First mileage test result.
The first mileage test results are in. A quick review of what was done to the truck. Cometic head gaskets half the thickness of Fel-Pro and with full o-rings around each cylinder, not combining int...
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Swapping isn't an option on something that new, if you live in a state where emissions rules are enforced. The vehicle has to have all its original emissions equipment intact or they won't give you an inspection sticker, and the state suspends the vehicle's license.
That's true, yet I understand there are ways around it. I think folks have used the VIN of the doner vehicle and assumed that title with the transplant vehicle. Somebody might have the answer.
Huh?
Doing an engine swap. I understand if you are swapping with a modern engine, the new engine is swappable with it's system of control since both engines would have EPA ratings. I understand my truck does not have an EPA MPG rating or much of the emission control garbage. My stock exhaust has no EGR connection and my Intake Manifold doesn't have a connection. The place for the connection is there but it was never machined. I believe my truck originated in Wyoming and may have been a police, forest service or other government vehicle due to the remnants of several radio antennae basses on the roof and places on the floor and dash where equipment like radios etcetera were mounted. The engine had a leaky head gasket from the get go and the prior owner knew it, cancer got him. I eventually figured the problem was a factory machining flaw leaving a gouge in the #1 front right cylinder between the cylinder and the water jacket. I finally figured it out on the third head gasket change. I had no more problems with the head gaskets on that engine. It died from a cracked oil sump pickup tube.
This engine was fine till it overheated and it just kept getting worse and worse. I got home from our road trip and now the rest is history. I've got more drive time on the engine and it is a considerable improvement from before. The real test will come soon when we load the TC and go for a trip around the state.
