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I've tried searching and couldn't find anything about it. Basically thinking of swapping the NA engine out with a Turboed one but my question is would it make it illegal for a P plater to drive since the car is registered as NA. I've just been curious about this, well technically it would be illegal since it's pretty much turbo and P platers can't drive it but will it bypass that law being the car registered as an NA car. Since that an removing a turbo from a turboed car making it still illegal was just curious and wondering how about if it's vice versa turboing an NA and no car isn't for me, was just thinking of turboing my gf's Supra.

thanks for all the help. please no flaming =[

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I've tried searching and couldn't find anything about it. Basically thinking of swapping the NA engine out with a Turboed one but my question is would it make it illegal for a P plater to drive since the car is registered as NA. I've just been curious about this, well technically it would be illegal since it's pretty much turbo and P platers can't drive it but will it bypass that law being the car registered as an NA car. Since that an removing a turbo from a turboed car making it still illegal was just curious and wondering how about if it's vice versa turboing an NA and no car isn't for me, was just thinking of turboing my gf's Supra.

thanks for all the help. please no flaming =[

No it would be completely illegal, first off its a different engine than the one its registered as having which is defectable offense and they will suspend your rego until such time as you either get it engineered or put back in the original engine (also it may void the insurance if you dont tell them as your driving a car with a different engine that wasnt intended for that car). Also if you get pulled over the cops and they pop the bonnet they are going to work it out and then your going to get reamed, 3 points for driving a highpowered vehicle, fine for driving a unroadworthy vehicle and the defect, provided they dont find anything else to pin on you and god knows they will try because they love to ream people who think they can circumvent the law.

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I wouldn't call the exemption letter a loop hole...

Given the two people that posted in the vic area about exemptions, saying if they did it again, they wouldn't have bothered.

That pretty much says it all - just get a legal car and drive it until you are off P's

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