here in perth they allow a 25% or 30% increase in capacity i think.
i had some serious problems getting my Z18ET 1600 over the pits in perth
because i had put R31 rear discs on and the fronts were 200B Girlock with a
180B Dual reservoir m/cyl. The engine was passed with a phone call... they
rang
a guy they use for getting ideas on how much hp import motors have as
they had some limit on that too (i think 20%)... they happened to ring a guy
i used
regularly and he just said, "yeah, thats within the limits" and that was
that.
from a stock L16 to a Z18ET was less than 20%?? but come to the brakes and
3 of the pits
i went to said "we need someone to sign off on the brakes, we wont take
liablility for them"
there was only one guy in perth who had the little program and the G-tech to
measure
stopping distance relative to pedal pressure and ra ra ra ra. he wanted
$400 a pop and said
it will need 2 trials. so $800... anyways, the fourth pits i took it to,
didn't even check them..
got away scott free. they signed off on the brakes thinking they had been
checked.. all systems nelly
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: Registering 1600 with L20 in Melb (Cam)
> That is just sillyness!!
> It is my opinion that a compuslory engineers certificate is probably the
> easiest way to allow engine conversions, but then the engineers need to be
> regulated themselves. ie by that I mean engineering a stock L20b into a
1600
> shouldn't cost any more than $100 provided it is safe and has [for
example]
> 200b brakes minimum. But I realise then the laws will have to be changed
to let
> engineers do it that cheaply.
>
> zac
>
> > Listers,
> >
> > Ha, I like it, just go to another rego office who haven't read the head
> > office memos for a month.
> >
> > The reduction in oversize transplants crap has started to happen in the
ACT
> > too, I was talking to them recently and they told me that an 1800cc
inline 4
> > cyl is the max "over the pits" upgrade for a 1600 as under the National
> > Roads Guidelines some idiot has deemed that the engineering level of a
road
> > registered car (you'd immediately think they were talking about a
Hyundai
> > but it seems not) can only safely handle a 12.5% increase in cubic
capacity
> > and it would seem that you can't change the engine block configuration
> > either ( i.e. no 1.5 litre v8's). He went on to inform me that "This
change
> > in legislation is designed to stop young revheads dropping V8's into
their
> > Datsun 1600's!" - yeah right, how many V8 1600 are registered in the
ACT -
> > Answer 1.
> >
> > So I asked him about replacing a L16 Datto with a Toyota 4A-GE (NA
1600cc 4
> > cyl inline 20 valve and incidentally puts out more KWs than a L20B puts
out
> > in HP)? Answer - "unless the conversion requires structural changes to
the
> > chassis then you would just present to the pits for a ruling and if it
was
> > done properly I couldn't see how you will have a problem under this
ruling."
> >
> > This is a joke, these clowns have nfi what they are doing but they make
or
> > at least interpret the law of the land. I read recently that there is a
big
> > push going on again in the US (California at this stage) again for the
> > government to "buy back" all road registered vehicle pre 1970 - the
> > suggested amount is $US2500. This is of concern to us over here as well
as
> > if this gets off the ground then it will be very quickly grabbed by the
> > average greenie for sure.
> >
> > regards
> > Terry (stepping down of soapbox)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Webb
> > Sent: Monday, 18 June 2001 10:55
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Registering 1600 with L20 in Melb (Cam)
> >
> >
> > My mate had some problems getting his L20 regestered in melb without an
> > engineers, he thaught he had no hope... one of his mates told him to try
all
> > the vic roads, he got it through eventually (Greensbough Vic Roads) but
he
> > did have to try about 4 of them. Its worth a try before you get an
engineers
> > anyway!
> >
> > Whats the go if you let your regestation lapse is it like a roadworthy
or do
> > you have to get a new engineers?
> >
> > thanx rich
> >
>
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