D-series in a Beat??

[Solleke]

I've seen stuff of B series being put in a Beat, which is LOTS and LOTS of work.
A D series engine is smaller, has anybody any idea if it would be possible to put lets say a JDM D15 Vtec (JDM version of the D16Z6) in a Beat?

[R@tch]

Would be lots of work as well, but most importantly you will probably never be able to register a car with a swapped engine like that in Belgium I'm afraid .

[Gavin]

linkages and mounts etc i've researched that turns out to be the easier part of the project, everything will be custom guess that's the one of the few good things with the UK in that we can do stuff like this

[C-Rex]

You would be doing so much work to put in a D seriers you would be better off just put in a B series.. It might be slightly smaller but no so much that it would become a simple swap

[Solleke]

Well, normally in Belgium we aren't allowed squat. But since the Belgian MOT workers never have seen a Beat in their life, they won't even notice that a D-series engine isn't standard. And I have a Honda 2nd hand dealership myself (specialised in 90's Honda's), although I'm not a mechanic. But as a dealership owner I have Belgian dealer plates, which allows me to drive any car I want without really registering it or having to pass the MOT. Because I pay the tax on the dealership plates, not on the car like regular Belgian citizens do. Thats a big plus. In Belgium the procedure to register a JDM import car which has never been sold in Europe like EK9, DC5 (and doesnt have a certificate of conformity) can take up to 12 months!
So I can start the registration procedure, and just drive it around on my dealer plates until my registration papers finally arrive. (usually they just lie waiting in some office in Brussels for 10 months and then they say well its time, let's give him his papers).

[R@tch]

I know of the horrid Belgian legislation when it comes to importing Japanese cars as well . I don't mean to trample your dreams but would they not notice a 3 cylinder engined car having a 4 cylinder engine? And driving around on dealer plates for leisure sounds very riksy o.o, you'd commit both insurance and tax fraud. I do not know how easy the police in Belgium is but in the UK your car could be taken and crushed not to mention probable investigation/consequences of/for your activities as a dealer. But I hope you make it a 'they told me it couldn't be done' story and pull it of