Rb25 Converted R32 Gtst - Getting Engine Numbers Checked At Vicroads?

[nice 28]

Not sure if this is relevant, but I was at Vicroads the other day in order to get another car registered. The car in question happened to have its engine changed during its lifetime and the new engine number wasn't in the vicroads system (wasn't anything dodgy). I was told to get a statutory declaration from the police station saying I bought the car as is, and they changed it on their system accordingly.

In your case, as it's a larger capacity engine, you'll most likely need an engineer's certificate (with the relevant mods needed) in order to get it changed.

Would the new owner even be able to get a legit rwc with a larger capacity engine without an engineer's certificate?

[R31Nismoid]

They probably will - if the mechanic has no clue.

Legally however, the RWC is invalid and should not have been given out.

Its the "black line" in many respects as how is the RWC mechanic meant to know? They have to ring VicRoads etc, spend hours on the phone, so often they just signoff or will just refuse (i've been refused from heaps of places over the years)