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 muzz
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 03:17 PM |
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The RTA and switching engines.
While I was having my annual buggy rego inspection, the garage inspector told me that even though I have notified the RTA and legally changed the
engine numbers when I installed my new engine of the same type, if in the event of a crash, I could be in trouble because it was not the original
engine as shown on the RTA report when first inspected.
No matter if it is exactly the same model,displacement etc. as the original.
Is this for real or is this just another RTA pain in the butt rule that makes no sense at all in the real world?
Anyone have any feedback on this at all?
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 03:26 PM |
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It's for real maye
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 03:36 PM |
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that don't make any sense at all ,there's plenty of cars out there with either reco or replacement engines
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muzz
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 03:44 PM |
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No it doesn't make sense but then again it's the RTA!
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 04:29 PM |
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OK - I am probably wrong, but if you had it engineered and then got a blue slip for changing the motor and have notified the RTA i am struggling to
believe you have to get it engineered again??
Have I missed understanding what you have been told??
Futue te ipsum!!!
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muzz
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 04:41 PM |
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I really don't know what's actually involved but it appears that way.
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 08:49 PM |
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call the RMS (RTA is no more) and they'll tell you what you need to do.
sounds like it will just need a blue slip for the engine change
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| posted on March 8th, 2012 at 09:39 PM |
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Hi
A friend fitted a 5 litre V8 to a Rodeo with an engineers report, he decided to change motors. They want him to have another complete engineers report
done.
Steve
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| posted on March 9th, 2012 at 06:43 AM |
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Steve
was it engine for engine or taking out a Chevy and dropping in a Lexus?
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| posted on March 9th, 2012 at 08:29 AM |
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I rang and spoke to the engineer that did my bug when I put the new EJ25 in expecting to need another as the original certificate was for an EJ22.
He said no just get an adjustement of records done as its less than a 15% increase on what he had already engineered it for.
It seems to vary depending on who you speak to.
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| posted on March 9th, 2012 at 11:05 AM |
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That's great Joel. Hopefully I will speak to the right guy when the time comes.
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