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Erica, if you got defected for only the BOV, isnt it standard practice to allow the car to go to a police station to have the defect removed, rather than a full regency inspection?

Just wondering, cos if it is just the one thing, it might be worth addressing the fact that they are deviating from standard practice with the crowd that are looking into it for you.

Yep Steve, it was ONLY the BOV, i took it to the Holden Hill Copper Shop but the defect notice did have VIS on it. So they say it still has to go, even when the cops at Norwood and other police stations said they would take it off but cant for jurisdiction reasons.

Im going to have a panel conciliation with them in the next few weeks. I will definately raise that issue. Further more, i was defected without the police officer who defected me, actually having sighted the defect. Which is a big no no

Im going to make a tape of blow off valve noises, connect my sub to mum's excel and drive around Holden hill with it cranked! lol Just for fun.

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Just plain inconsistencies, there's no explanation for it I guess :confused:  Depends how they feel on the day.

I know what you mean though, my friend moved here from Melbourne and she had to take her stock as a rock Laser to Regency to get it inspected before she could get it registered.  She had to pull her tint off on the spot before they would let her car through.

yes i learned the headaches of buying a car interstate, but i had to wait 5 months before i got mine cleared by regency cause it took me that long to get the parts i needed :Bang:

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A couple of other bits off the top of my head.

 

Everything from the POD or filter back must remain stock, this also means the rubber that joins the afm to the turbo.

Dont know about you but u just said you can have an intercooler but it has to stay stock. wtf?

also this to me seems wrong as i can give you a list of COUNTLESS engine conversion cars that do NOT have this.

On my requirments for modification it says:

That the engine is fitted with the original manufacturers injection system, injectrs and engine managment system.

So basically fron t the throttle body back i can change anything, from dump pipe i can change anything depending on noise levels cat etc, i can mount my afm how i want. I can do this in acordance with , "the engine fitted is not modified to increase power and/or torque beyond that of the std SR20DET 2.0L turbocharged nissan angine" and "THat the noise emitted from the exaust is in accordance Road traffic rules 1999 division 3 noise emission" and "work is carried out exactly as specified to accepted automotive ngineering and trade acts."

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i feel for u erica as i have just spent the last month suckn regencys holes to get my car back in the end i got my dad to call regency because they wouldnt clear it because aparently my brake caliper came to close to my rim but my dad took it in with stok wheels on and went bunta an they let him off and he didnt even have the papers to clear .

the deal is that cops feel that if they dont defect a import there not doing there job theyd much rather ruin a import owners life than pull a rusted out smokn cut springed corrola drive around freely

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SR910..

When I said

everything from the POD or filter back must remain stock, this also means the rubber that joins the afm to the turbo.
I was assuming you would understand I was talking about the turbo's intake as I also stated you are allowed to use an aftermarket Intercooler providing you don't cut any bodywork to allow for the piping.

If you change the turbo's intake pipe that connects up to the AFM you also have to fiddle with the recirc bov setup hence that is what makes it illegal.

The BOV recirc system is not allowed to be touched at all.

That is what I was told by the tech boys at regency.

If it wasn't for the stock bov then sure you could change the pipe.

I asked this specific question regarding changing the pipe from the turbo to the AFM as it apparently sucks in up over 200rwkw.

I also asked if there was anything on paper that I could refer to and I was told no.

A little like the "yes you can lower your car by x amount, but sure the headlight is also y height and the suspension travel must be z."

So basically if they want you can be failed for lowering a just because you fail one of the requirements.

Generally they arn't too fussy on the headlight height as a lot of factory cars fail hence a lot of Honda's.

Hope that made sense.

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a bigger intercooler is legal because its not power that regency are concerned with, its emissions. If you car is still running the factory computer it should still be within specifications because it compensates for intake temperature.

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thats the stupidity of it all, a cooler will change emissions, as does exhaust, a poor set of plugs, changing the timing etc - they are just a big bunch of farks on a power trip.

Tim Ireland even told me if I wanted to mod a car, do a pre 1972 one so it doesnt need to be emission tested - I wonder if it is current policy to encourage people to modify an old POS?

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a bigger intercooler is legal because its not power that regency are concerned with, its emissions. If you car is still running the factory computer it should still be within specifications because it compensates for intake temperature.

yea, regency arnt concerned about power, thats why they said i can not mofify the motor to have any more power and/or torque of a standard sr20det motor. /sarcasm off

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Slap a FMIC on a stock car on a normal temp day and you will pick up bugger all power, if any. (mine picked up ~5rwkw)

It doesn't affect emisions if anything it improves it as the car doesn't pull timing etc.

The Exhaust.. theoretically they shouldn't be allowed as we all know they make our cars run that little bit richer (especially R33's) and also gives us a boost increase which once again throws emissions out the window.

How do they do these emission tests? Idling Cruising & WOT?

Its always made me think if they do a test at WOT and most factory cars dip in to the high 10's high up in the rev range how do they pass?

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