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Originally Posted by Dimi  Hi Craig
With regard to your comments on rego restrictions.
I have been trying to get my 40 registered in NSW for the last 10 weeks and to this point without success due to the RTA moving the goalposts.
It seems that the GT40 with a Boss 260Kw motor and Corvette brakes do not comply according to the RTA.
Their ruling is that the braking system must be used in total and complete from a donor vehicle that had a motor of at least the same power or greater and the weight of the donor vehicle has to be greater than the recipient vehicle.
Also as the Corvette is not an Australian ADR approved vehicle the brakes cannot be used at all, at least in NSW.
I had my 40 set up as per DRB's manual with the standard Corvette suspension and brakes and when we did the braking tests with my engineer everything passed as per the requirements and everything was within the limits required but when the engineers report was submitted they refused the brake tests and so we retested to a higher standard and they still refused.
It has always been my understanding that the brakes on a vehicle were designed to stop a vehicle of a certain mass weight irrespective of the power of the motor but I guess I was wrong.
So now I am being forced to upgrade to larger Aust ADR approved calipers and will have to submit to another series of brake tests and as I am led to believe from a speed of 160Km per hour.
A speed that is totally illegal in all states of Australia on public roads.
Are these beaurocrats being totally letter of the law or just trying to stop ICV's from being registered, or just pig headed F#@$%wits.
This whole process has been unbelievably frustrating and getting me to the point of wanting to punch someone out.
Time will tell where we end up with this.
Dimi |
What a bureaucratic nightmare! It's disgusting when a true enthusiast like yourself is made to suffer because of some a**hole on a power trip. A true waste of taxpayers money and your time. I hope it works out for you.