noahwins

Yeah, I spoke to the state smog referee today who explained what I have to do. It's legal for me to convert my 1989 Mitsubishi Mighty Max BUT I have to find a motor out of a vehicle that's 1989 or newer, it has to be a rear wheel drive vehicle (like my truck, it can't be out of a FWD vehicle), the vehicle has to be in the same weight class as my truck (no huge 10.654 liter diesel out of a Ford F9001 or a 4 cylinder turbo diesel out of a box truck). Finally, it has to have been sold in the US, not just North America. So it's pretty stringent. This limits my choices to Mercedes only as far as I can tell unless I'm forgetting something. No Peugeot diesel for me!

Thank you, that's too bad. I was looking for a candidate for a diesel engine swap into my compact truck, but due to the tightness of regulations here in California, I thought the only two candidates for donor vehicles would be a 1989+ Mercedes or a 1989+ Puegeot. I thought there was a chance we got the Peugeot diesels after 1989 in the US. But now I think it's either an MBZ or nothing for me. As a Francophile and car enthusiast , I've always had a soft spot for French cars. Peugeot rally cars were so cool! Years ago, I almost sentimentally bought a rusting heap of a 505 before a friend talked me out of it.

Hi everyone. Sorry if this is too much of a newbie question but were Peugeot diesels offered in the US between 1989 and 1991? I've read a dozen wikis and fan sites and I can't seem to suss out an answer. I know very, very few Peugeots were sold in the US towards the end of the run here -- is it even possible to find these cars for sale anymore?