Originally Posted By Frankenduster
I thought the swap was only legal if the 440 was an optional engine in the car.


Nope, any engine from any manufacturer, but must be the same year or newer and retain the original emissions equipment. Now, we did a 5.2 Magnum swap into an '84 Ramcharger, but it would have been no different to do a 5.9 or even a 5.7, 6.1, LS1, etc. A swap like that must go to a referee who does not determine if the car is clean, but that it has all the correct equipment. They make a new sticker for the vehicle. In our case the Ramcharger would forever be smogged as a '96 Dakota. Then a smog station determines if all is working.