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Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:07:48 EST
Reply-To:     vmontgo32@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Victor Montgomery <vmontgo32@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: EPA/CA/NUTTY ENGINE SWAP GUIDELINES!
Comments: To: Satcong@vol.com

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:20:04 EST Victor Montgomery <vmontgo32@JUNO.COM> writes: >Bob: > >I was considering taking the engine out of my 1500 cc Gold Wing and >putting it in my Air Cooled Vanagon. that way I increase the cylinders >from four to six (4 -> 6) and have a lot smoother engine in the same >space. It has a nice torque curve and power band too. > >Victor... > >On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:00:19 -0500 "Robert A. Alexander" ><satcong@VOL.COM> writes: >>Volks - Anyone tried to get into EPA regulations, on the Net, which >>might explain this business involving swapping an engine "older" than >>one's vehicle one is swapping it into? Jeez! >> >>Best I could do is find a few "hot-rod" sites!!! Even learned a new >>term, obviously from California, of "smogged". Seems, as an example, >>in >>the PRC (People's Republic of California), the consensus is that a >'71 >>Chevy with a '69 engine will be "smogged" as a '71. A '69 Chevy with >>a >>'71 engine will be "smogged as a '71, too. Gee, at least the >>legislators in the PRC are, uh, consistent? >> >>So far, our "wise men" in TN still understand that the "smog" in the >>valley around the Chattanooga Valley is still a result of natural >>"inversions" rather than automobiles. Can SOMEONE direct me to EPA >>regulations that are destined to keep me from placing a 1200cc Harley >>Hog engine or a 1600cc VW air-cooled into my Vanagon??? >> >>BOB - WA4RRN >>'85GL - "Bourgeois" >>Soddy Daisy, TN >>


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