hi all, this is my first post so i suppose this is a 'noob' question but is it legal to have a sr20 na in a 85 zook?..................please be gentle

sorry forgot to mention qld, will i need to do brakes or anything?

sorry forgot to mention qld, will i need to do brakes or anything?

biggest in qld is 1600 no ifs buts maybes

biggest in qld is 1600 no ifs buts maybes

I spoke to David Yates at Maroochydore and he said anything up to 1800cc is fine in a Sierra as long as its not turbo/supercharged and up to 2000cc if it's not DOHC.
He is a QLD Transport approved engineer. He also did my seats blue plate.

Jas.

That seems a bit wierd, maybe the rules have changed since I last looked at the code of practice.

I recall somewhere in the rule book that it was the car's weight times by some magic number = the maximum allowable capacity engine to be fitted. This was obviously different for forced induction and rotaries.

He is a QLD Transport approved engineer. He also did my seats blue plate.

Jas.

get it in writing take it to qld transport and see what they say.

If you get the book and read it it says maximum engine for sierra is 1600cc. Sure you can get it blue plated by convincing an engineer but qld transport will just ask you WHY do you want to go fast in a car that is not designed to. Blue plate cancelled. Check a lot of places, get many answers but this will be the common answer.

Read this pamplet

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/resourc ... icles2.pdf

E.G. The welding, chrome plating, heating or bending of
axles, suspension or steering components, as a method
of repair or alteration, is not permitted.

This does include nt to wt conversions, coil spring conversions etc etc etc

Another helpful document to settle many internet belives is this one
READ IT EVERYBODY. See how many illegal mods you really do have

http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGIS ... 9SL213.pdf

But then some of these override the traffic act
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/resourc ... eb2004.pdf

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/resourc ... eb2004.pdf

Like this one
Note that a main (high) beam headlight under the ADR’s, and now under TO(RUM-VSS), may be fitted at any height above the ground compared to the previous height of 0.6 m to 1.4 m in the Traffic Regulation 1962.

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Looks like you put a lot of time into that..
I don't have time to read all that excellent infomation, cause its full of big words and no pictures and I will get confused but you can ring David Yates yourself and find out what applies in the real world.

I would rather have dick size competitions cause I feel like you have just told me that my micro penis that i thought was large is really small, teeny weeny even.

Jas.

well hasnt this stirred up afew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I am now buying the car that has the engine already converted and my engineer say its all good! yippeeeeeeee

now thanks for all the input everyone I will post some photos when I can so stay tuned, now play nice to each other remember we are all in it for the same reason we all enjoy our zooks.......cheers

"sorry mate that spare tire is illegal"...(copper)
"ah you dont say!well thats nice,because you dont need to have a spare,nevermind one with legal tread,or one that even fits my car"(my engineer)....
"ah and where did you get that from?"(copper looking confused)
"ahh im an engineer,i certify cars for a living,and that magical book told me so"(engineer,a tad bit cocky)

bottom line...know your rules....cops love to pull crap out the air,and if you fall for it,they book,and it hurts

Actually being a smartass will just encourage them find something else wrong with your car as an attitude adjuster. Sure if you know the rules and you are right stand up for yourself but remember they are being paid to be there and you are the one standing on the side of the road wasting time so don't make it more painful than it needs to be.

Best advise I gave to my young fella was if you get pulled over in this (modified) Suzuki its...yes sir no sir three bags full sir.....saved his licence a few times.

On top of that braginging that you are an engineer that certifies cars for a living probably doesn't fit with the beaten up old Suzuki with a bald tyre on the tailgate that you were driving when he pulled you up .

But I do agree with Unique_seek in that the rules are grey and not everyone who professes to be an expert is. If you go outside of the mods that are widely recognised as legal then you have to take the risk of it coming back to bite you.