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    Default Licensing a VS

    Hello,

    I want to get a carbureted 355 for my 96 VS but my mate says i wont be able to get it licensed because its carbureted

    Is this true ?

    Cheers

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    He is correct - whatever you fit must meet the pollution laws of 1996 when your VS was made....and carb engines just cannot compete with fuel injection. That's for starts - there are other reasons but that's the main one I'd reckon.
    "If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared not only to retract it, but also to deny under oath that I ever said it." --T. Lehrer
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    Just go EFI with a hi rise manifold

    1995 Manual HSV Clubsport
    Wade Cam :: 9.2:1 CR :: Pacemaker headers :: Twin 2.5" Exhaust :: VT Brakes
    1991 Supercharged VN Berlina
    9 PSI SC14 Intercooled :: Genie headers :: Twin cats :: HM Twin 2.25 exhaust :: 3.45:1 LSD




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    you could do it if you ran straight gas

    just speak the rta , vic roads or the revelant authority in the state you are in first

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    Cheers thanks Deanos

    Yea i think i might go EFI with the high rise manifold thats what my mate suggested to me when we were talking about it

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