Question about swap engines without papers!!

**famous_1982** · 10-20-2011 09:42 PM

Guys am thinking on getting an civic and i have a couples of offers but a lot of them have swap but doesnt have papers of the engine,i just want to know if cops check the car you need to have papers for the engine or how it works here in florida, am kinkd of new here!! sorry about my english lol and my silly quiestion!! thanks

**Zman** · 10-20-2011 09:46 PM

no the cops do not care at all about the engine.

**famous_1982** · 10-20-2011 09:59 PM

what about if they ask you about the papers of the engine??

**REY** · 10-20-2011 10:27 PM

the only time the engine papers are an issue is should your car ever get impounded, they check the vin on the engine through the theft database.... I know this for a fact since it happened to someone I knew that bought a swapped car and when they got pulled over for "street racing" and got impounded, they discovered the engine was stolen....

**famous_1982** · 10-20-2011 10:31 PM

thanks for the info!!

**HaZed** · 10-21-2011 12:58 AM

i call bs on cops not caring...maybe down here in fl, but up north I have many friends who were pulled over and cops ran the vins off of the engine on the spot.

**Thatguysstuff** · 10-21-2011 02:55 AM

Removal of vins from engine? Lol kidding.. Really I have never ever had the police even make me open my hood on any of the cars I have owned. swapped or not.

shit I have been driving around a truck that has 0 vins on it. never get looked at twice.. gotta love florida..

**CoRDiTe** · 10-21-2011 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by HaZed

i call bs on cops not caring...maybe down here in fl, but up north I have many friends who were pulled over and cops ran the vins off of the engine on the spot.

Why would this be BS? We have no inspections in FL. We also don't have random inspections. Cops don't pull you over here also and start measuring the height of your ride, checking the clearance, etc.. etc.. If you get pulled over and car impounded then they might do a deep check on the vehicle.

**Zman** · 10-21-2011 08:41 AM

PCSO doesnt care either about engine vin. now if its in a chop shop well thats a different story or your a known felon dealing in stolen property, especially auto theft.

**Noah2JZ** · 10-21-2011 08:58 AM

Not here in FL, unless you have a car that dosnt have a clean title I wouldnt worry about it. Now if you had a bike I would say you will get caught here in fl because they do check bike engines vins at every meet

**Thaking** · 10-21-2011 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by Noah2JZ

Not here in FL, unless you have a car that dosnt have a clean title I wouldnt worry about it. Now if you had a bike I would say you will get caught here in fl because they do check bike engines vins at every meet

you must hang around a lot of thiefs.

**Noah2JZ** · 10-21-2011 09:33 AM

No I get pulled over every night with my custom bike at bike fest in daytona, and the local quaker so the cops can take a quick look at my vins. My frame is powdercoated so they check me everytime. I dont chill with thieves

**Thaking** · 10-21-2011 10:45 AM

That's funny because I never got asked by a cop to check my bike, and I know plenty of my friends never had that experience.

**famous_1982** · 10-21-2011 11:22 AM

so i should not have any problems if i dont have papers!! thank you guys for the info!!

**REY** · 10-21-2011 11:26 AM

just run the vin on the engine though the database to make sure the car it came out of wasnt stolen

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