First US 2ZR-FE Yaris swap gains exposure

[3cyltrbo]

Originally Posted by ArmstrongRacing

I don't believe the 3zr at 150hp is worth the additional effort, and it would not be a legal option.

Up here in the land of Igloos / clean water and Universal Health care, "Legal" engine swap is not really on our Radar.

All we have to do for "Emissions Testing" is to plug a scan tool into the OBD port and check for CEL codes. Thats it.

They don't even run sniff tests anymore (for tail-pipe emissions).

I literally have one friend of mine that has a Stand-Alone ECU that runs his car, but just for shits and giggles he keeps a bogus ecu powered up and "properly" setup in the car (Connected to the OBD port) just so that when he has to get a "DriveClean test" (only once every two years), he just takes it to the testing facility , they connect their scan tool - they see that there is an ECU present.. that isn't throwing codes and thats it.

I could frankly install just about any motor I wanted as long as it gave a reading through the OBD port and it didn't show a code DURING the test.


Now back to our regularly scheduled engine swap discussion.