hi guys this is starten to stress me out... i have a donor car ready for my VL commodore it has a black 308 motor stamped with VT prefix meaning it was from a early VK can this motor leagally go into my car in NSW? the full engine number is : VT468872 really need to know asap Thanks

You'll be fine with it. The VL 308 was almost identical to that engine. All vicroads want is to record the number, not find the year of manufacture. I'm not too sure whether the 'old engine in new car' rule is still there as there's no information in the vehicle standards or modified vehicles PDF's from vicroads any more.

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH [View Post] You'll be fine with it. The VL 308 was almost identical to that engine. All vicroads want is to record the number, not find the year of manufacture. I'm not too sure whether the 'old engine in new car' rule is still there as there's no information in the vehicle standards or modified vehicles PDF's from vicroads any more. im from NSW not victoria btw i forgot to mention that ---------- Post added 05-10-10 at 11:37 ---------- just rang RTA spoke to a few mechanics that do blueslips etc they all basicly said a Black 308 motor from a VK (Stamped VT on engine number) into a VL is a no go in NSW it either has to be a VL 304 carby or anything newer this is based on emmisions even thou they are almost identical motors... RTA said if i got an engineer cert for it i could but i dont think its worth the hassle i think this information should be stickyed sum where so ppl dont have to go through the trouble that i did lol