Donor engine age.

[hodson]

Boxhead
I have been going through the situation of purchasing a car interstate (NSW) that was currently registered and bringing it back into Queensland for registration. After a couple of phone calls to the Dept of Transport (Qld) I found that it wasn't as simple as just getting a roadworthy (or safety certificate Qld). The DOT Qld require you to submit a request for reciprocal registration to them, then submit the original engineering papers as well as the current "state of registration" papers. This is then sent to the DOT engineer in Brisbane where he/she decides if the car is OK for registration in Qld. Advice from the local engineer here in Townsville is that the DOT consider each car on its engineering reports & Merits. This all starts to get very hard particularly if you are spending a lot of money on a maybe that it will get the nod for registration. I gave up and am currently looking at a car already registered in Qld (then its only a roadworthy / safety cert)

[HSVREDSLED]

I can see some traps for young players.

Heres one...
There are many examples of people who have had LS engines replaced for various reasons under warranty (piston slap, oil etc) Later it was revealed, the engines replaced were not from the current model and they were older donks. (Some several years).

Heres my point, the donor car you buy (lets say a 2004 damaged SS with LS1) may actually have a LS1 build date 2000, therefore..non compliant.

The above scenario can apply to any model.

[Plums]

Originally Posted by HSVREDSLED

I can see some traps for young players.

Heres one...
There are many examples of people who have had LS engines replaced for various reasons under warranty (piston slap, oil etc) Later it was revealed, the engines replaced were not from the current model and they were older donks. (Some several years).

Heres my point, the donor car you buy (lets say a 2004 damaged SS with LS1) may actually have a LS1 build date 2000, therefore..non compliant.

The above scenario can apply to any model.

I have heard this and it makes sense. If you had a current model car, they are hardly going to pull the latest motor from the production line as a replacement for you. They will get a spare motor which may be a year or two old. I would be bloody dark though if they put a 2000 engine, (LS1) in my 2004 car that had come with a second generation LS6.

The only way to tell what model engine you have is to look at the first two digits of the engine number.
Check the engine number, it will start with VF03xxxxxxxx if it's a 2003, if it's a 2002 it'll be VF02xxxxxxxx etc. etc.

There were some 2006 LS1's (VZ), though these would be VF05xxxxxxxx.

If you are buying an LS1 from a wrecker (or secondhand), check the engine number to ensure you are getting what you paid for.