Legal engine swaps?

[Tom Cloud]

>Pre SB42 which is sitting on Guv Petes Desk rules are simple
>
>65 and later only

 ... snip

>If the engine is newer than the body year, it must have ALL the smog equipment 
>and meet the smog standards of the engine year. This includes cats, evaporative 
>canisters, transmission etc.

this confuses me ... you mean that the only way to repair an engine
is to rebuild one ??  you can't buy a new one to replace the worn
out one ??  This would seem to be counter-productive to pollution
goals .... a new engine would most certainly be expected to work
better (pollution-wise) than an older one ????

Tom Cloud

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