Legalities of Engine Swap ?

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Mr. Yaris

Fresh Recruit
Hey guys,

Well I'm getting to the stage where the Yaris will be ready to roll once more.

Question is, how do I go about notifying people about the Engine swap, as I'm putting a 4EFTE in it.

How does it work with ;
- Tax,
- Insurance,
- MOT,
- Log Book, etc.

Do I just write off to the DVLA and that's job done?

Cheers

Andy
 
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leeg22

Member +
not as easy as tht now a days needs to fitted by garage with paperwork to prove it was done there and think vosa have to do checks to make sure its done properly.
 
M

Mr. Yaris

Fresh Recruit
Hey guys, cheers for the replies.

Yea the Blue Yaris at TD is mine.

So will VOSA go and check it there, or do I need to take it to them somewhere?

Cheers

Andy
 
dac69er

dac69er

Super Moderator
leeg22 said:
not as easy as tht now a days needs to fitted by garage with paperwork to prove it was done there and think vosa have to do checks to make sure its done properly.
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why is that? i fitted my 4efte engine myself and its easily as good as any garage could do. i guess as my car is originally an import anyway it makes it a bit easier???

i have sent my log book off to change details on another car previously and it was done no questions asked. as long as its insured correctly i wouldnt have thought its too much of a worry!?
 
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steve-gers

Member +
My old car was a corsa 1400 sport with a 2.0 redtop fitted. Usually if you send off the V5 with the change of engine, code.....etc then they change your V5 no bother (which obviously means your tax is changed accordingly). I have heard of some people having to send a report from a mechanic to say that the conversion was done corretly and that the brakes, suspension, mounts.....etc had been sufficiently uprated aswell. The MOT is as normal only that the emmisions test is conducted for the donor car (in my case astra GTE) and as it was an 1989 engine it needed only to pass the basic emmisions test.
 
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yaristurbo

Member +
Do they still do SVA test ( single vehicle approval)
dvla letter with log book changes needed
Tax should change then as they now scan log books
Insurance will be more, mine was 3500 at 19yoa


Or dont do any of the above and be rude like me lol
 
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