Chevy Vega Re: Cheap cars (was: 1%...), and increasingly OT - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

1 Aug 2001

...
   > Do emissions laws allow this for newer car
bodies?  If one buys a
  > 1990
  > Lincoln and stuffs a heavily modified 460 engine and C6
  > transmission,
  > pulled out of a 1972 vehicle, into it, is it considered a 1990 or  a
...
   1972
 vehicle for emissions standards?
>  as I understand it, the car must have the emission controls that came
 with
 that year car body. so, putting a 1986 ford turbo engine in my 1979
 pinto
 shouldnt be a problem.  heh.
 --
 DB Young              Team OS/2
 old computers, hot rod pinto and more at:
 www.nothingtodo.org 
If your state adheres to the EPA standard (voluntary), yes, it must run
emissions fitting that years standard. Even then, it has to fail a
check
before they're even going to look at you funny.
If not, well, they have a pretty high bar to prove 'unsafe equipment'
and they generally don't press it. What use is bringing in a paid
witness
for $5K when the fine is a few hundred bucks?
(Former owner of a 1989 F-150 with a 196o's 460 and a 1984 AMC
wagon with a 1970's 360..
Jim, new to the list