Man Without a Country?

TenSpeed said:

Honestly, I like where this is going. Go for it!

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There will be blood. I'm hoping to start the swap no later than June 01

The long block should be assembled by the end of the month (ordering parts next week).

My wife posed an interesting question - "Are you going to advertise what's under the hood with emblems?"

I haven't decided yet, but I know I can get the appropriate signage ("427" numbers). The big question is if I did, where would I put it - on the side of the hood scoop, or over the "Power By Ford" emblem (which itself WILL be staying on the car). I was also thinking of a custom faux gas cap emblem.

jewc75 said:

Yes sir. Ive done it a few times.

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Hey! We're practically neighbors! I live in Garden Ridge.

South Texas Performance is helping me with the swap. I bought the AFR heads off Chris's japilino car. (He's upgrading to 220's.)

stkjock said:

so maybe we should start a "Frankenstein" sub-forum....

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I would be pretty much the only one using it.

jsimmonstx said:

I would be pretty much the only one using it.

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PSFRACER beat you to it!

How about some Frankenstein decals where the 3.7/5.0 would be? That way, you aren't exactly lying about it, or advertising it.

J I was at STP last month and they were telling me about the build. I try to visit them as much as possible.

TenSpeed said:

How about some Frankenstein decals where the 3.7/5.0 would be? That way, you aren't exactly lying about it, or advertising it.

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My wife said that I was turning my car into a "blunt instrument". I think I like that name.

@jewc75:

I'm at the shop pretty much every Saturday. They let me help on some of the stuff they do. They are true car guys.

That's pretty cool you can get away with that. Here, as you explain it only applies to kit cars. Yes, they make some kit cars pass fucking smog. But normal swaps are legal here as long as the engine swapped is the same year or NEWER. Then you pass smog for that engine just like you said. Wonder how that applies to you guys and aftermarket blocks
Good luck!

Sounds awesome! So glad Indiana has none of those laws makes life easy.

TenSpeed said:

How about some Frankenstein decals where the 3.7/5.0 would be? That way, you aren't exactly lying about it, or advertising it.

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Ya know - "FrankenStang" would be a good name for such a sub-forum. It would be for discussing all power/drivetrain swaps in S197s.

Why all the hate? psfracer did it, JIJoe did it, I have thought about it, I don't get it.

well, start a build thread. a lot of us here in san antonio would love to see this. still it's interesting to think this can somehow pass inspection and be totally legal.

we need more info on that.

05stroker said:

Why all the hate? psfracer did it, JIJoe did it, I have thought about it, I don't get it.

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exactly these cars a awesome builds too.

05stroker said:

Why all the hate? psfracer did it, JIJoe did it, I have thought about it, I don't get it.

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Honestly, I haven't seen anything that could be identified as hate - just a few people wringing their hands over illegal edicts by an unconstitutional government agency.

To be honest, I'd gladly pay some sort of annual fee to be "exempt". After all, what I want is way more important than the environment.

At first I thought this was a joke/pre April Fools so I was skeptical but it appears this is legit so if I demonstrated "hate" sorry about that, this will be interesting to follow!

Greg Hazlett said:

At first I thought this was a joke/pre April Fools so I was skeptical but it appears this is legit so if I demonstrated "hate" sorry about that, this will be interesting to follow!

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I don't joke around when it comes to spending this much money...

Besides, the thread was started on the 2nd.

No, I would think not! While this will be a cool project the cost...ugh.....

rojizostang said:

well, start a build thread. a lot of us here in san antonio would love to see this. still it's interesting to think this can somehow pass inspection and be totally legal.

we need more info on that.

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In a lot of areas it is pretty easy. Take where I live for example, its a $14 check the lights and shit inspection. No sniffer, no emissions checks etc. Now is the guy supposed to check if the car has cats, sure he is, but thsys the only issue. Dosent seem to me getting a BBF to pass would be any harder then my car. Must depends on where you live.

05stroker said:

In a lot of areas it is pretty easy. Take where I live for example, its a $14 check the lights and shit inspection. No sniffer, no emissions checks etc. Now is the guy supposed to check if the car has cats, sure he is, but thsys the only issue. Dosent seem to me getting a BBF to pass would be any harder then my car. Must depends on where you live.

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yes, that's the way it is in Bexar County also, but who knows for how long. Thanks to a couple of guys that already posted in this thread, I have a hook up for inspection stickers. I was kind of hoping that there was a little more to it, kind of like actually passing and getting a sticker.

05stroker said:

Why all the hate? psfracer did it, JIJoe did it, I have thought about it, I don't get it.

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jsimmonstx said:

Honestly, I haven't seen anything that could be identified as hate - just a few people wringing their hands over illegal edicts by an unconstitutional government agency.

To be honest, I'd gladly pay some sort of annual fee to be "exempt". After all, what I want is way more important than the environment.

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+1 No hate at all IMO

Good luck with the build, I think in Chat or Pics/Vids would be fine for a build thread

05stroker said:

In a lot of areas it is pretty easy. Take where I live for example, its a $14 check the lights and shit inspection. No sniffer, no emissions checks etc. Now is the guy supposed to check if the car has cats, sure he is, but thsys the only issue. Dosent seem to me getting a BBF to pass would be any harder then my car. Must depends on where you live.

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wish it were so easy here.

stkjock said:

wish it were so easy here.

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It can be close. Loophole! If your CEL is on for something, and your shop bills you out over $400 for repairs, and when they plug back in to inspect, the CEL is off but readiness isn't reporting, they can slap a sticker on.

I feel sorry for the guy who ended up buying my VW. That thing was a nightmare. I spent over $400 in diagnostics for the CEL once.

I've come up with a custom plate that's not already in use. When I start the build, I'm gonna snag it (and reveal what it is - don't want some other joker to get it before I have a chance at it).