Dry Tare weight of a RA23

[RAAAH23]

Hi,

Well, it's the RTA weight you use - whether it is accurate or not - as they base the engine size paramaters (for upgrades) upon this figure. So, being 1040kg is good news for upgrading.

IIRC the RTA now uses the weight of a vehicle that is the heaviest model in that range. So, they would pick the RA28 weight - as it is the heavier model - for the RA23.

seeyuzz
river

Now thats something i did not know. Very useful

[13btt lotus]

qld transport has the 77 celica at 1067kg (im not sure weather this id the 23 or the 28, i have been told by an engineer he would sign of on either for me)

so by this NA can be upto 4268cc and forced induction can be 2934cc

this is taken straight from the NCOP, i will post a pic of the page if that helps??

[13btt lotus]

In my QLD code of practice manual a RA23 is 1044kg RA28 is 1067kg so in qld a RA 23 is allowed 2.6l turbo or 3.13l na

Rodi, table LA1 from the NCOP states,

>800kg = NA x3, boosted x2.5
800 to 1100kg = NA x4 , boosted x2.75
+1100 = NA x5, boosted x3

where did you get your QLD code of practice from?? my understanding is that qld runs under the NCOP guidelines....

[rodi]

Rodi, table LA1 from the NCOP states,

>800kg = NA x3, boosted x2.5
800 to 1100kg = NA x4 , boosted x2.75
+1100 = NA x5, boosted x3

where did you get your QLD code of practice from?? my understanding is that qld runs under the NCOP guidelines....

Easy , i am approved person with blue plate approval and i can tell that QLD 100% sure does not run NCOP and an engineer should use the correct weight for that vehicle in its heaviest form, ei for an rt104 corona you use the weight of a rt104 with auto and wagon, NCOP are supposed to be in by december but they say that every 6 months so dont hold your breathe

[rodi]

TA22 953kg TA23 967kg RA23 1044kg RA28 1067kg RA40 2 door 1030kg Ra40 3 door 1100kg

[13btt lotus]

wow, way to put me back in my place :-)

can you tell me then why qld uses NCOP for ICV's?? as the owner of a lotus 7 replica (who is planning the build of another ICV) i was working towards using the NCOP as thats what i had been told to do....

do you do ICV work?? if so can you please PM me some details so i can come and have a chat??

[roadkill]

Hi,

scuse my ignorance but what it icv?

And yeah, sux ballz that qld doesn't use the NCOP.... Kinda kills the idea of the NATIONAL part of it.....just like the LAMS thing for bikes. Even though it's a national list, Queenslands is different to the rest of the country......

Thing that sucks though is if an ra28 weighed just 23kgs more (for those following ncop) you could legally put a 2jz in, and by the time you did put it in, it would easily weigh 23kgs more....

bEn

[rodi]

shame they dont have a seperate chassis HAHA

[13btt lotus]

ben, ICV is "individually constructed vehicle", which coveres my lotus 7 (the race car i showed you the pics i think??),

basically it covers very small volume builds of cars that people build from scratch at home and then put through engineering to be used on the road...

[roadkill]

Hi,

cool, makes sense. I do remember the largish photo of it that you had. Looked very, very cool.

bEn

[TRD-12A]

The tare weight of my TA22 is 940kg and i am pretty sure the RA23 is just over 1000kg

[viccelicara23]

In the classic celica thread river has posted up a toyota spec sheet, it states RA23Lt weighs 1020kg
link
http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/sho...ostcount=17817

[ta2313B]

So this is telling us that a GT is heavier than a LT! Stupid Question but was are the differences between the GT and the LT.

[river]

Hi,

Yes the GT is heavier because it has the following:-

- 18R-G engine, which is heavier than the 18R
- Luxury components, such as air con, power windows, etc
- F-series diff which is heavier
- Heavier sports suspension components

What is more interesting is the GTV is slightly (by a few kilos) heavier than the GT. THis is because the GTV was designed for the "weekend racer" as it did not have any luxury components of the GT, but is heavier due to more stiff and strengthened suspension.

However, for proper track racing the GT was almost always selected over the GTV, as it was better to get a GT and remove all the luxury stuff to make it much lighter, which gained it better performance.

seeyuzz
river