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Old 10-16-2016, 07:25 PM
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My BAR experience was painless, just a quick look. The referee had me start it up and took a brief look and he commented - "looks like a diesel, sounds like a diesel, smells like a diesel - I guess it's a diesel". The only question he asked was the year of the engine. They see so few of these they really don't know what smog equipment to look for or how to test it. I spent countless hours getting all the smog stuff hooked up and working...all for nothing. Make sure you've got all the equipment there and all the lines hooked up and you'll be fine. The trap cat would be an obvious item for them to look for. My swap was super clean - looked completely factory - and I think that helped a whole lot. If it looked like a hack job I suspect it might have been a different story.

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