Alez
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 posted on 10/7/08 at 09:11 AM |
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Tin top year and emission tests?
Hi All,
Two quick questions:
1. How old does a tin top (i.e. type approved and unmodified) need to be so that its MOT levels are fine with carb(s) and no cat?
2. How old does it need to be for not being subject to emission tests at all during MOT?
The Euro rules are here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_emission_standards
But obviously they give levels only and I don't know which technologies (carb / efi, cat) generally lead to what sort of levels.
If you are curious about the question: In Spain we follow the same Euro rules as in the UK (years and levels), but we do it wrong because we use the
car year and not the engine year (surely because in Spain those two are always the same as people don't build or modify cars). I wanted to know
what year reg I need on the next kit car I want to buy (and eventually import into Spain) to make the approval and MOT offices happy. They will use
the date of first registration as shown on the V5C, so ideally I'd like one of those cars that are a recent build but have some old age related
plate.
Thanks very much for any comments.
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Alez
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| posted on 10/7/08 at 09:23 AM |
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Looking at the tables, seems like the Euro 3 was the first one to require that levels other that CO are measured. I'm then guessing that
probably a reg that's 1996 or older may make things a lot easier to me?
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phoenix70
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| posted on 10/7/08 at 12:14 PM |
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I'm sure in the UK Cats became compulsory on all new vehicles from around 92-93
Also, even with an age related plate, the year of first registration is still when you registered the kitcar.
I.E. Mine passed its SVA in 2006, so its date for first registration is 2006, although it carries a 'F' Plate which is 1988
Sorry
Scott
[Edited on 10/7/08 by phoenix70]
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Alez
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| posted on 10/7/08 at 12:40 PM |
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Oh I see.. so if you see your V5C, what date(s) can you find there? Just the date for first registration? I thought that the point of having your kit
car registered on an old (donor) age related plate there in the UK was because tax was cheaper that way, does it not work like that then?
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