Yeah, I wish I had that kinda cash left... after what the engineer stung me I'm just going as cheap as possible. For a glorified RWC inspection he charged me $580!
But the good news is that I have a Lancer GL I'll be picking it up next weekend and pulling out the motor (I'd bought it years ago when I needed parts and forgotten about it, expecting that it had moved on, but it was kept in a shed so should be all good). From memory it had some good parts on it too like those roof strips too. So while its here I'll rip off anything that may be needed.
That way I can register it as a 1.5L, get it inspected, then just go back to the 4G63T... I reckon some oil and dirt over the engine number should put any cops off a engine number inspection. I wouldn't be poking my hand that close to the exhaust when its just been running to wipe off the grime!
Thanks everyone for your help... especially Gianni!
Hopefully I'll be joining you guys on a cruise soon... its been 7 years since I went on the team 4G cruise from memory, way too long and this time my 3 year old daughter can come out with me.
Just for a laugh, this was the list he gave me to fix...
number 5 to be removed from front bumper (I don't know how a red number 5 is illegal)
rear seat belts faded
battery bracket hitting bonnet
exhaust too low
front reo cut
rear reo cut (for every bumper iron modded to make the kit fitted I had an engineer make up a support frame for the bumpers from tube steel and was documented in the structural integrity report I handed him)
rear number plate lights not ADR approved
must have seperate reverse lights, and must be ADR approved
taillights do not conform to ADRs
must have 2WD gearbox, not a modified AWD gearbox
turbo timer must be removed (it was turned off and stuck way up under the dash)
rear of the car can't have ANY filler... must be repaired and resprayed without any filler (mind you these are fibreglass rear quarters with bog to blend the edges)
windscreen washers apparently weren't working (work fine and bottle was full too?)
rear brakes must be upgraded to factory specs of the car the motor came from
wheels 5mm too big in diameter and 15mm too wide (17s with 205 tires)
what annoys me most is I provided him with a structural integrity report for the body mods, and the results of a brake test that confirm that my car is up to the task with the stock rear drums. But for now I'm just getting it on the road, down the track when its on the road and not just a lawn ornament I'll get an engineer who isn't a cranky old prick to look it over. At least he didn't pick up on my exhaust full of steel wool to keep it quiet!
When I picked the car up he went on to whinge that my car ''looks like one of those stupid things from that Fast and the Furious movie''... I told him, ''great because its a replica of one of those cars''.
