was going to do an SAS, I'd just run the stock 3.4 cross-over and cat. All you'd need is to run a driver side drop front axle and transfercase. To keep a gear driven case either get the Inchworm lefty (expensive) or the lefty adapter and use the gear driven case you already have. You'd never have to worry about being legal with this setup.

DWEINBERG01

Thanks for the info. Took my cat to the ref and ur right....I'm screwed. Now I just need to see if I want to green sticker it or just sit on it til I can find the right parts for sale.

Thanks for all the help.

cadman

Don't feel bad, I'm the owner of three cats, two of which the muffler shop said were legal but are not. One (Tacoma cat) cost me $400 and sits collecting dust now.

DWEINBERG01

Okay. New development. I called CARB directly. Here is what I found out.... Walker makes a CAT for the 97 4runner that is CARB approved, part #81712, EO# D-182-47. It is approved for engine group #VTY3.42JG2GK which is the 3.4 motor. Now here is my new question....Does anyone know of a way to tell using the VIN or engine number if my motor falls into that engine group. I looked up a bunch of stuff and found that there are (4) 3.4 engine group numbers in that year.

Toyota dealer has no flippen clue about the engine family number.

DWEINBERG01

Double post

cjsgarage

i am in Livermore, CA. I can get a street legal cat (guaranteed or double your money back!) for the chap with the 1996. However, DWEINBERG01, my supplier shows nothing for the 1997? shows 96, 98, 99, but not 97? how does the ref know your engine is 97? is he checking your ECU number?

cjsgarage

walker has a few dealers here in the bay area for catalytic converters. still need one?

DWEINBERG01

Cjsgarage, yes he is checking it against the ecu number. Thanks for the offer to grab me a cat, but believe it or not pep boys is a dealer. I just grabbed one from them.

cadman

I looked through all of my paperwork from my three BAR inspections (emissions, inspection, etc...) and there isn't anything about the the engine group number on them. I wonder if thats anything the ref will even check. I find references to engine group numbers on many websites, but nothing on how to check against specific vehicles.