About This File
This modification code covers the installation of non original equipment engines with not more than 20% greater mass and/or power output than engines offered by the vehicle’s first manufacturer as a standard or optional engine.
Code LA1 does not apply to ADR category L-Group vehicles and motorcycles.
MODIFICATIONS COVERED UNDER CODE LA1
The following modifications may be performed under Code LA1:
Fitting of a replacement engine with not more than 20% greater mass and/or power output than engines offered by the first manufacturer as a standard or optional engine.
MODIFICATIONS NOT COVERED UNDER CODE LA1
The following is a summary of the modifications that may not be performed under Code LA1:
Fitting of a replacement engine that does not comply with the applicable ADRs;
Fitting of a replacement engine of which the specifications are not suitable for use with the existing components of the vehicle; and
Fitting of a replacement engine that necessitates substantial modification to the vehicle’s structure (e.g. firewall, chassis modifications) or where any structural changes compromise the vehicle’s ability to continue to comply with the occupant protection ADRs.
