12 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:22:15 -0400 From: "Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxx> Subject: RE: Re: GM Engine/modifying your Delorean >On the other hand, if this was a $6000 conversion Richard would >quickly >have a few hundred DeLoreans outside his shop waiting for Notrhstar >engines.. :) I may be wrong on this (because of the age of our Deloreans) would not the "Feds" bust them for Emissions tampering/modifying from stock,Remember back in the 70's there was a Company called Motion Performance on Long Island NY that used to get stock HiPo Camaro,Vettes and Vegas,and Turn them into 11 second Street cars,after a while the Federal Government(EPA) caught up with them and fined them something in the neighborhood of $25,000 per car,(in 1970's dollars) and they made at least a few hundred,and were Shut down/ told NEVER to make/modify such cars again,the company that is putting the Nortstar engine in the Deloreans is basically doing what Motion performance was doing in the Seventies.Technically NO BUSINESS/or individual may modify a EPA certified vehicle from factory EPA certified Specifications,THAT also INCLUDES modifying a ORIGINAL factory engine (Turbo's,cams,pistons,heads ect),EPA,most likely will not bust a individual,unless,they go into business modifying cars,that would be taken care of at the local level(DMV) Correct me if I am wrong. Claude 000570