R34 25Gt, Good First Car? Or Not?

[warps]

I was quite fond of the N14 Pulsars when they came out - probably not a bad option

To answer the qn about B18 in a Civic, the P plate regs say that any engine swap which needs to be certified (as described in section 13 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management — Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2010) cannot be driven by a P Plater.

According to VSB 14 of NATIONAL CODE OF PRACTICE for LIGHT VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION and MODIFICATION, the following engine mods / changes require certification (hence are banned for P plate drivers)

• Fitting engines greater than 120% of original power and/or engine mass;
• Fitting performance engines;
• Fitting engines from non original equipment sources;
• Installing a supercharger or turbocharger; and
• Modifying the engine and engine components that results in an increase in engine power of more than 20% and/or affects exhaust emissions

If a B18 is not considered a performance engine (not sure what their definition is) and the exhaust emissions are as per standard, then it would probably be OK. The only other thing I'd consider is whether the 20% increase in power relates to the engine fitted to the base car (eg D16 rated at around 90kW), or B16A2 in an EK4 (118kW) or whether you can argue that the (jap only) EK9 was fitted with a 147kW B16B hence you can use that as a baseline. Somehow I think that's stretching the friendship. At very best, I'd expect that the B16A2 is the highest power baseline they'll let you use (118kW) so you can't fit an engine any more powerful than 141kW.

Of course this all has to be proven (exhaust emissions, power outputs etc) and I'm fairly confident that the law would favour the law enforcers rather than a P plater driving a modified car. You know - guilty until proven innocent

Also, after a bit more research, it seems that you can get exemption to drive low powered turbo petrol cars (less than 125kW/tonne) but you need to have the exemption certificate with you at all times.

[Darmanin10]

^{Tecjnically not legal but as long as it says Honda on cover, the cop wont know the difference between a d16 or a k20}

[Quigs]

I found that the most enjoyable car i had when i was on my P's was a suzuki swift GTi great little car, yeah i did used to cop a lot for driving a "girls" car but didn't care when i was out braking and out handling much more powerful cars on the road and the race track. If you cant stand a FWD id also suggest a mazda mx5, like the GTi loves to rev good bang for buck economical and reliable enough to take to a race track drive home and go to work next day.

Good luck with your vehicle purchase

[Brawwwppp]

I found that the most enjoyable car i had when i was on my P's was a suzuki swift GTi great little car, yeah i did used to cop a lot for driving a "girls" car but didn't care when i was out braking and out handling much more powerful cars on the road and the race track. If you cant stand a FWD id also suggest a mazda mx5, like the GTi loves to rev good bang for buck economical and reliable enough to take to a race track drive home and go to work next day.

Good luck with your vehicle purchase

MX5 is a option... dad wan'ts one but i think i will just get slammed for owning one. Probs would stance the f*ck out of it though

[TTR34]

People slam me for owning a skyline, people slammed me when I owned a MX5... haters gonna hate.

MX5 is great bang for buck and will teach you how to drive well. Actually thinking of getting another one, for the missus of course