I did a little research into this when my father was considering dropping a
Porsche-6 into his Vanagon. :-)
>>If you have the reverse, ie. a 1980 MG
>>with a 1968 engine the 1980 standard is the one tested to.
I don't think that this is legal. My understanding was that the donor
engine must be the same year or newer than the recipient car. Of course,
this might just be because a '68 engine by definition doesn't have the
required smog equipment for a '80 model, to use your example.
>To paraphrase what he said, if you put a new motor in your '66 (or later)
>MGB, it's smogged as new. If you put the same motor in your '65 (or
>earlier), it is still not smogged.
This is true, just look at all the fuel-injected/fire-breathing '34 Fords
out there.
Don't get me started on the intelligence of this sort of policy. :-)
-Zandr
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