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Adam
3rd October 2002, 12:02 PM
when i get my car mot'd i will need to register the car. Can anyone tell me what size engine should be put on the documents. Should i use 1.3 or 2.6. Cheers

adam
p.s. by the way my car is a 1992 FD3S
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3rd October 2002, 12:16 PM
Depends what you can away with i guess !
Paul-Tll
3rd October 2002, 06:40 PM
1308cc =cheaper car tax and will help
you sell the car one day!
Glenn Butcher
3rd October 2002, 08:29 PM
Adam, I beleive that you can put 1308cc on the document.

You can quote from a Mazda Manual if you like as the engine is 1308cc as printed in the manuals. (take a copy of the page from a manual). iluvmyrx7.com (http://www.iluvmyrx7.com) has a number of online documents you could use.
Fish
4th October 2002, 06:16 PM
I have just received my documents back from the DVLA after trying to re-register my FD as a 1.3ltr.

They have told me to go away. Until I can get a letter from Mazda, they will class it as a 2.6ltr. :(

Not a happy boy as I have to pay £160 road tax tomorrow.

Dan
MikeLMR
4th October 2002, 06:36 PM
It tells you the correct engine size in the sales leaflets ... is that good enough for the DVLA ?
Welsh Dan
23rd June 2003, 01:43 PM
Can anyone shed any light on this? I spoke to Mazda UK, and although they said it is technically a 1.3, the DVLA have said it has to be a 2.6 because its a rotary engine?
MikeLMR
23rd June 2003, 01:54 PM
The Engine displaces 1.3 litres but unlike a piston engine it fires both chambers every revolution of the ecentric shaft (crank) this means a 1.3 litre rotary is comparable to a 2.6 litre 4 stroke piston engine as said piston engine will only fire 1/2 its cylinders in 1 revolution of the crank (due to the 4 stroke principal)

Mike

P.S

There was also a post a while back with a quote from the DVLA saying that anyone caught trying to bypass the system by registering a car as 1308cc's will be made to pay tax retrospectively (spelling?)
DRAGON
23rd June 2003, 02:05 PM
I have registered loads of 3rd gens, all as 1.3s.
Welsh Dan
23rd June 2003, 02:29 PM
Sorry, i meant that I know how different people class it as a 1.3 or 2.6, but how could the DVLA justify calling it a 2.6 when mazda have said its a 1.3. Ah well, never mind
Jovic82
23rd June 2003, 02:45 PM
hmmmmmmmm

makes interesting reading
seeing as ive just forked out £160 for mine aswell


Nick