Crushed Cars for Illegal Street racing

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---- Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19339955/

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Because racers put heavy stress on their vehicles, they often burn out or blow up parts. Higbee said the need for the expensive parts has created a "theft mill" where additional cars ? usually Hondas or Acuras ? are stolen and stripped of the necessary replacements.---

Absolute fuckign hyperbole, and foundationless.

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Most of the cars police examine are illegally modified. Sergio Zavala, 18, was pulled over in his 1993 yellow Honda Civic for a broken tail light in December. He had purchased a B-20 Vtech engine with a double-overhead cam a couple months before, and after a police investigation, was told it was stolen.---

In California, it may be illegal to put another engine in a car that did not originally have that sort, but I don't think so.  I believe it is more a matter of emissions than anything else.  But what am I saying?  MSNBC is not known for it's acurracy.

David