Can a 76 2.0 be used without all of the smog junk?

[mike95125]

I am looking for a 2.0 to replace a previously deceased 1.7 in my '73. Of course I would like to buy (translation: find, and cheap) a '73 2.0 and am currently working on that with someone who is far away (translation: SHIPPING! ouch). I have a person locally with a used '76 2.0 and I was wondering if I could just slap it into my car with my 1.7 trimmings and no evil smog junk.

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Use your 1.7 exhaust (complete), plug up the air injection holes in the heads (I hear that Bug valve adjusters work for this). And I think that's it, as long as the EFI is intact you can bolt it up and go.

--DD