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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
1961 pre-dates the 1968 Emissions Laws, so is "grandfathered" I would assume, although California is making noises about that issue.
My choices (in descending order) would be:
1) small turbo diesel -- but do you want to buy diesel?
2) Toyota "hemi" -- strong engine, but not 100% economical
3) 1600 Pinto engine -- obsoleted years ago.
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Technically, CARB wants a 1976 and on engine in a pre-76 car to have all of the original smog equipment. I believe nobody is checking. I want to avoid any future hassles, though. My '61 Comet has an '88 turbo 2.3 L that runs on propane.
1) Yes, no, and maybe I want to run and buy diesel, or fryer oil.
2) Not economical as in fuel efficient?
3) Yeah, but I'm not wanting to go modern (EFI) at this point, and again the year of engine
issue.
I'd probably put a cat on the exhaust, and might run propane for fuel to keep emissions down.