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- From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
- Subject: Re: Alcohol Carbs
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:32:13 GMT
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- David Schwager writes:
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- > Converting to alternative fuel sounds like a possible way to get around
- >California smog laws, which I believe exempt vehicles powered by fuels other
- >than gasoline.
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- Sorry; no such luck. The conversion kit has to be have a California
- Air Resources Board (C.A.R.B.) Executive Order (E.O.) number, and as far as
- I know there are _no_ such alcohol conversion kits out there, though quite
- a number of legal propane and natural gas kits are available. Even if you
- _do_ have an E.O.'ed alternative fuel kit on your mill, moreover, they
- still won't let you go free; other aftermarket stuff has to meet the same
- restrictions as on a gasoline engine, specifically continued smog checks and
- requirement of E.O.'s for your speed parts.
-
- This stinks, right? What the hell kind of incentive is that for
- people to switch fuels? They even revoked the conversion tax credit some
- years back. If you want freedom, go for a pre-'66 car; back to '55 are
- still subject to some restrictions, but I think that you're not required
- to pass a smog check except on change of ownership or initial registration
- in California, and even that may have gone by the wayside as of January 1,
- 1993, if I read the law correctly. Guess why my vaporware car is a '64...
-
- --Mark Looper
- (fat ol' smallblock '70 Caprice, vaporware '64 Chevelle)
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- Posted by: emory!cco.caltech.edu!looper (Mark D. Looper)
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