RE: Engine conversion/fooling state inspectors

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> TurboPac 1500 supercharger someday, and just try and find a good way to
> fool the emissions inspectors. Does any one know how to do this? What if
> I took a VIN number from a 25 year old Spider and put it on mine? Has
> anyone done this before? Is there another way besides bribing the
> inspectors or stealing inspection stickers late at night? Maybe I could
> get a job as an inspector... that would be pretty neat...

providing advice on how to help someone break the law in a public forum is
probably not the wisest thing..

that said, it has been my experience that the level of modification
performed on a motor has less to do with emissions than does the state of
tune.  right up to the point where i no longer had to have my '72 spider
tested for emissions (we have a 15 year sliding window here in mass), it
always passed with flying colors.  this motor has high compression, big
carbs, big valves, big cams, ported, ..

can you slap carbs on a mid 80's car and get the same results?  probably
not.  can you do some headwork, play with the electronics, bump up the
horsepower and still have a clean running motor?  i think so, others have
done it.

what are your goals?  150 hp?  175 hp?  200 hp?  how about driveability?
imho you should determine a target goal in hp, torque, and driveability, and
then determine how to get there.  depending on what you're looking for, i
think you can do a 'performance' rebuild and not have to break the law to
drive the car.

bs

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