[Christ]

Yeah, Cali's that bad. I have a bunch of friends out that way, and many of them "live" in other states so they don't have to pass all the BS emissions that Cali has.

Unless it's designed for your car and CARB exempt, you ain't using it legally. Get caught violating those laws, they impound your car. (That mostly applies to racers, though.) Good luck getting it back.

Switching cams will allow you to still pass inspections, but you'll have to be good about tuning your emissions load for the dyno runs.

I didn't realize where you were when I recommended that.

P.S. Don't get caught up in the xfer gear swapping - DOHC and SOHC Neons have the same xfer gears. There are others you can use, though, just google Neon Transfer Gear Swap to get more info on it. I believe you can use the transfer gears to fine tune your rev range, like swapping a final drive, but much easier.