Jasper
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| posted on 18/2/04 at 03:47 PM |
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Design weights / axles ???
On the SVA form, I'm a little confused by the design weights. I recon my car weighs 450kg, cos most BEC's do. Do I just split this
between the two axles?
I seems to remember something about total weight including passenger and full tank???
Help.......
And how much do I send them - is £160 right?
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Deckman001
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| posted on 18/2/04 at 03:59 PM |
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Not totaly sure about this one, but i do know that the sva man wants your writen weight to be heavier than he finds on his scales !! Andy found out
nearly to his cost !! 
Jason
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greggors84
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| posted on 18/2/04 at 04:10 PM |
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MK tell you to put 900 kg on the form. I cant see many indys weighing that much. So i think as long as it is reasonble go a fair way above what you
reckon, so you dont get caught out.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 18/2/04 at 04:13 PM |
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Hi Jasper
My MAC certificate said max design weights. I think Ive got a copy of my old SVA application form at home somewhere.
Axle 1 - 400kg
axle 2 - 400kg
but sure glad it dont weigh 800kgs !!
Cheers
Jim
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 18/2/04 at 04:40 PM |
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Don't forget that what you're quoting is not the actual weight - it's the maximum allowed per axle. This is why the tester will add
the weight of 2 standard humans and their luggage to the actual weight, and the result should be less than the max design weights.
David
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GO
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| posted on 18/2/04 at 05:44 PM |
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David's got it, in theory our cars have been designed with a max load weight on each axle. So the SVA man wants to know that the weight of the
fully loaded car is within the design limits.
[Edited on 18/2/2004 by GO]
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Jasper
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| posted on 19/2/04 at 10:22 AM |
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Cheers chaps
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SeaBass
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| posted on 20/2/04 at 08:52 PM |
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I think these design weight figures are used for the braking calculations. ie will the brakes be able to stop the vehicle when fully loaded. Does this
ring a bell to anyone who has been through the test? I'm not going to be too over enthusiastic with my figures just incase.
The figures they check against the design weights are taken from the weighbridge at the SVA center and calculated with two passengers (of 68kg?) set
at a certain point. These are plugged into the sort of fulcrum formulas and the figures they come up with needs to be less than design weights.
Another confusing part of the SVA? Surely not...
Cheers
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SeaBass
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| posted on 20/2/04 at 08:57 PM |
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Interesting scan from a site I was browsing:
Cheers
[Edited on 20/2/04 by SeaBass]
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