I have recently moved over from WA where I must say that it appears that to
licence a modified 1600 in Sydney may prove difficult.
With respect to an engineers report, is this a requirement for all modified
aspirated - turbo conversions. In WA you write away for the permits
detailing the cars modifications, which are subsequently approved by the
second hand mechanics at the RTA at the time of licensing. You wind down
the boost, trim the spark a little and they tend to wonder why you went to
all this trouble.
In addition I am seeking advice in relation to a reputable rolling road dyno
that caters for Motec Fuel Injection in the Sydney area. We only had a few
sites in Perth with the rest of them cowboys.
Regards
Jim
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Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2000 1:40
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Subject: Re: exhaust systems for turbo's
yeah from an economic point of view i support a WA bid to succeed ahaha nice
one terry but really in WA we get fukt over a barrel but our RTAs and cops
etc are occasioanlly better :)
>From: Terry & Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: exhaust systems for turbo's
>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 23:43:54 +1000
>
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Pete,
> > I will check with my engineer and the NSW RTA. As far as I knew, pre
>'74
> > cars aren't required to upgrade the emissions to the later model engine
> > spec. To my knowledge, the ADR's for emissions weren't introduced until
> > after '74. I would have thought the ADR's were consistent throughout
> > Australia.
>
>That would be too easy and logical. I attended a community function last
>night
>that a local member (former policeman) attended to explain the ACT
>interpretation of the new rules recently introduced under the local code
>which
>is an extension to the National code. What a joke, local administrators &
>safety committees and the like can basically instruct policing authorities
>or
>if they don't agree the parliament can legislate their local amendments to
>get
>what they want, what's different to the way it is now, just with a bunch of
>new
>rules that the pushy lobby got up. Classic example around here is the local
>to
>the ACT legislation to control burnouts on public streets especially when
>the
>Nats crowd are in town round New Year. I think we will never get a true
>national code as Australia is still run politically like it's a bunch of
>countries with common boarders and not like a single nation and i haven't
>seen
>anything recently put into action to change my view.
>
>regards,
>Terry (I wonder if WA still wants to breakaway hehe)
>
>
> >
> > I put a cat on my FJ20 1600 back in 1993 and the RTA inspector said I
> > didn't need it. I can't think of any 1600's in Sydney, that I know of,
> > that actually have a cat fitted. I don't intend to fit one to my 1600
> > Wagon with SR20T. I will be making the exhaust this weekend..... Full
> > three inch with a straight through muffler, before the diff and a three
> > inch resonator after the diff. I have already made a new dump pipe,
> > obviously flattened slightly to suit the flange at the back of the
>standard
> > turbo. Being a wagon, I don't have the problem with the rear
>crosmember,
> > as there isn't one, so maintaining three inch from front to rear is much
> > easier, even if it is overkill.
> > Jeff Shoesmith has a full three inch system with a single Genie straight
> > through muffler(no Cat), and his isn't noisy at all. Mine should be a
> > little quieter again.
> > Graeme.
> >
> > I wish this were true - in SA you have to have a cat - they work it on
>the
> > emissions laws for the engine being fitted - not the car it is going
>into.
> > If it is an unleaded engine you have to have a cat. Maybe I could just
> > remove the O2 sensor and tell them that my '94 SR20 was designed to run
>on
> > super!
> >
> > PL
>
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