gthofan is off the road for 6 months

[gthofan]

Hey guys, after a few problems with cops, my car will now be off the road for about 6 months, starting monday 5pm : :(

I will be doing a complete rebuild of the car, including, either au or v8 conversion, Full electric looms, thermo's, climate control heater box.

If i go v8, gt40 heads and new intake manifold, cam, msd ignition, will be on.

Au- will get full rebuild- pistons, cam, crank, etc...

more things are possible, but yet to think of them hahaa
A workshop build thread will be made soon enough


cheers
scott

[SBR_1]

Scotty Scotty Scotty....

What a kick in the guts.You poor bugger.I guess at lease now you are going to be able to spend the time fixing the car up before its back on the road.See if you hide the day light you can see through the dash.LOL

All the best Scott.

[efgiar]

what did you get done for? canary?

[Sorted]

Is that your car is off the road or you have a suspended licence?

So where you going to drive on the weekend, Sydney?

[gthofan]

my last week- dobbed into epa- noisy exhaust. Defected last monday night. full rwc due by monday 5pm. And suspension takes effect as of 21st sep.

So ill unregister it, do the work and have her back on the road by the time i get the license back.

[LOW_XR]

go the au motor scott.still gunna get to the mini meets yeah?if you need a hand with any of that work give me a yell as only live down the road lol.

[BRADMAN]

whats the go with being dobbed into epa?

do they come to your house to test the car? or notifiy the cops to find you to test you?

brad
slightly worried about his noisy exhaust

[Allen]

Well, at least you have put a positive spin on the situation Scott... Should the eastside mini meets become a "Go to Scottys place and work on his car with him" ?? :P

At least the EB wont blow so much smoke anymore!

[DEVL-XR]

Originally Posted by BJSPENCER85

whats the go with being dobbed into epa?

do they come to your house to test the car? or notifiy the cops to find you to test you?

brad
slightly worried about his noisy exhaust

Brad they'll most likely send out a notice in the mail telling Scott to get a noise test on his exhaust. I got one last year at Spring Nats, damn EPA.

[Dezza]

What a shocker of a week you had, Scotty. At least you seem to be making the most of it, so when you get back behind the wheel, your car will be better than ever (hopefully with some decent wiring this time!). I can give you a hand as well with it. You've got my number so if you need help, then feel free to call.

(BTW, when you put your new engine in, don't try painting the rocker cover again :P )

[XR_Lightning]

how hard will it be to re-register your car after so many mods, especially the v8 conversion if you do it, wont you need an engineers certificate to get the car roadworthy?

[BRADMAN]

thanks bradensebxr6,

sad news. but a good chance to get good things done. i take it you have other ways to get to work/school/uni/?
hope the conversion goes well for you (pics please) (go the au )

technically he needs engineers for any of the mods...however given its already a 4.0L he could get away with it. if you go the AU im sure a mechanic some place will sign it off saving you an engineers cert (or if u a mech with a ABNorCBN you could do it)

(info taken from EIN number form located on vic roads website)

brad

[chrispie123]

hey scott just check and make sure that if you got done by epa that you dont need epa to clear it as well as an rwc when you get it back on the road

[gthofan]

im going to stick with a quiet exhaust i think. Hmm i remember a thread in the last few days talking about roadworthies and au motors. It needs to meet au emission laws, which would mean intake manifold also. not sure though.


The epa sent out a letter, saying i was spotted on mountain hwy with a loud exhaust.

And yep i have a ride to work everyday saves about $150 a week

[89 S-PACK]

Originally Posted by gthofan

im going to stick with a quiet exhaust i think. Hmm i remember a thread in the last few days talking about roadworthies and au motors. It needs to meet au emission laws, which would mean intake manifold also. not sure though.


The epa sent out a letter, saying i was spotted on mountain hwy with a loud exhaust.

And yep i have a ride to work everyday saves about $150 a week

must suck getting stung by the epa....
hope i dont get done. mental note dont drive my car near your place.lol

being in the middle of nowere i dont have the neighbours dobbing me in. for the hell of it i paddock bashed the camry with no exhaust or bonnet. mad fun

best of luck with which way you go on the motor swap.

[LOW_XR]

scott just tell em its a eb motor. thats all im doing.its still a 4lt anyway.

[Hybrid34]

So because you got a loud exhaust, your suspensed from driving for 6months:S? how does taht work?, oh and if you get a epa notice, can't you jsut change it before you go get it tested..to make it, lesss loud?
-Ash

[Bill_R]

Originally Posted by gthofan

The epa sent out a letter, saying i was spotted on mountain hwy with a loud exhaust.

So, what happens when this happens? Does the car spotted need to be tested for a fee? If the car passes is the fee refunded?

It seems like anyone could put anyone else into the epa just for the hassle. I'd expect them to check the car out themselves first before asking for it to be tested.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Hybrid34

So because you got a loud exhaust, your suspensed from driving for 6months:S? how does taht work?, oh and if you get a epa notice, can't you jsut change it before you go get it tested..to make it, lesss loud?
-Ash

The licence suspension was unrelated to the loud exhaust. He just had a shocker of a week, first the EPA notice (just needs to put a quieter exhaust on and get it tested to clear it), then a canary (fix up a few issues and get it roadworthied), and then had his licence suspended (for other reasons, which Scott can say if he wants, but it's his choice as to how much detail he goes into)

[gthofan]

i got done for speeding back in march, and vicroads say that was within my 12 month good behavior period :( any way, the epa test is about $40. And i think you need to pay regardless of the results from the test.


Here is a list of to-do's/adding to the car:
Replace horn with standard, replace drivers side headlight with good one, Fit globe covers, refit airbox, ef/el belt cover, ef/el thermostat housing, 4 new tires, ea f/ghia dash loom, ea f/ghia heaterbox, remove surface rust from subframe, remove xr6 badging from guards, add door locks, add door knobs, replace front seats with ea f/ghia, standard exhaust, extractors, fire extinguisher to boot, au engine/respray block, cam, thermo fans, new brake booster/ fluid reservoir, cut and bog rust spot in 'a' pillar, steering wheel- standard, respray rear boot lip spoiler, add electric antenna, diff cover gasket.
And possibly add cruise control.

Should keep me busy for a few hours

cheers
scott

[webby_191189]

Originally Posted by LOW_XR

scott just tell em its a eb motor. thats all im doing.its still a 4lt anyway.

Or grind the numbers off the block and stamp the originals on there haha then nobody knows to hear.

Sucks to hear that its 6 months tho. But then then of the amount of money you can save in 6 months

[bentles]

3500 in fuel minus maintenance and mods he might do spur of the moment and the fact hes less mobile also means less maccas trips etc which also dig into the back pocket

[gthofan]

very true bentles, also cashing in rego, and cancelling insurance. As i payed for rego on august 5th i will get about $440 back. And not having insurance for 6 months equals about $500

Im going to be forced to cancel my rego because vicroads can do it if i dont get those defected items checked off. So ill get in first and get some money back.

The plan will be to strip down to almost rolling chassis, and check pretty much all parts. And re-build adding all previously mentioned items

cheers
scott

[frost]

Or sell your car unregistered. for 1.5-2k and spend money on a better car

[bentles]

Originally Posted by frost

Or sell your car unregistered. for 1.5-2k and spend money on a better car

and wheres the fun in that haha

[LOW_XR]

Originally Posted by gthofan

i got done for speeding back in march, and vicroads say that was within my 12 month good behavior period :( any way, the epa test is about $40. And i think you need to pay regardless of the results from the test.


Here is a list of to-do's/adding to the car:
Replace horn with standard, replace drivers side headlight with good one, Fit globe covers, refit airbox, ef/el belt cover, ef/el thermostat housing, 4 new tires, ea f/ghia dash loom, ea f/ghia heaterbox, remove surface rust from subframe, remove xr6 badging from guards, add door locks, add door knobs, replace front seats with ea f/ghia, standard exhaust, extractors, fire extinguisher to boot, au engine/respray block, cam, thermo fans, new brake booster/ fluid reservoir, cut and bog rust spot in 'a' pillar, steering wheel- standard, respray rear boot lip spoiler, add electric antenna, diff cover gasket.

And possibly add cruise control.

Should keep me busy for a few hours

cheers
scott

what stuff in list you gotta do and what you wanna do scott?we should paint engine bay when do au conversion ay?

[SeZZa]

Poor Scott.

Hopefully you can still hitch a ride to the mini-meets and cruises.