irvined
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 10:53 AM |
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IVA Fail at Norwich
Chaps,
I took the fury to Norwich this week for its IVA test, it failed on a few things, funnily enough, none of the ones I was worried about (Noise,
emissions, forward visibility etc)
Most of them are easy to sort out, there was one that I was really not expecting though, and that was the arches, they don't cover the tyre
enough on the fury. They were very close, and I'd never bothered to check them, so my own fault really.
The list was:
- Rear seat belt mountings, the rear roll bar needs a brace, i had to remove the original ones as i couldn't fit in the car, so will put some
on the rear of the bar.
- Front and rear wheels not covered enough, will be fixed with some spats at the rear, and some additional plastic/grp/rubber at the front to bring
the arches out a little.
- Hazard warning tell tale not illuminating when ignition off. (Should have noticed this myself. I have an ETB dash, so will wire up the savage
switch for the hazards.
- No tell tale for the sidelights, totally missed this one somehow...
- (Hand)brake effort - we think its the 'smart' pads in the wilwoods, so we'll replace all round with polymax a/e or 1144's
(which was the plan anyway) and to be sure i'll increase the leverage on the handbrake.
On the whole I'm pretty happy with the result, testers were very fair and gave clear advice on how to solve the issues, they were both
petrolheads and wanted the car to pass as much as I did.
Fingers crossed I will get the car sorted out and back there hopefully in a couple of weeks for a retest.
A couple of things were marginal - rear visibility was the biggest one, I'd positioned them so i could see what I'd want to see behind me,
but the lines were really borderline. With a bit of adjustment we got it through though. Also its worth making sure you've flatted down any
edges from the grp.
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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loggyboy
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 11:08 AM |
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Not a bad fail then. All fixable with no 'finger in the wind' solutions needed.
You should have it on the road for christmas then! Perfect time of year for a lightweight open top car!
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 11:34 AM |
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Thats not a bad fail at all. What was the problem with the rear arches? They look ok to me in your avatar.
[hint] V linky V [hint] 
[Edited on 14-10-10 by speedyxjs]
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 12:05 PM |
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Sounds like a nice simple short list of things to sort.
You could pop some narrower wheels on for the re-test. I had some build wheels for that (5 1/2 inch Orion, or Sierra ones). The only issue is for
the tyres to be appropriately rated. Also you might need to change the speedo calibration unless they are smaller or the same size.
Matt
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marcjagman
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 04:27 PM |
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Didn't think you needed a tell tale for side lights, thought the dash illumination was enough? or is different rulings for "normal"
clocks?
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McLannahan
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 04:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Thats not a bad fail at all. What was the problem with the rear arches? They look ok to me in your avatar.
[hint] V linky V [hint]
[Edited on 14-10-10 by speedyxjs]
Didn't he say his Fury Mark - not the 7?
Looking forward to another Fury on the road!  Good luck with the retest Irvined!
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stevegough
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 05:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by marcjagman
Didn't think you needed a tell tale for side lights, thought the dash illumination was enough? or is different rulings for "normal"
clocks?
Lifted from the manual which seems to agree with your comment?
Note 1: The tell tale must operate with the operation of the position lamp switch, it may be the illumination of the instruments or a separate lamp of
any colour (providing it is not likely to confuse the driver) clearly identified in either a pictogram (see section 33) or in a word format.
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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marcjagman
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 06:40 PM |
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Thought I'd heard that, thanks.
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adithorp
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 06:54 PM |
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If it's the Wilwood Powerlight hand brake calipers then in combination with the Fury modified lever, you will be short of leverage. 1144's
will help as will a bit of bedding in. I added a multiplying lever into the tunnel to improve mine. The result is loads of power and a nice action
(the standard is a bit short of feel).
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z282/adrianthorp/handbrakelinkage002.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z282/adrianthorp/handbrakelinkage001.jpg
adrian
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 14/10/10 at 08:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stevegough
quote:
Originally posted by marcjagman
Didn't think you needed a tell tale for side lights, thought the dash illumination was enough? or is different rulings for "normal"
clocks?
Lifted from the manual which seems to agree with your comment?
Note 1: The tell tale must operate with the operation of the position lamp switch, it may be the illumination of the instruments or a separate lamp of
any colour (providing it is not likely to confuse the driver) clearly identified in either a pictogram (see section 33) or in a word format.
Digidash illuminates all the time, it doesn't take in a feed from the position lights, so it doesn't count. I just failed on exactly the
same thing (amongst others).
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