Wrong engine on v5

[hairykrishna]

I want to get back into a kit car and there's one I fancy. Problem is that at some point a past owner has binned off the old crossflow and put in a Zetec. V5 shows the old 1.6 crossflow.

How much of a pain is this? If I send a letter to the DVLA with some kind of inspection letter (AA? RAC? garage?) will they just swap it over. Or am I setting myself up for some kind of hell of inspections.

[hairykrishna]

Thanks for the replies. If (when...) I buy it, it'll probably be going in for a session to set up the carbs properly on a rolling road. I might just get them to give me a letter at the same time 'certifying' which engine I have.

[hairykrishna]

I ended up buying the car - it's a Sylva/Raw Striker. Lovely thing but a bit rough around the edges at the moment. It should be in for MOT in the next week or so after I've sorted out it's rats nest of wiring a bit.

I'll be trying to change the engine with DVLA after that so I'll keep this thread updated. Sounds like it'll be relatively straightforward.

[hairykrishna]

I haven't done mine yet. As with all kit cars there's a million little things that need tinkering with and I'm pretty sure the bloke who did my wiring loom was blind. It means it's disappeared into my garage and not made it to the MOT man yet. Adrian Flux didn't seem at all bothered when I insured it and pointed out it had a different engine.