The one mod that almost doubled my mileage

[mach4]

Originally Posted by deejaaa

i read the thread when it made front page on peachparts. great story.

It actually just made the front page again....



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[mach4]

Originally Posted by Baltothewolf

If you don't mind my asking, how do you get this to pass smog? We all know how ridiculous California is with emissions haha.

California is actually one of the easier states in which to get a diesel conversion titled and out of the smog program altogether. I know that's altogether counterintuitive based on virtually everything else about the late great state of CA, but...

There are only three things to concerned with

[1] The donor engine must be from the same year or later as the target vehicle
[2] All smog equipment must be installed and working as on the donor vehicle
[3] The donor engine must be from the same "class" of vehicle - i.e. you can't put a truck diesel in a passenger car.

If it meets those criteria, you take it to the BAR smog referee (Bureau of Automotive Repair) where they inspect and verify the above criteria and give you paperwork that you then take to DMV where they reissue a title with the Motive Power changed to "diesel". Since it is pre-99 it is thereafter smog exempt.

[AndrzejM]

Sweet swap! Congrats!

[wndsofchng]

Awesome job. Did you use the original gas transmission? any issues with that? I'm putting one of these in a 69 f100 (on this thread) and need a new transmission. If I can bolt to a gas car's transmission, that would open up my possibilities.

[Baltothewolf]

Originally Posted by mach4

California is actually one of the easier states in which to get a diesel conversion titled and out of the smog program altogether. I know that's altogether counterintuitive based on virtually everything else about the late great state of CA, but...

There are only three things to concerned with

[1] The donor engine must be from the same year or later as the target vehicle
[2] All smog equipment must be installed and working as on the donor vehicle
[3] The donor engine must be from the same "class" of vehicle - i.e. you can't put a truck diesel in a passenger car.

If it meets those criteria, you take it to the BAR smog referee (Bureau of Automotive Repair) where they inspect and verify the above criteria and give you paperwork that you then take to DMV where they reissue a title with the Motive Power changed to "diesel". Since it is pre-99 it is thereafter smog exempt.

Thats really cool! Thanks for letting me know, I was wondering how it worked.

[jcp123]

Very cool! My Dad had a '79 300SD...this looks like the same little turbo-five? It's a beast of an engine...not terribly fast but keeps on pulling. He said something like low 20s in that big sedan...