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I have just bought a L series with 1.8 Turbo and 2" lift and want to know if they are legal in NSW? I know I need some flares for the tyres I have, 14" 195R.

If it's a factory turbo it's ok.

Legal and legal.

However, if your tyres stick out past the guards, at least in Victoria, they're illegal.

THE MOTOR IS STRAIGHT OUT OF RX TURBO.
THOUGHT IT NEED A ENGINEER CERTIFICATE

If the body you put the engine into didn't have a turbo from the factory you will need a certificate.

I THOUGHT SO, BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUR DISCS IN THE RX LEONE.
ARE THEY EXSPENSIVE? DOES THE LIFT NEED A CERTIFICATE TO?
CHEERS

Please stop yelling at us all (turn CapsLock off).

Engine is Legal - so long as your insurance company knows about it. It must be complied.

Lift kit is also legal - so long as your insurance company knows about it. 50mm lifts are an Owner-Certified modification in NSW.

For more information on what is roadworthy/what is not, refer to VSI06, accessable from this link.

so the police would be fine with both then?
I think they are more after the street racer kids.

Didn't want to get pulled up and have to spent 1000's on certificates

Thanks for the link.

It still must be complied (the engine that is), ie you'll need a blue-slip. To check if it's complied, verify the engine number against the rego papers.

Have you got rear discs?

An Engineer's Report, for less than $500, is the best insurance against defect notices you can buy.

195R14s should still be just inside the guards on and L-series with Sunrasia wheels. Maybe you could get the guards flared instead.

no rear discs on it.
Do you know where the engine number is on that motor?
The engineers certificate is the only sure way to not get defected.
Have you heard of many raised subi's being checked over by the law?

So if I put a turbo motor in my wagon, and i have rear discs. what will i have to do before i drive it on the road?

Blue slip, and make sure your insurance company knows about it. In NSW Third Party Liability Insurance (Green Slip) is the law. If your vehicle does not comply with the Statement of Insurance then you are a criminal.

But we're all criminals from time to time . . . :P

From memory, the engine number is on a sticker on the bellhousing, on the starter-motor side of the timing-mark access port.

As I have freely given away all of my worthless EA82s, I cannot reference this at all so I'm probably wrong.

sorry to hijack the post... but is a 3" lift legal in Victoria?

If the law aren't thinking lift kits are illegal, they have no reason to be checkin beneath the hood, not like it sounds much different either..very mild turbo

If you don't draw attention to yourself, or don't hang out with street hoons etc, or drive like a hoon, you have little to worry about. As said before make sure your car with correct engine No is registered. ie blue-slip.
not all rego check places do the blue-slip, and maybe they may want an
engineers report these days, (or maybe not, depends on where you go)