Yet another P Plate question.

[BOO IT]

Hey Guys,

Just Blown my head gasket in my 1993 eg4 civic and was wondering its going to exxy to get it fixed so was thinking maybe why not go v-tec?

But heres my Issue.

Im on P plate laws and have been told 4 million different things about the v-tec engines.

I love everything about the v-tec and cant wait to get one its now down to the fact am I allowed it?

please no stupid comments as I need to work out my answer ASAP!

[PHM91]

hey mate ive got the same issue and no you can;t because youd be modifying your car/engine and that you cant do when your on your p plates in brisbane now, there might have been people saying if you modify your car and keep it under 200kw or buy it off someone its fine, but there wrong. i even askd a officer about it...and they confirmed it.

im sure this will help your decision

pham.

[Moey.C]

what state are you from ?

[MZ3]

i guess if you replace the engine with the same displacement, who's gonna know?

Im sure the average dumbass copper wont know the difference.

[BURST]

Your average cop probably wont know the difference. But I think the issue is insurance. If you crash and they figure out the car you are driving has been modified and isn't legal for a P-plater then they will not cover you and you may have a huge debt to repay.

[EG52NV]

in Sydney NSW the law clearly stats a p later cannot drive a turbo charged, supercharged and certain other high powered 6 cylinder vehicles There is a list on the NSW RTA website. There is no law to say you cannot drive a car with v-tec or even a car that has been engineered for a non-vtec to vtec engine swap. So if you are in Sydney yes you can. I'm not particularly sure about other states tho..

[BOO IT]

hey mate ive got the same issue and no you can;t because youd be modifying your car/engine and that you cant do when your on your p plates in brisbane now, there might have been people saying if you modify your car and keep it under 200kw or buy it off someone its fine, but there wrong. i even askd a officer about it...and they confirmed it.

im sure this will help your decision

pham.

Hey Thanks. just sucks. so if i was to by it v-tec i could drive it?

what state are you from ?

QLD FTW!!!

i guess if you replace the engine with the same displacement, who's gonna know?

Im sure the average dumbass copper wont know the difference.

Yeah but I still dont wanna be caught out with it knowing i could get caught at any min

[beeza]

QLD FTW!!!

Damn Straight!

[PHM91]

well you could do a vtec transplant but if you crash then youve got a big debt as BURST said above, but if you get a pulled over by a cop that knows how to do his job then you'll get screwed over..

[BOO IT]

well you could do a vtec transplant but if you crash then youve got a big debt as BURST said above, but if you get a pulled over by a cop that knows how to do his job then you'll get screwed over..

yeah pretty much. how much is it for the head gasket to be replaced?

[PHM91]

yeah pretty much. how much is it for the head gasket to be replaced?

should be 200 and under

[eg5civic]

Read the rules carefully and exercise them to your full adantage

It says no vehicle modifications which require a engineers certificate
Ie if you had a 92 eg si for example with a d16a8 DOHC non vtec, swapping to a b16a should not need a engineers cert as you have not increased the displacement but 10% and you ahvent gone from single to twin cam, or carby to efi