Originally posted by jusTANG
kerry i think he is asking for himself. To see weather or not it is viable for him to do it so he can drive his car sooner. I could be wrong but thats how i took the question and then the comment on the concept idea
Originally posted by fas66coupe
this is something that i am concerned with, With the laws as tight as they are it is too risky to be driving a v8 with p plates = heafty fine and 3 out of our 5 demerit points lost.
What i don't get is why us new drivers are not allowed to drive a low powered small block v8, whilst we can drive say a 195kw ve sv6 or a 195kw ford xr6 with more power.
How much work is there involved with converting a v8 to a inline 6 or v6, then back to a v8 a few years later?
by the way professor ozbilt, fantastic idea!
This whole concept comes as a package, the car is only one small part of it, so by doing the car yourself still leaves you in the same position, you may not be able to "legally" drive it.
As far as doing it yourself, yes it may be possible but if you read the following, it will maybe make sense of my erratic thoughts.
I do not know how you would go about it here when all the mechanical pieces, that I have noted here, are in the USA. That was why I had at first considered the inline 6 from the Falcon. However the prices the wreckers want for them here are too steep & puts the concept out of the marketplace. They are also very tall, so would be a difficult fit.
This has to come in at an amount that would be considered "affordable". Part of that package may include the following, I am also trying to get an insurance company onside that will insure the young driver upon completion of the "defensive" driving course. The "driver course", I feel, is very important as these cars react differently to the front wheel drive crap that is running around over here.
The subject of insurance is probably just as big a hurdle as this whole project. If we cannot get coverage for the young drivers here in these cars, the whole thing falls apart. Overseas it is not so much an issue, but as we are so regulated here, it becomes difficult. Yes you can drive the car with your parents as the insured, but it is not really "legal" when you are the primary driver & owner (my belief). If the car is in a parents name for rego & insurance it is of no benifit to the young driver, they still have to start their good driving record somewhere.
This also could be another idea, that if backed by the different car clubs, would create a flow on of members & may also help the gaining of insurance. I will not know until I have had talks to the relevant people.
