# question about vin#/getting car inspected with different engine

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [September 30, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-about-vin-getting-car-inspected-with-different-engine/192735 "2007-09-30T19:52:48Z")
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### Author: ![slvr98camaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@slvr98camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slvr98camaro)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-about-vin-getting-car-inspected-with-different-engine/192735/3 "2007-10-01T11:52:08Z")

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> [@Whats the chinese food...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-the-chinese-food/32766/4):
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> you can’t swap vins from one car to another… legally, unless you do get like a specially constructed title or something like that.
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> legally you can’t take a 4th gen and stick a carbed 350 in it. PA has some loopholes in its exemption to do it but its not technically legal and its for sure against federal laws.

thanks for the input, but it isnt really a different car if you know what i mean… ts just all replacement sheet metal.

im not being as asshole here, but what is the difference between that, and getting a new metal dash piece that the vin is attached to and putting it on the car?

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