Here we go again...

Quote Originally Posted by IV73CI View Post

1) they knew the amount of work, money involved for the conversion and the first thing that came into their head was the unlimited amount of $$$ they can charge for their services. (ridiculous amount on 1 engineer was charging) Rta have no control on what these engineers charge as it is entirely up to them.
Does this surprise you? What did you expect engineering to cost? $150 like your headgasket? By the engineering signing off the car he is essentially putting himself liable for your modifications, if you have an accident due to a failure of a component and that component was not ADR approved (can be engineered at the engineers discretion) well he gets done for it....hence the massive amount of money expected for you to pay.

2) one engineer said, if u fail a category, fix it then Come back and it will be another charge. I was like wtf??
Yes... does this surprise you again? It's their TIME... which normal person works for free in this world?

3) one engineer even said "once u have an exhaust, air filter automatically that fails your emission gases - no exception. So i said even detuning the ecu?? And he said yes which will make your car run very lean and yet still will fail. Put the stock zorst, filter setup then you should be sweet.. So i said fair enough.
^ lol - please....did you call your friend down the street? If an engineer thinks "detune = lean" they don't deserve their signatory license (which is now invalid anyway). It's also offensive, or maybe you're that obtuse to understand that you completely disregarded my previous EPA comment where I had my car on the Botany EPA rolling road which is known as the worse station to get tested at (where that logic comes from I don't know..) I had a 3" exhaust, high flow cat, non standard intake and managed to pass with ease.


Ive spent hours on the phone and in person with these engineers and pretty much turned me off from conversions originally...
LOL this one makes me laugh the most... you spent hours on the phone with an engineer who should be charging ~$150/hr for their time? LOL.

But ever since operation Kilowats is inplace, theyve decided this is our time to shine and make money from these car enthusiast.
Take the immaturity off this board, this is for blatant illegal cars. If you have complied to the rules there is no reason for you to be done.


Do me a favour and post up the 3 engineers you have been talking with, if I recognise the name, I will call them and speak with them to see why they refuse. I dealt with 2 engineers, chose one for reasons that the first guy was just too busy and I wrote my own report for the car to be signed off, I have a fair idea of what needs to be legal and what doesn't so I find this rather idiotic that you can't find someone to engineer your car without a hassle. Everyone in this industry knows the Hondas are a good car to engineer.