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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 10:39 AM
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engine swap and inspectin

if i take a fuel injected engine out of a car and put a carbed engine in will it have problems passing inspection?
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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 11:24 AM
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From: Mercedes Norte, Heredia, Costa Rica
Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop
Engine: 383 Carb
Transmission: 4L60
Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44
Re: engine swap and inspectin

Knowing where you live would help.
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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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Re: engine swap and inspectin

maryland
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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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Car: 88 V6 'bird/89TBI bird/85 T/A
Engine: 2.8/TBI/TPI
Transmission: V8 T-5/700R4 x2
Axle/Gears: 3.42 open/2.73 open/ 3.27 9 bolt
Re: engine swap and inspectin

You're gonna have problems no matter where you live if you have to get an emissions inspection. You just can't do it unless it's one of those years (like 1987) when there were both carbs and EFI available. You should be able to swap but you will have to use the computer controlled quadrajet and all LG4 smog accessories to make it right.

Good luck with that; I can't imagine anyone doing that on purpose.

I think maybe you were thinking that you could rip off your TPI and just slap a Holley on it.

uh-uh...
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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Re: engine swap and inspectin

no its a 92 and i was thinking about buying it and the person i was gunna buy it from did a swap so its carbed now and i just wanted to see if it would pass inspection
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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I can't say anything specific about Maryland, but if they open the hood looking for stock emissions control equipment, they're going to have a cow with a carb sitting there in a '92.

You might get better answers on your regional forum.
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