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Hi guys,

I have a car I got engineered many years ago in NSW. At the time it was OK to use a NSW engineers certificate and the car was registered.

Now the car has been unregistered for many years and I have come to find out that ACT no longer accepts NSW engineers certificates.

The certificate was for an engine conversion.

My question is, if my cars rego papers show the new engine number, do I need to still supply the report going over the pits?

If I do need to get an ACT engineers certificate, I have been told to use that Wilkinson John person (may have the name wrong). What does he do exactly, and how much does he charge?

Thanks

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Any idea what the go is with coilovers? I have heard 100s of conflicting reports, not only by car enthusiasts but also by the people at the pits in Dickson. Last time I asked there (2 months ago) they told me they are completely fine, yet the time before they told me they are illegal, and other times I have heard they are legal so long as they are welded and cannot be adjusted for height

Any idea what the go is with coilovers? I have heard 100s of conflicting reports, not only by car enthusiasts but also by the people at the pits in Dickson. Last time I asked there (2 months ago) they told me they are completely fine, yet the time before they told me they are illegal, and other times I have heard they are legal so long as they are welded and cannot be adjusted for height

Last time I checked coilovers were fine, but the adjustment had to be set. I spoke to an engineer and explained I like to take the car out to the track sometimes and he said he would just place markers where the coilovers needed to be.

my car (including coilovers) was engineered by Canberra motor works (Ray Spence).

it required my car to meet the minimum ground clearance requirements and the adjustment part is painted and clamped to indicate if there has been any changes to lower them.

for an engine conversion with different brakes etc it will be a whole lot more!

There is a heap more to it than the typical skyline with just a bigger turbo and coilovers

which is why mine was more along the lines of 2k + trips to sydney for emissions tests.

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