[T3] FI to Carb conversion

[James Lingenfelter]

LOL, true. Maybe we can make them on a 3D metal printer, hold on to  
our cars a bit longer.

Jimmy


On Nov 17, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Dave Hall wrote:

> Yes, but you'll still need brass cartridge cases - so not even that  
> is for
> ever.  ;-)
>
> Dave.
>
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> James
> Lingenfelter
> Sent: 17 November 2013 22:32
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] FI to Carb conversion
>
> I haven't heard mention of anything like that for TX. All cars 25  
> years old
> or more are completely exempt from smog requirements. Even if they
> eliminated that exemption, you could still register your vehicle as an
> "antique vehicle", and then be exempt from the safety inspection  
> altogether,
> emissions and otherwise. But then again, they're more hesitant to  
> pull that
> sort of stuff on us here, we have higher capacity magazines :-)
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Keith Park wrote:
>
>> Yes, we do have experts on both sides of the fuel supply here.
>> Brian's your carb man, he's helped me out with my older Carb'd cars
>> But with todays gas its getting challenging.
>>
>> BTW if you live in NY, 3 years is the number Im hearing for Smog
>> compliance in older vehicles, they "supposedly" wont be sniffing our
>> pipes, but the OEM fuel and emissions systems MUST be in place or you
>> will fail NYS inspection, this includes the fuel evap systems.  I may
>> need to put my carbon canisters back on , even if they wont do
>> anything anymore.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>> Top Notch Restorations
>> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
>> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
>> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
>> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
>> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
>> 87 golf "Winterat"
>> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>>
> snipped
>
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