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Subject:Re: 2.1 in a 85........
From:Old Volks Home
Date:Sun, 3 Mar 2013 18:49:50 -0800

Tell them NOTHING.  This is where you keep your mouth shut and I've
learned to do that as a 3rd generation native Kalifornian.  I have
been running a 2.1 in my 84 Westy Ole Putt since 1997 in Kalifornia,
always passed with the 1.9 Digijet and emissions.

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Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
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On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Paul <wognacious@gmail.com> wrote:
> Will having a 2.1L in my 1985 Westy, which originally had the 1.9L create
> problems when I go to smog it next year? I just left a CA Test Only Station
> after getting my 95 T-100 smogged and I was talking with one of the tech's
> and I mentioned my engine swap and that I would be bringing my Vanagon in
> soon for it's next smog test and he expressed some concerns with
> confiiciting compression and other stuff in going from a 1.9 to a 2.1 in
> 85. Is he full of it or right on it?
> TIA,
> Paul in Tracy

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