You might not know that the real reason California's Smog Check program began was because our free-living lifestyle meant that the state couldn't meet the 1970 Federal Clean Air Act. And, if it burns as clean as we think it will once it's in plopped in between the fenders of the '79 Chevy truck that'll be its home, this thing might set the performance "smog" world on fire. It's just a well-balanced package using parts that have received the California smog board's seal of approval. That's because it made some killer power, but it will also pass the sniffer with flying colors. And in fact, the motor we just built might prove that we've won the battle entirely. We may have stumbled in the beginning of the smog era, fearing what was then unknown territory.
What were they thinking anyway? That by policing a couple hot rods and forcing us to install some ugly and lame exhaust recirculation systems that they could keep us down? Did they believe even for a second that by implementing the now infamous "Smog Check" program back in 1982 that it'd keep us high-performance hard heads off the road? No way. Or, at least, it's supposed to be the reasoning behind our tedious smog laws.
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