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turbo engineering

Post by a-dog »

I have a mate who is looking at a gq patrol to buy and it has an aftermarket turbo and when he asked if it was engineered he was told that when you turbo a diesel in NSW it doesnt need to be engineered. Does anyone know if this is true or not. I would have thought it needs to be engineered.
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Post by dumbdunce »

pretty sure you're ok.

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Post by love ke70 »

pretty sure theyre fine, as mentioned, ring the RTA to find out but its a diesel, they dont care essentially
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Post by mosus »

I"m Pretty Sure you'll need One done. We engineer cars and 4wd's/Trucks at my workshop and we have to engineer all turbo conversions and that's in QLD and were a little more relaxed than NSW.

We look for things such as emissions beeing met, installation beeing done properly e.t.c
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Post by bogged »

mosus wrote: We engineer cars and 4wd's/Trucks at my workshop ....
...and were a little more relaxed than NSW.
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by ajsr »

mosus wrote:I"m Pretty Sure you'll need One done. We engineer cars and 4wd's/Trucks at my workshop and we have to engineer all turbo conversions and that's in QLD and were a little more relaxed than NSW.

We look for things such as emissions beeing met, installation beeing done properly e.t.c

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Post by ajsr »

ajsr wrote:
mosus wrote:I"m Pretty Sure you'll need One done. We engineer cars and 4wd's/Trucks at my workshop and we have to engineer all turbo conversions and that's in QLD and were a little more relaxed than NSW.

We look for things such as emissions beeing met, installation beeing done properly e.t.c

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Post by hammey »

Yes you do mate.
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Post by brad-chevlux »

bogged wrote:
mosus wrote: We engineer cars and 4wd's/Trucks at my workshop ....
...and were a little more relaxed than NSW.
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Post by joeblow »

ajsr wrote:
ajsr wrote:
mosus wrote:I"m Pretty Sure you'll need One done. We engineer cars and 4wd's/Trucks at my workshop and we have to engineer all turbo conversions and that's in QLD and were a little more relaxed than NSW.

We look for things such as emissions beeing met, installation beeing done properly e.t.c

Ahhhh good old sunny melbourne gotta love it turbo anything you like
yeah, don't think so.
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Post by tna racing »

joeblow wrote:
ajsr wrote:
ajsr wrote:
mosus wrote:I"m Pretty Sure you'll need One done. We engineer cars and 4wd's/Trucks at my workshop and we have to engineer all turbo conversions and that's in QLD and were a little more relaxed than NSW.

We look for things such as emissions beeing met, installation beeing done properly e.t.c

Ahhhh good old sunny melbourne gotta love it turbo anything you like
yeah, don't think so.
any more than a 10% power increase has to be ingineered mate
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Post by dogbreath_48 »

I've always found it strange that all these diesel turbo kits are sold without any mention of engineering or roadworthy issues. I'm sure most petrol turbo conversions would come with a 'not for road use' disclaimer...
If the diesel kits weren't roadworthy without engineers approval, the manufacturer/fitter could be liable...
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Post by a-dog »

thanks for all the replies. rang the RTA and confirmed and it does need an engineer cert.
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