[meford4u]

boost til'bust,Jan 12 2005, 12:1 Wrote:

meford4u,Jan 11 2005, 03:33 AM Wrote:If you put a V8 in a Focus, that is supposed to be a 4 cylinder, as it states on your vin tag, you would not even get on the dyno drive clean machine..........Instant fail.

Same way if you have no air bags where there should be air bags........instant fail.

If you swap a V8 for a V8, no problem.

But putting a bigger motor in means you better have friends in higher places especially now that the rules for drive clean have tightened up.

Wait wait wait,  I have to back track a minute and explain myself........even to me!

What happens with drive clean with the engine swap, is the limits now become the earliest limits for that particular vehicle.  Say you took your 2002 Focus and put a V8 in it.  Your pass requirements would be in the hot rod category and your pass limits would be for the 1998 Focus, the first year it was sold in Ontario.

There, I am taking my foot squarely out of my mouth now.
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air bags??? who is talking about airbags??? you dont need airbags for an emmissions test.

you can still get your car on a driveclean if it has a V8 in a car that had a 4 cyl in it. it just has to follow the current emmission standards.
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Now that you are wrong about my friend. If your cars vin was registered after 1990, you need airbags. No airbags, no pass.