hows it goin i have heard alot but cant find any info about nsw laws against putting powerful engines in light cars, a mate of mine said he worked outi can only legally put a 1.6 lt engine in my car. does the same law act on rotaries as well?

check the rta website. www.rta.nsw.gov.au

I'm sure you could go more then a 1.6L engine. I am quite sure they go by stock horsepower of the engine over the weight of your car/ stock weight of your car. Naturally rotary's are very powerful for their size in litres. although you can pretty much get any engine complienced, it just depends on the engineer and what his standards are.

Mazfix in QLD will engineer a 13BT into a 1200 (but they whack a 300kg lead weight in the front of your car to give it more weight)

But best bet speak to someone at your local RTA they can tell you for sure.

Cheers
Damo

Na.... lots of street legal CA18DET 1200's around in NSW....
You just need to speak to an engineer and make sure you do your homework on brakes suspension setup etc etc before you start.
Do a search on club member FRO (Gerry)
He is an automotive engineer and can give you heaps of hints and tips and help get a certificate on your car.
You can generally go for a 200cc increase without a certificate, which will take you to an A14.

Hey kegs ! Go to http://rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/ve ... ds/informationsheets.html
Click on'' Vehicle standards information sheets" (which is underlined & highlighted in
blue).
Scroll down & click onto " VSI 06 Guidelines for Light Vehicle Modifications".

ENJOY !

aight well ive found the formula its unmodified weight times 3.0 for naturally aspirated engines or for turbo/supercharged unmodified weight times 2.5, and for rotars its the same but its the displacement of all rotars times 2. ok now ive got this can someone please tell me the exact weight of an unmodified 1200 sedan, as this is the weight u apply the formula to. i hope this helps others out as well as me. thanks

I believe its 730Kgs