Hey guys, it's been a while.

I'm getting some mixed answers from these lovely VICroads people and I think I'm getting somewhere but I wanted to see if anyone has recently swapped out their un/registered A12 engines for an A14 and how they went about getting the new engine number (with increased capacity) registered with their 1200.

I've been told a couple things, flat out - "you can't do that", "you need an engineers cert", "you need to write a stat dec saying that it was an original manufactures option for that chassis/car" and "if it wasn't, just write a stat dec to say that you can install it without changing anything structurally"

I've also been given this link to VICroads
VIC roads car details

I think I fall under their "Change of engine" point 3.

my old man had his a14 engineered but only because he had an early x member therefore needing to modify engine mounts which warrants an engineers cert. as far as i know, if the engine bolts straight in ie. late model x member should bolt straight up to the a14. Then its a matter of driving it down to VIC roads having engine and chassie numbers checked. mind you this is a lot easier if the car is already registered. I blew my early model a12 up. i ended putting in a late model a12 swapped the x members and dropped the new motor in, took it down to box roads nd had the numbers swapped over.... no questions asked. Keep in mind swapping from early to late has nothing to do with engine sizes... however it shouldnt matter....

put motor in
drive to vicroads
give receipt for motor
fill form out
they inspect engine number
they give you new rego sticker with new details on it

job done