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Anything new with the Sammy?
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Neh nothing new, its over at the left coast so its out of my hands. But currently its undergoing minor bulletproofing like the transmission mounts and other tiny things. Then a pair of lockers will be thrown into the diff in a few weeks.
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holy frijoles!!!
that thing turned out looking GREAT
makes me want to mod the heck out of mine, but i like it close to stock, little DD thing, leaves more money and time for my explorer...congrats on the build though!
that thing turned out looking GREAT
makes me want to mod the heck out of mine, but i like it close to stock, little DD thing, leaves more money and time for my explorer...congrats on the build though!
, 1.3L bee power against an Italian pure breed:
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So this thing is getting a slight upgrade -- a VW diesel engine, deutschland ya
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But before that, some engine bay prep.
Paint is the usual Rustoleum Industrial but shot with an el cheapo HVLP gun.
But before that, some engine bay prep.
Paint is the usual Rustoleum Industrial but shot with an el cheapo HVLP gun.
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Where is your brother doing the swap at?
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The engine was delivered at his friend's shop to save some cash (business delivery) but he's doing the swap at his place - he's got a car port thingy.
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is that even a legal swap in California?
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cool, I didn't figure they would like it since it's a larger displacement than the stock motor, and it's a diesel, but I guess they would probably be pretty happy out there if it ran on bio diesel.
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Fwiw
Yeah Basically as long as the Engine is the same model year or newer than the chassis it goes into then it's a legal swap and you must also retain all the emission equipment that came from the factory for said engine.
and of course lastly you have to run the swap pass CARB's referees to get it legalized or in this case a exemption from smog cause of the diesel conversion.
Yeah Basically as long as the Engine is the same model year or newer than the chassis it goes into then it's a legal swap and you must also retain all the emission equipment that came from the factory for said engine.
and of course lastly you have to run the swap pass CARB's referees to get it legalized or in this case a exemption from smog cause of the diesel conversion.
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