hemi year models?
03-27-2009, 02:12 PM
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JK Freak
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hemi year models?
i am kind of passively looking at hemis to put in my jeep...
my question is what is the year range that i can use? i understand that for inspection purposes, it is "supposed" to be the same year or newer.... but looking past that rule what years can i use? there are a ton of lift out engines and trannies on ebay.. even more i am sure in wrecking yards around me for wicked cheap. i plan on doing the install at home, well at my buddy's home since he has all the fun tools that would be used....
any help on this would be much appreciated..
thanks alot.
my question is what is the year range that i can use? i understand that for inspection purposes, it is "supposed" to be the same year or newer.... but looking past that rule what years can i use? there are a ton of lift out engines and trannies on ebay.. even more i am sure in wrecking yards around me for wicked cheap. i plan on doing the install at home, well at my buddy's home since he has all the fun tools that would be used....
any help on this would be much appreciated..
thanks alot.
03-27-2009, 02:26 PM
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why would you chance it by installing an older one? my luck if I did that six months later they would start checking. I just don't think it is worth the possible isues later... with all the hemi's out there I would just get one my year or newer. Just my 2 pennies.
03-27-2009, 04:19 PM
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03-27-2009, 04:23 PM
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EPA laws is the most basic answer. They have come out and said a engine needs to be off of the same year vehicle so it stays in touch with emissions laws.
If your state is sticklers about it, and look up the vehicle and the books says its supposed to have a 3.8 V6, and you show up with a 5.7, they can check the casting numbers on the engine to get a date. Also they may require you to produce receipts for the engine. So if you get a older model, you would have to forge the receipt or alter it to say its newer then is. This course of action opens a whole can of worms for the seller, you and an attorney.
This law is basically from 2000 model year to present. Now if you wanted a 5.7 and didn't want to go with a used one, you could always build or have one built for you.
If your state is sticklers about it, and look up the vehicle and the books says its supposed to have a 3.8 V6, and you show up with a 5.7, they can check the casting numbers on the engine to get a date. Also they may require you to produce receipts for the engine. So if you get a older model, you would have to forge the receipt or alter it to say its newer then is. This course of action opens a whole can of worms for the seller, you and an attorney.
This law is basically from 2000 model year to present. Now if you wanted a 5.7 and didn't want to go with a used one, you could always build or have one built for you.
03-28-2009, 07:24 AM
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ok, i understand the law about same year or newer but i have found some 5.7 out of 05 and 06 trucks and jeeps that are crazy cheap... my question is.... would these work.
and i am planning on movign back to texas where they do inspect but i know the guys at the inspection station so its cool.
and i am planning on movign back to texas where they do inspect but i know the guys at the inspection station so its cool.
03-28-2009, 11:26 AM
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i thought about that but since the jk is a canbus system.. wouldnt that make it not really work right.. ?? i kinda want this to look stockish..
03-28-2009, 11:41 AM
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I know there was one somewhere in the extreme section that had Chevy powertrain... maybe Crocker or Burnsville did it?
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03-28-2009, 02:40 PM
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Dave also said they are just a few weeks from having a factory cal that will bring their conversions up to code emissions wise, which will make them completely street legal and also enable the mds mode. Also there is nothing "illegal" about putting a hemi in a JK.
03-29-2009, 06:57 PM
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When I put a LT1 into my YJ the only thing I was told to make it street legal was to make sure it had the same emissions equipment as the engine I took out. I even had the smog pump taken off and still passed inspection. So I am sure as long as the engine has the same emissions equipment as the 3.8 you should be fine.
