Dont you wish you lived in NZ

to4garret · Post by **to4garret** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:16 pm

Look how cheap this is!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... key=398407

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:57 pm

f me dead!
does anyone know how much it cost to ship a car from nz to here?

Post by **dstocks** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:36 pm

The compliance would be your problem, not the shipping cost

Spud · Post by **Spud** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:03 pm

Where is that engine from and is that a better choice than an Evo engine if your gonna turbo your car?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:13 pm

Well you can always buy the car & then have everything converted to your own FTO.

Of course have around spare $2k for the engineer cert

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:23 pm

thats tiptronic!!! it will fit mine

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:17 pm

Im seriously considering this !!

If you got it over transferred engines and sold it with my old engine and mods i would probably get say $14000 and a twin turbo FTO !

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:19 pm

barfy wrote:Im seriously considering this !!

If you got it over transferred engines and sold it with my old engine and mods i would probably get say $14000 and a twin turbo FTO !

not if someone beats you to it

to4garret · Post by **to4garret** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:22 pm

barfy wrote:Im seriously considering this !!

If you got it over transferred engines and sold it with my old engine and mods i would probably get say $14000 and a twin turbo FTO !

you realise you will get bum shafted trying to import it anyway other than a personal import. even then it will still cost upwards of 6k on the road.

btw, to get it classed as a personal import, you need to own the car, and live in NZ for atleast a year

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:25 pm

you could import it for "spare parts"

to4garret · Post by **to4garret** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:27 pm

yes you could, and then you would only be paying for contianer space, warfing fee's i think GST as well.

but the car need to be chopped in half in NZ before been loaded

there is probably other restrictions as well

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:38 pm

to4garret wrote:
barfy wrote:Im seriously considering this !!

If you got it over transferred engines and sold it with my old engine and mods i would probably get say $14000 and a twin turbo FTO !
you realise you will get bum shafted trying to import it anyway other than a personal import. even then it will still cost upwards of 6k on the road.

btw, to get it classed as a personal import, you need to own the car, and live in NZ for atleast a year

Or you can always import it as a "Race/Rally" only. That if you going to use the parts only & not having it rego in Oz ever.

Star_Lancer · Post by **Star_Lancer** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:49 pm

damn that engine bay is so tidy!

I'm impressed!

Apparently you can get an Evo 5 in NZ for like $8k??

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:16 am

now i'm curious, say if i have all the part for a transplant engine, don't worry about the labour cost etc etc, what else is require (eg.compliance, engine cert) to get it legal on the road and the cost?

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:21 am

Ok so how much would it cost to get VR4 engine into a FTO ?

Its around $5000 to turbo a mivec engine, withough touching the internals right ?

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:03 pm

nah its a lot more than $5000

i like how that engine bay is very stock looking... doesnt attract any unwanted attention

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:03 pm

Hahahaha.... i knew there was a red 1 floating round chch somewhere.... f**k that is awfully tempting, i have the money and the car is 300km away.... hmmmmmmmmm come to think of it so is my fto! and scarily, my engines half out or it!

i might flick this dude a txt

so yes.... i do wish i lived in NZ...

of course you CANterbury!

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:10 pm

Spud wrote:Where is that engine from and is that a better choice than an Evo engine if your gonna turbo your car?

From a Galant VR4, and yes because they are basically the same engine but bigger and twin turbo. although i thought the gearbox's were on the opposite sides?

Spud · Post by **Spud** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:17 pm

Cheers Schumie thanks for that.

For us Aussies though wouldn't it be cheaper just to buy a Galant VR4 here?
I mean there's one on eBay here for $9900. This is of course if all your after is the engine.

Having another complete FTO for spare parts is also a nice idea though.

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:01 pm

So what motor is in that FTO is it a 4G63 ? How much you think it would cost all up ??

Im thinking with my setup to turbo a GPX all i would need is the turbo,intercooler,manifold,fuel pump,trans/oil cooler. Once thats done get custom piping. I already have the computer if i bought all this seperate surely i wouldnt be looking at to much over $5000 installed...

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