Bob:

I was considering taking the engine out of my 1500 cc Gold Wing and
putting it in my Air Cooled Vanagon. that way I increase the cylinders
from four to six (4 -> 6) and have a lot smoother engine in the same
space. It has a nice torque curve and power band too.

Victor...

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:00:19 -0500 "Robert A. Alexander"
<satcong@VOL.COM> writes:
>Volks - Anyone tried to get into EPA regulations, on the Net, which
>might explain this business involving swapping an engine "older" than
>one's vehicle one is swapping it into?  Jeez!
>
>Best I could do is find a few "hot-rod" sites!!!  Even learned a new
>term, obviously from California, of "smogged".  Seems, as an example,
>in
>the PRC (People's Republic of California), the consensus is that a '71
>Chevy with a '69 engine will be "smogged" as a '71.  A '69 Chevy with
>a
>'71 engine will be "smogged as a '71, too.  Gee, at least the
>legislators in the PRC are, uh, consistent?
>
>So far, our "wise men" in TN still understand that the "smog" in the
>valley around the Chattanooga Valley is still a result of natural
>"inversions" rather than automobiles.  Can SOMEONE direct me to EPA
>regulations that are destined to keep me from placing a 1200cc Harley
>Hog engine or a 1600cc VW air-cooled into my Vanagon???
>
>BOB - WA4RRN
>'85GL - "Bourgeois"
>Soddy Daisy, TN
>