Test this morning (Bloody cold at 6am)

Emmissions, and that is with a cat, lambda bleed system and a power commander....

Couple of other minor points, mirrors not high enough and side repeater not visable from all required angles...
"It's in the same place as that Seven thats just passed".......
"yes sir but sevenesque cars are exempt"
Tried arguing that it was 'sevenesque-ish'
but no go...
And front indicators too low, not so easy to adjust.

So all in all a good result.
Any suggestions with getting an EFI engine to run leaner would be gratefully recieved, it ran cleaner without the beeding cat.
Any power commander experts in the house?

BTW Nottingham station is excellent, really helpful and patient, guys name was Sandy and really wants the car to pass.
And the drive back in the sun was a blast

John

PS. filled up with Super Plus before the test, thinking that it would 'burn' cleaner. Is it possible that this could increase CO levels?

[Edited on 24/5/04 by spunky]

Sorry to hear you failed.

I cant help with most of it but when I was struggling with my emmisions I was told to ensure that there wee no leaks from the exhaust system as a leaking system will such air in, and they are sensing for unburt oxygen. I was advised to seal the joints with silicon sealant, it smokes a bit when it gets hot but once cooked in remians flexable and dosnt smoke.

HTH Gordon

unlucky spunky!
how low are your indicators?
is it a small margine or big problem?
Barrie

Hard luck Spunky, hope you get sorted out and pass soon.
You have worried me on the mirrors and indicator repeaters. can you advise or post a pic of where yours are fitted, this mey give us a clue as to what he failed you for.

Cheers and good luck.

Bad luck, John.
You could just do with spending a bit of time with a gas analizer and play around with your power commander settings by the sounds of things. The emmissions test was the hardest bit to pass. my car was really sensitive to slight adjustments. the indicator thing should be easy enough, just a few more holes in the bodywork.
Glad you got your little problem sorted yesterday.
I got blacked flagged at Donnington:103Dbs

[Edited on 24/5/04 by timcrasher]

Yours will come under this heading Fifer. It's because the body is further in than the wings and tapers as well. The problem with the mirrors is seeing over the rear wings. If you can get them up near the top of the scuttle it helps. As for super plus.
What is LRP?

Intended to be a direct substitute for leaded 4-star petrol.

Being sold through the "wide nozzle" pumps previously used for 4-star

Must not be used in vehicles fitted with catalytic converters.

Is effectively Super Plus (97 RON) unleaded, pre-blended with a lead subsititute additive
LRP will have the same octane (97 RON) as 4-star.

No ignition retard required.

LRP may offer similar protection against valve recession compared to leaded
http://www.barringer.co.uk/autolinks/lrp-presentation.htm
Do you have a restrictor fitted to the tank to stop a wide nozzle pump being used? if not it should have failed on that too. I think Jasper was a victim of that.

[Edited on 24/5/04 by Peteff]

Thanks chaps,
The mirrors TBH I expected to fail but when I fitted them I only considered asthetics not compliance (own goal that one.). Basically Fifer they have to be pretty high to be able to see the top half of the pole placed 10m behind and in ine with the mirror. The rear arches cause a big blind spot, same on a seven I spose. You could use big stalks but the vibration would render them useless.
Side repeaters have to be visable from 5 degs. off from directly behind the repeater at the same height. Again the rear arch gets in the way. I know that didn't make sense but don't worry about it 'cos 7's are bloody well exempt
Front indicators may be a problem, but it is marginal. 350mm is in the centre of the lens, can probably black out bottom alf of the lens and it will pass. (suggested by inspctor) What sort of law is that, blank off 50% of your lamp and it passes

Oh yeah and 105dB at 7000rpm,
so that was a fail also. hardly supprising with half the exhaust taken up with a cat!

I'll get there
Still buzzing from the drive back

John
Sorry for the blurry pic.

[Edited on 24/5/04 by spunky]
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Originally posted by Fifer
You have worried me on the mirrors and indicator repeaters. can you advise or post a pic of where yours are fitted, this mey give us a clue as to what he failed you for.

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To get around the front indicator height problem I just wound up the collars on the shocks. The front end was an inch higher than it should be when I got to SVA, but then again the wheels were toed out so far it looked stupid anyway.


Steve

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Originally posted by Peteff

Do you have a restrictor fitted to the tank to stop a wide nozzle pump being used? if not it should have failed on that too. I think Jasper was a victim of that.

[Edited on 24/5/04 by Peteff]

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Ahh, didnt see the avatar. see what you meen on the mirrors. Nice looking car !
It's things like the "tape up the bottom half of the indicators" that make me wonder about the SVA test !!
Good luck with the resit.

Spunky,
What were your emission readings?

I went through a load of pain to get my injected R1 through the emission test (with a power commander) so may be able to assist. Also, what emission control systems are you using as a CAT and a Power Commander was about the best combination I found.
Regards
Chris

Chris,
muchos gratios. You have U2U

John