(Long Reply) Ryan and I went and spoke to an automotive engineer not so long ago actually and the most important things you have to demonstrate to engineer a car in South Australia, in addition to a visual inspection of the workmanship and general quality of the car (it wouldn't pass through Regency if it were shabby anyhow...) are:
Chassis Stiffnes: 5500N per degree of flex or greater. A 30 year old with this level of torsional rigidity would need to be in pretty solid condition. If in doubt fit strut braces and/or a cage Brake fade test: 15 stops from 60kph-0 producing at least 0.5G 2 stops from 100kph-0 producing at least 0.8G Must be done on a flat, private or deserted road, and done in quick succession. And a tip from the engineer: Don't do what most people do and demonstrate your car's acceleration back to 60kph, give you brakes a chance to cool ;) He didn't give any specific requirements eg ok CA18DET you need at least XYZmm discs and ABC calipers, they go as they see each car. Maddat's four spot kit has been through and passed with flying colours incidentally. - Tom PS A VG30DETT is impossibly wide and would be one of the biggest and worst jobs to fit to a 1600. The car at Birdwood with the blue cam covers is a VG30DET (but with a huge custom turbo, manifold and external gate no less) There was a bare VG30DET with an automatic gearbox in the Tradingpost for $850 last week.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 17 December 2001 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: vg30dett in a 1600 - legal in SA? Yeah, we don't have the power to weight rule, so if an engineer approves the car then it is good enough to be legal. The downside is that the engineering tests are much more thorough and consist of chassis stiffness test, lane changing test, braking tests, etc etc and costs more to do. So basically the engineer really does test that the car can handle 200kw+ of power! Thats about all I know sorry. zac > List, > As you may be aware, a few v30 conversions have been surfacing in Adelaide. > I have always thought that these conversions would be illegal due to the > engine volume, however after chatting with a few people it seems that these > vg30 conversions have been constructed with engineers approvals - includeng > the vg30det at Birdwood day 2001, and another vg30dett yet to be seen > (completed without computer). > Does anyone know anymore about this - or who the crazy engineer is? > Im I correct in assuming that if the correctly certified engineer approves > the conversion, that the rego authorities have to as well? > I have been lead to believe that SA does not currently have the engine > volume to weight rule.... > I know this is a massive project, however I am looking at planning my next > project. > > cheers, Thommo. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
