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saleenmomo89
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does anyone know what the law is about swaping motors.
Posts: 250 | From: danville | Registered: Sep 2003
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mtbaughs
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Usually the motor going in the car must produce the same or better emissions as the motor originally ment for the car. What are you looking to do bud?
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Posts: 2019 | From: Boise, Idaho | Registered: Jan 2004
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JoeT
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and you have to use a motor from the same year or newer as the car being swapped into (easy to cheat for instance with 79-95 mustangs as the SBF looks identical)
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1984 Ford Tempo AOD--- RIP
Posts: 6785 | From: San Jose | Registered: Jun 2001
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Nitrous King
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emmisions do not matter really, as long as the motor is from a newer vehichle
it is perfectly legal to put a 460 built motor from 90's or newer truck into a foxody, just because it is a newer motor, it will just have to pass smog inspection for the year and vehicle the motor cam from
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72 Vega - WCHRA Extreme 10.5
Posts: 6280 | From: Winters | Registered: Feb 2002
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FELONY
MOTORSPORTS
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I thought the motor couldn't be bigger?
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'89 - Boss Coupe
'70 - Drop Cutthang
'68 - Cougnut
'87 - 0166, Its real
Posts: 3954 | From: Thebay | Registered: Jul 2002
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RedBaron
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It reads out that the emmisions equipment needs to be up to date for whichever is newer-
I.E. if its an '87 with a '93 460, you need the '93 smog crap-
or '93 with a '87 motor, you need to adapt the '93 smog crap.
And you need to pass the newest year's smog standards.
You also need to get the B.A.R. to issue a sticker stating what the motor swap is smogged as, so the smog monkeys don't get aggitated!!
You can get the sticker at a Referee station.
Good luck with the government types- and pinch them every once in a while, because it's hard to tell the difference between when they're working and when they're dead!
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85 ttop-
Posts: 830 | From: S.S.F. | Registered: Apr 2004
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saleenmomo89
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i was just thinking instead of rebuilding and adding to my stock block, i would buy a fordracing 5.0
Posts: 250 | From: danville | Registered: Sep 2003
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mtbaughs
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I'd look into Keith Craft for getting the shortblock. They'll build it anyway you like. So far with the best rep I've seen. You could order a long block from them and slapping it in would be very basic at that point
[ May 01, 2004, 12:18 AM: Message edited by: mtbaughs ]
Posts: 2019 | From: Boise, Idaho | Registered: Jan 2004
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