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Date:         Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:35:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wankel-Subaru...VS....Calif
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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        Malcolm Holser wrote:
>
>Engine swaps *are* possible in California, even in smog-areas by going
>to see a "referee".  I saw a big dragster get a smog approval once -- it
>was built out of old cars, but was basicaly a new construction thing,and
>they were making it pass new car standards.  It did it, too.  But there
>is trouble, and the car actually has has to run well.  Not impossible.




        The basic rule regarding engine swaps in California is that the
        transplant has to be from the same model year or NEWER...never older.
        The "referee" process can be arduous for any translpant that's not
        a simple "drop-in".










      OLTECO                    Ari Ollikainen
      P.O. BOX 3688             Networking Technology and Architecture
      Stanford, CA              Ari@OLTECO.com
      94309-3688                415.517.3519
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