[V8] Transplants

Kent McLean kentmclean at mindspring.com
Thu Jan 6 19:37:03 EST 2005


Scott <scott_matus at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I thought that there was a Federal Law that states, you cannot replace 
> the engine of a vehicle with one which was not originally offered by the 
> manufacturer.  What is the real story about this law?

You can put a new engine in an older vehicle, but it must meet the 
emissions of the year of the engine.  You can't put an older ending 
in a newer car.  I don't think matching the manufacturer of the engine 
to the body matters.

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Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" has a new home



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