On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, William J. Rice wrote:
:Interesting bit of CO trivia: I talked to the emissions guy when I got
:Mrs. Merdle tested and he told me that they're SUPPOSED to do the
:emissions test based on the age of the engine, but that it's a law more
:observed in the breach than in the keeping.
:
:If they crack down on this, Mrs. M. would have to meet '80 standards with
:the engine I've got in her, UNLESS it the engine I bought reman'd from
:Jasper used later model block (block SN is the determining factor for the
:test) in which case, who knows what "year" my engine would be
:considered. It could really get silly, since people with a 302 from long
:ago could get a reman'd one using a block from not so long ago and have
:to meet new standards just b/c they've swapped blocks.
I think that's the federal law, actually. You have to meet the standards
for the newer of the engine or the vehicle. So if you stick a '66 V8 in
your 2001 'vette, you'd still have to meet the current standards. That
makes sense, of course. The way it effects you doesn't.
-- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad.
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