[Shop-talk] Engine swaps; 350 SBC donor cars.

[David Scheidt]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Paul Mele <paul.mele at usermail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the thoughts.  I'm not married to the SBC, but the cost of the
> LS1 may be too much. again, my plan is to buy a (crashed/ugly) donor
> car...if it only comes in a 'vette, I don't think it will be cost-effective.
>
> what cars would have the suitable engine(s).
>
> re: smog
>
> we do have testing; the 86 body would only require minimum specs. the newer
> donor car would easily meet them, I suspect.

You'll want to make sure of that.  Federally, the car must meet the
standards of the newer of car or the replacement engine.  Some states
actually enforce that; it's not an impossible standard to do, but it's
a bit more expensive.

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David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com