Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1999 21:45:06 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Audi 5 Cyl Swap: Alert! Possible Trouble

On the other side of the coin: Two years in a row I had to intervene as
the Sh*ll Station hack struggled to open the hood on the FRONT of my
Transporter so he could INSPECT the engine. Now I ask you; if the grease
monkey does not know which end of my truck the engine is in, then how is
he going to know the slant five Turbo is out of place?
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe
> It's actually a bit more complicated than Mark suggests, unfortunately.
> I recently talked to a smog guy here in Utah state gov't, who informed
me
> that federal law requires that the engine not only be of the same or
newer
> vintage, but must also have been available as standard equipment for
> the vehicle that year or in later years in the US.  Thus the 5 cylinder
> Audi CANNOT satisfy federal reg's, as I understand them.  My
> understanding is that the underlying rule is that engine/vehicle combo
> must already have been certified by the gov't as passing smog tests,
> and of course that implies the above restrictions.

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