since motorex is closed

[HellBent]

Originally Posted by beatboxn420

So all those guys who put in Rb26's into there 240's have to spend 7000g just to have it be legal. Damn US.. Japan is looking pretty good right now.. only if there was some women of my taste over there.. >.<

Actually in my converstaion with CARB they initially said that it was not legally possible to swap a foriegn engine, that is not sold in the U.S., into a U.S. spec vehicle. I was refered to the director of the Specially Constructed Vehicles program and then the head of inspections. After explaining that the RB26dett was legal as modified for the Motorex petitioned vehicles, they conceded it might be possible. Unfortunately, this was virgin territory for them, and they requested more info...

Still need to call them back. The only problem is it looks like the engines would still need to go to an ICI for modification, testing and certification. So the answer is "yes". An RB26dett would be extremely expensive to legally put into a U.S. legal car and have it meet CARB (50 state) emissions requirements.

So:
Price of the engine
price of ICI importation/modification
Price of testing ($7000+)
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who knows the final cost?

-AL

[beatboxn420]

My ex was the hottest woman I ever seen.. Ill still never get over her... or atleast her body. =D... anywho. Fuck that, Ill just have an "illegal" engine in a illegal car and just out run dem coppers. =D Lol, fuck the states.. seriously

[beatboxn420]

Question: When working for an R.I., do I need to notify the DOT or NHTSA or anyone that I am legalizing a car?

[tyndago]

Originally Posted by beatboxn420

Question: When working for an R.I., do I need to notify the DOT or NHTSA or anyone that I am legalizing a car?

When working for an RI ?

What kind of question is this ?

Do you know the first thing about being or working for an RI ? If you did this would be an asinine question.

The first thing that would happen is you need to get an HS-7 on an imported car. An RI can only work on a car they imported.

[beatboxn420]

No sh*t. There is an RI near my city that has been looking for employees.. like fabricators and such.. which is my thing. I want to know(cause Im sending in an application) do you need to anwser to DOT or NHTSA by telling them you are working on legalizing a car? Do they need to know you are at an R.I. shop, working on a car they have brought over, to making it legalized. And I have minor information about working for an RI. So I'm inexperanced on this subject. I just have had my finger in this subject for a few months now. Im not a expert on this, I dont spend everyday, learning and reading on this topic.

[tyndago]

If an RI imports a car they have to report it to the DOT. Importing GT-R's is not for the weak of heart or wallet right now.

If you want to do it legit, you are asking for much scrutiny. Take it for someone thats been importing and dealing with GT-Rs the last 7 years or so..

[jwacho]

Originally Posted by cnile51

vectorspecialist please do more research because you have no idea what your saying. First off the military thing doesn't fly because you can't just say im military and skip all the dot issues. you must go through an RI and go through J& K technoloigies located in MD to legalise your vehicle. You do not have to convert anything to LHd either. Look at the motorex cars and see that none of them are converted. Some things that are changed are bumper supports, glass, obd2 and evap canister things for emmissions. I know all of this because I own a skyline in NJ that is fully legal. I have my dot bond release, registration and insurance card. They all say Nissan Skyline on them... Theres a video on youtube of me getting pulled over as well :-)

well how did you get your skyline? did you import it or did you buy it already legalized? if you imported how did you do it?

[vectorspecialist]

i dnt have a skyline, i have a stealth, i looked into the skyline b4 i bought the stealth, but its too expensive, and i did enough research to find the ways of getting the cars in, and btw, ups can import cars, u just gotta pay thru the ass

[nismogt_rfreak]

Of course, you could just wait 'til 2014 to bring over a GT-R legally...

[vectorspecialist]

or not...if u wait all of about a yr from now u can get the r35