Have a few things i want to ask about the ecotec in VN/VP from what i understand you use the vn k frame vn mounts vn gearbox and vn loom and only change the motor and exhaust system is this right.
How do i go with rego dose it need a mod plate/engineering in VIC?
Is there anything else that has to be changed?
Any info would be good im looking into doing this to a VN or VP for my Ps soon.
this is a good question actually. I talked to an engineer about the vicroads "modified vehicle guide lines" about the " 20% or less power/capacity increase from the original engine" rule stated in the documents which this conversion falls into that category, should be all good for rego and no engineering cert required if the engine management from the donor engine is used. Ie. must be the original or original type of system used on that ecotec model car it came from. So that means you need the VS loom, ECU, exhaust and appropriate parts if it was sourced from VS and you should be right with having it signed off.
As for using VN-VP system with ecotec, it may need proper tuning to meet emissions as I was told ($3k apparently of the testing, ouch!) This is the general info the engineer gave me but didn't go into detail as I would have needed to have a consultation with him, which I will when I get to that point.
I also should state that each engineer might handle this differently. I know with the VW scene there is a lot of stuff that gets signed off that really dodgy and shouldn't be.