New NSW rego rules coming

[HK1837]

Where does it say that GTS? In NSW we have always needed an Engineer's Report for say a VN engine into a HQ. You have always been able to put an injected top end on a HT-HJ block and put into HT-HJ but never been able to do this for HX-WB. As far as I can tell this won't change. We will be able to fit bigger engines under the national rules, but we won't be able to fit 8" rims to HQ-WB anymore. The biggest allowable will be 7" (well 7" plus 15mm) without an Engineer's Report.

[wbute]

It says the engine has to have been an option for that particular car.

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registrati...ifications.pdf

[HK1837]

That is for modifications exempted from Engineer's Certificate.

[wbute]

Yeah and it list standard motors available by the manufacturer as one of the exemptions. So a fuel injected motor would not fall in this exemption meaning it would need a certificate. As for where it says you cant put them in an older model at all I have not found.

[HK1837]

I agree.

[commodorenut]

Yeah and it list standard motors available by the manufacturer as one of the exemptions. So a fuel injected motor would not fall in this exemption meaning it would need a certificate. As for where it says you cant put them in an older model at all I have not found.

The NSW RTA simply go off the engine block prefix - that's the only ID they have for a motor type. They don't know if it's a carby or EFI.

This is why you can put an EFI top end onto a QT prefix motor, and do nothing else, but if you put the VU prefix block into a VK you need to fit a cat convertor & ULP filler neck - even if you put a carby top end on it!

[Kiwivan]

Man you guys have it tuff over there,I just read some of the regs and it scares me.
Seems if they want to kill the modded car over there!

Chers Kiwivan

[agr071]

we won't be able to fit 8" rims to HQ-WB anymore. The biggest allowable will be 7" (well 7" plus 15mm) without an Engineer's Report.

I always thought that you could go 1" bigger diameter and 1" wider.
So because WB Statesman had 15 x 7, you could go to 16 x 8 without engineers.

[wbute]

NRMA would not insure my WB with 14+8" rims on it.

[agr071]

NRMA would not insure my WB with 14+8" rims on it.

They haven't done that for 20 years. There a bunch of ...... well lets say that there the same as their roadservice.. SHIT