[V8] V8 Avant FS

NIck Miller chance9121 at gmail.com
Mon May 4 19:22:37 PDT 2009


Haha, no kidding.  I got so sick of people complaining of the turbo noises
and me always having the top down I removed the passenger seat.  So much
better with out that useless accessory I never wanted from the factory.
passenger, that is!

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:16 AM, <diemarthadie at aol.com> wrote:

>  Hi Nick,
>
> I  guess I'm just confused.  On the one hand it seems draconian and
> arbitrary and on the other its no big deal?  I guess it's one of the 1/2
> full/empty glass scenarios...  Ah well.  Love the MSM choice.  I went from
> my 90V8Q to a 91 Special Edition Miata :)  Not as much fun for 4 people but
> a ton of it for me ;)
>
> John
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
> To: diemarthadie at aol.com
> Sent: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 9:01 pm
> Subject: Re: [V8] V8 Avant FS
>
>  Like stated previously, It's not terribly hard to do swaps In CA, you just
> have to know what you are doing.  For instance, If you have a 1990 Miata,
> and you drop in a 1993 Ford 5.0 from a Mustang, they will test it as a 1993
> Mustang.  The car must have all emissions equipment a 1993 Mustang would
> have, must have the ecu and be able to be read (if it were obd/obdII) and a
> few other nuiances, but that is the basic jiist of it.
>
> On top of that, most guys with Honduh's out there swap engines left and
> right, and they are all little fourcylinders of one sort or another, and
> look so damn similar, that as long as there is a cat and proper exhaust its
> hard to tell in the first place.
>
>      Either way, I had my car moderately modified and never had issues with
> emissions.  They didn't even care about the stainless steel stuff.  Oh, 2005
> Mazdaspeed Miata, 1994 Olds Bravada.
>


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