Thread: Getting mods certified in VIC

Here is a link to a list of engineers.

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/NR/rd...cember2008.pdf

I swapped my V8 for a Turbo Diesel, using the same gearbox. The only actual mod was welding on new engine mounts. http://www.aulro.com/afvb/isuzu-land...onversion.html The initial engineers inspection cost $130 and the final inspection and the written report cost $220. He inspected the whole car, not just the new engine mounts.

Cheers

Originally Posted by rijidij

The initial engineers inspection cost $130 and the final inspection and the written report cost $220. He inspected the whole car, not just the new engine mounts.

Cheers

Now that sounds a lot more reasonable than $1000.
Would you mind telling me which engineer you used. Send me a PM me if you'd prefer.

Steve

Not Vic, but my engineering certifications cost about $500 in Qld. May be useful as a guide.

That included the adr compliance on import and the mods.

Originally Posted by steveG

Not specifically Landrover related, but has anyone gone thru the engineering/mod approval process recently in VIC?

From my understanding the general process is to find an VICRoads approved engineer, agree over what is being modded and how, get the work done to the engineers satisfaction, hand over lots of $$$ to him and you get some sort of paperwork to say its all cool (and probably have to present paperwork to Vicroads).

I'm actually asking in relation to getting a simple engine swap certified for my daughter's Sierra, but I thought the any answers would likely be useful to LR owners too.
I've heard I could be up for up to $1000 for the engineer, but that seems excessive for what is basically a bolt in conversion using a Vitara 1.6

Has anyone had mods certified in VIC (on any vehicle), and if so can you give me an idea of type of mod and what it cost to certify?

Steve

There are a few things to consider:

1) What's the largest engine you can (legally) fit in the car? (A G16A or B should be OK in a Sierra).
2) Engineer looks not only at the work done, but the quality of that work and it's effect on other (standard) components like brakes etc. The engineer will most likely conduct a few tests such as brake lock-up (to ensure that the fronts lock before the rears etc).
3) Will you need to upgrade other components to cope with the modifications?

Once the Engineer's report is done, you should be good to go.

(I've had a couple of vehicles engineered in the past - a fuel-injected 4AGE into an old KE70 Corolla, and a quad-cam Toyota/Lexus 1UZ-FE into an MX83 Cressida).

Yours sounds like a reasonably straight-forward swap. If it were me, I'd "go the extra mile" and put the 16-valve, fuel-injected G16B into the Sierra, in preference to the carbied 8-valve G16A...

HTH.

95 ES makes a good point about the G16B engine.

We have a Vitara as well as the LR with the G16A engine, and they seem prone to cracking cylinder heads along the base of the cam journals. It happened to ours, and it took the best part of 3 months to source a good replacement head.

G16B's are more common, and easier to get.

I suppose the only downside is that the A being a carb engine would be simpler to swap

Thanks Psimpson7 - wasn't aware of the G16A head cracking issue.

95_ES - I've already got a G16B MPFI engine to put in. I picked up a rear-end damaged X90 Vitara last week so have all the major parts I need.
Definitely a bit more effort to convert than using a carbie engine, but should be a much better result.

Thanks everyone for your help. Now I just need to hold of an engineer.

steve