I would agree with all of that. I get a report a few years back off a bloke named Col Potts, he was pretty good to deal with, and it set me back $350. Nice thing was that he wasnt too thorough.
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Geordie wrote: > Terry, he will be find with that size motor. > > However, he will need to consult an engineer for a report on the conversion > as he is going up in engine capacity and changing to a different type of > engine. > > What the engineer will do is take about $500 off him, inspect the car very > thoroughly and make sure that the engine is bolted in, etc. and make notes > on stuff that has been changed from standard during the conversion. He will > ask lots of questions about it, and eventually will be able to come up with > an approval or a list of things that need to be finished off to make the car > comply with the Australian Design Rules relevent for that year model car. He > will give you 2 or 3 copies of the report. One goes to the blue slip guy, > another to the RTA to get stamped or something. > > Once the report is done, he then takes the report to a Blue-Slip rego > inspection where they check everything over to make sure the motor won't > fall out, nothing is bodgey, and check engine and chassis numbers with revs, > rta, etc. They then put the new numbers onto a blue slip form, take about > $48 from him and they *might* also want to do a pink slip for $26 or > whatever it is. > > Once it's stamped by RTA your nephew must make a couple of photocopies of it > so that he can carry one around in the car and keep one at home. The one in > the car is very usefull if the cops pull him up and ask questions coz his > rego sticker will say "modified as per engineer report ######" and if your > neph can produce that report by the side of the road he will stand a good > chance of avoiding any unroadworthy fines that any unhappy police officers > care to try and throw at him. Also a copy of the report must be produced at > the racetrack if he wants to compete in any drag racing, etc.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Terry Rudd > Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Also Off Topic (EA Falcon) > > > This is way off topic too but I'm hopeful for some useful info here as I > figure that I'm likely to get a better quality answer than on cars.com. > > My nephew has 3 Fords in his backyard (one is an ambo fully decked out for > dirty weekends etc) and they're all in various states of rejuvenation but > the EA wagon just needs a power plant and tranny to get on the road - the > question is if he drops his GAS Research fed 351 Cleveland and 5 speed into > the EA Wagon (that originally came with a 6 cylinder/3 speed auto crap box) > to get it up and running, what sort of grief is he likely to be in for from > the RTA in NSW? and he lives in Yass (as in the bush) > > I'm thinking we may be able to use EB stuff but does anyone know if we can? > He already has a 9" disc rear end in the EA but obviously the front > suspension and brakes would need to be at least up to the level of the 5 > litre. Anything else? > > I guess that the $64 question is would it be likely to require an > engineering report or just a slip of whatever colour the rego one is? > > Any info gratefully received. > > TIA > regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mark krawczuk > Sent: Monday, 2 June 2003 10:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: off topic > > > hi,a friend of mine just pulled out a cam from a 308 holden. > > it was supposed to be standard, but the cam has the following numbers on > it: > > > JC 5OBH ( not sure if the O is a letter or number) > > and the following number, was sorta stamped underneath it: > > 921-766 > > any ideas on who makes the cam? > > > mark k > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
