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can i legally transfer a plate from one car to another? like a P Plate?

i have a rego on hold from a fairmont i bought which is a really nice 4 letter rego, and on black and silver plates. can i transfer this to my ute as i would a P Plate?

both are in my name, the 4 letter rego is on hold and the ute is my daily, and currently rego'd and wof

i know the plates and tags thingy thingy yeah yeah, but i am not going down that route. especially now i've posted it on a public forum! haha. it'd just be nice to keep that rego.

You could do it by getting your current ones made into a personalised plate and then put the black and silver ones on

Get 4wd. Add roof tent. Done

The driveshaft in my car is carbon fiber for the front half. Its for frontal crash reasons. Nothing to do with weight

Ive got a land rover 110 flat deck that im building a campet body to go on the back. Something like this but can slide off. Caravan is no good as i cant tow the boat

https://goo.gl/images/hZjhJr

E55 amg. 5.4 supercharged v8. Seriously quick. Great buying now. Can pick one up for 15k, they were over 200k new

My audi all road is 1000x better to drive than the holden adventure. air suspension so can have good clearence and lower when on road. 4.2v8 is also cheap to run and can pick up a tidy one easily for 7k

Doesn't welding races normally shrink them? And there for make it even harder?

Anyway I can hugely vouch for the gcness of both dave and simon. They did me a huge favor just a week or two ago.

Welding around it expands it. Definitely the easiest way to get them off

If you go for a coon get the 6sp auto. Way nicer than the old 4spd.

Supercharge and turbo the 1.3. 1.8ts and 16vs are a waste of time. If you are going to do an engine swap do a vr6

Wow you got dicked. I sell quite a outboards and holy fuck people are dumb as fuck. Sold a mint little 9.9hp johnson, huy rings up the next weekend and says that its stopped so he brings it back. I take off the cowling and can see its been cooked. Drop off the gearbox in front of him and the impeller is gone. Asked him if he ran it dry which he admitted to. Sold him another one for even more tho so i didn't mind but shows how easily retards can fuck them and blame you

wow i honestly didn't realise this was such a big thing. I'm shocked reading all this information. Considering drink driving is a slap on the wrist here i can't believe that doing a burnout outside your mates house can get your license revoked instantly. thats just nuts.

Its because of all the dick heads who think its ok to smokr it up in a residential area. They can also lose the car like this guy

http://i.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/77904864/dunedin-owner-of-seized-72-ford-falcon-gt-gutted-after-losing-burnout-appeal

Just be weary of the indirect injection diesels. They have a great tendency to crack heads esp the 4m40 and 1kz

If you're gonna be moving a car aaround town or country often dont bother towing.

Get an old f350 LWB or chev C30 LWB throw a beaver tail (banana back or what ever you want to call it) and away ya go. No trailer sway.

Mines a '85 LWB f350 on straight lpg 460ci and has a th700 auto for easy cruising.

Has air cond power steer and iv setup for either bench seat or rip it out and chuck 2 xr6 bucket seats in with a waeco fridge between them.

Also got an 80ch cb for the highway and all the trucks

Doesn't eeven know it has a car on the back. And overtaking is a breeze. (So is speeding so watch the right boot lol)

How many L/100km does it use on lpg?

Oh yeah the comment I made about the 4M40 equipped LWB Pajeros is equally directed at the Bighorns.

They both have coil sprung rear ends not suited to frequent heavy towing.

Tow once in a while and they're fine.

As Cam suggested load helpers will improve this but they're more of a lifestyle vehicle than an all out tow wagon.

There is nothing wrong with coil springs. You shouldn't have more than 50kg tongue load on a correctly loaded trailer

If you are looking at a diesel disco or rrc the 300tdi is a bit nicer than the 200tdi. Also has a different gearbox which is also nicer. Although there is nothing wrong with the 200tdi. As mentioned before avoid the diesel p38 range rover as it uses the bmw m51 diesel and is a bit light duty and a tendency to crack heads due to indirect injection.

That's funny coming from a guy who owns a LandRover

Just shows how fuck all you know about them

I don't have a suggestion on what to get but can suggest what not to get. I have a 2001 Isuzu Wizard. I wish I didn't. For example, their GM slushboxes are made in France. FRANCE!!!!

3.0 diesel 4jx1? Right up there for the worst engine ever made

Buy from here. Cant beat the service

http://hectorjones.co.nz/milwaukee/m18.html

Ive got a disco 300tdi manual for daily driving and towing, its done over 400,000km. Maintenence is cheap. It pulls well with an increase in fuel and boost. Its direct injection so starts first wind and is cheap to run. Last towing trip it avg 10l/100km. It seats 7 easily and has good offroad capability.

The 2.8 isuzu 4jb1t is a good engine. Direct injection and solid build. just that the bighorn isn't that nice to drive. Its quite small and cramped and doesn't ride very nice. The later 3.1 bighorn drives nicer but i dont like the 4jg2 engine.

Ive also got the Milwaukee impact driver. Makes getting rusted screws out easy and os good for when there's lots of bolts to undo like on sumps

Ive got a 900nm Milwaukee. Undoes over tightened wheel bolts and crank bolts

VQ+T all day.

Steal the motor out of Fletchs maxima.

I wouldn't touch an euro engine.

I was at a mates workshop today. 06 m spec with a blown clutch. Replacement parts are $5k. Fuck that all day.

Lol ok then i wont touch any jappa after seeing the cost of a trans rebuild for a gtr

The thought had crossed my mind. My zeds got an rb30 in it at the moment and can only just shut the bonnet so theres about 0 chance of getting a ford 6 in there. Was surprised how small the rods are in the ford engine. If you look at engine in the link above theres a mangled rod sitting on top that it spat out the bottom of the sump. Think its outa the earlier 240kw turbo ba falcon

You need a vw vr6. Available in 3.6l and are the same length as a 4cyl. A mate is in the process of fitting one to his 260z

90mm stroke is still quite small. Any 100mm cranks available?

One of the main reasons is slower acceleration of the piston at TDC and bdc.

For backyard cowboys like us it means you can use a cheaper piston and rod due to lower stresses.

I read somewhere that the screaming v10 f1 motors had to run a real long rod as at 20k rpm the piston would out accelerate the flame front at the point of ignition and lose torque!

Longer stroke equals higher piston speed for a given rpm