alsalp
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So stick with OBDII then?
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I believe (I’m not 100% sure, I don’t live in California so it doesn’t really matter to me.) the engine has to come from the same class vehicle. So the engine would have to come from a light duty truck. As long as it’s the same year or newer.I'm curious why you can't do a Turbo Coupe swap. It's the same engine you have now. Could you not just do it and say that you added turbo parts to your factory engine? That's not even stretching the truth that much. I guess I'm just not sure how they'd even know what happened without being told the details.
As far as using an Explorer donor... I think using any V8 Explorer would involve about the same level of difficulty. I'm not real familiar with them but I seem to remember that the later years had better heads but more complicated electronics with PATS and whatnot.
YES! Also it needs to visually stock. No turbos unless it came from a light duty truck. Cannot come from a passenger car. No power adders to the stock engine either.I believe (I’m not 100% sure, I don’t live in California so it doesn’t really matter to me.) the engine has to come from the same class vehicle. So the engine would have to come from a light duty truck. As long as it’s the same year or newer.
I just looked it up. It must be the same class based on GVW.Have you seen that in writing re not mixing light duty truck and passenger cars? I know you can't use powertrains out of heavier (non-passenger) vehicles because they have lower emissions requirements, but I can't remember seeing anything in the past about a truck not being able to use passenger car equipment.