This is vw related but I think I'll get the best advice here. I have a friend...ahem...who wants to put a 1.6 turbo diesel from an 84 Jetta into his 85 gas-powered westy vanagon. He has a complete 84 Jetta turbo diesel, a complete 82 diesel vanagon and the 85 camper. Is there a legal way to do this in NC or is switching the VIN plates the only option? What about the federal certification sticker in the door jamb - does this need to be replaced as well or can it just be removed? Are new duplicate federal stickers available for wrecked cars for example? Converting the vanagon and selling the BMW takes him off the grid for petrol into 100% biodiesel/WVO independence (until his 240d needs another quart of oil )

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Rich Mason
Chapel Hill, NC
1990 300D 285k miles
1993 VW Cabriolet converted to 1.6 TD
1985 VW Westfalia 1.6 TD

have you checked www.tdiclub.com ?

If you switch VIN plates you might be getting cozy with a big hairy fellow in a small cell for a few years...........not kidding thats illegal. You will lose the vehicle adn you could do time.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

if you have emmission testing in your area could be trouble. You can do many things if there is no testing or inspections though.

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes

We have emissions in this county, thus the problem. If it were a non-emissions county, you could just show up and no one would notice that the engine was different than what was supposed to be there. I'm calling the DMV tomorrow.

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Rich Mason
Chapel Hill, NC
1990 300D 285k miles
1993 VW Cabriolet converted to 1.6 TD
1985 VW Westfalia 1.6 TD

It's undoubtedly different from state to state. Please post back and let us know how it goes. I'm interested in converting my 22RE powered Toyota pickup to a 2L-T diesel in Colorado, where we have emissions testing as well.

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'83 240D with 617.952 and 2.88
'01 VW Beetle TDI
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD
'89 Toyota 4x4, needs 2L-T
'78 280Z with L28ET - 12.86@110
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