rdodger
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| posted on 24/3/13 at 08:27 PM |
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Under the dash?
Evening all.
I am fitting the body/dash at the moment and was wondering how far the IVA man will delve under the dash with one of his nasty spheres (100mm I guess
down there?). Will I have to completely enclose the underside?
Is it right the 165mm sphere is used 6" above the seat base and 100mm sphere below that?
Cheers
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Dooey99
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| posted on 24/3/13 at 10:33 PM |
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what are these spheres and what do you check?
Less weight more speed, more power more speed
If in doubt, give it a clout
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loggyboy
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| posted on 24/3/13 at 10:46 PM |
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There' s a very clear diagram in the manual, section 12.
Mistral Motorsport
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 08:10 AM |
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panel it in...nothing to test,job done
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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40inches
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 08:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
panel it in...nothing to test,job done
Yep, I lined mine with corrugated plastic sheet, like corrugated cardboard, but........plastic
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adithorp
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 08:32 AM |
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As far as I remember they use the ball to feel for anything, moving it in a horizontal plane (no poking upwards); So if the edge was higher than the
dash edge it was OK; That was SVA though.
I put a piece of carpet across. I used sticky back velcro to attatch it to the back of the rolled edge of the dash and to the scuttle. It only fell
off last week. They did look up behind mine with a mirror for sharp stuff and dodgy wiring. He asked me to remove it to see the wiring was secure but
that was all. I had put nut covers and edge trim on anything low anyway.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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adithorp
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 08:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dooey99
what are these spheres and what do you check?
The speres are used to feel around for contactable edges inside and outside the car. Any edges it can touch have to be radiused to a minimum
degree.
If you aren't aware of the spheres then I imagine there's a whole load of other important IVA test information you're missing. If
you don't want to fail IVA you need to read the manual. Sharp edges are a common fail point.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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Slimy38
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 08:39 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rdodger
Evening all.
I am fitting the body/dash at the moment and was wondering how far the IVA man will delve under the dash with one of his nasty spheres (100mm I guess
down there?). Will I have to completely enclose the underside?
Is it right the 165mm sphere is used 6" above the seat base and 100mm sphere below that?
Cheers
In practical terms, think about what your knees would hit on a front impact, and make sure it's smooth...
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rdodger
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 12:57 PM |
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Thaks for all the advice. I will get to it!
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whitestu
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 01:22 PM |
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Are all centres now consistent with how they check? When I did my SVA in 2006 the tester didn't check the raduis of anything and certainly
didn't use any spheres.
Stu
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adithorp
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| posted on 25/3/13 at 02:00 PM |
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They didn't get the spheres or radius gauges out when they SVA'd mine either. I raised the point (after I had the pass in my hand) and the
tester said...
"I've tested enough cars to know, what the sphere would reach, what it wouldn't and that your radii were more than required."
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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plantman
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| posted on 28/3/13 at 10:01 PM |
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cover it all job done my tester said 'spot on that will save me alot of work'
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L5W
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| posted on 28/3/13 at 10:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by plantman
cover it all job done my tester said 'spot on that will save me alot of work'
Similar to my IVA tester, a quick glance and I got the all clear. I covered the under dash area with piece of old carpet tile, which was an off cut I
scavenged from our office revamp at work so completely free, a nice locost solution
crud pic, but here is said carpet tile half in place, the front edge just clips in behind the dash
Lee
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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ctwv50
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| posted on 18/8/14 at 06:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by L5W
quote:
Originally posted by plantman
cover it all job done my tester said 'spot on that will save me alot of work'
Similar to my IVA tester, a quick glance and I got the all clear. I covered the under dash area with piece of old carpet tile, which was an off cut I
scavenged from our office revamp at work so completely free, a nice locost solution
crud pic, but here is said carpet tile half in place, the front edge just clips in behind the dash
Lee
How the hell did you make that dash? Looks really good.
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Jenko
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| posted on 18/8/14 at 08:00 PM |
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If I'm not mistaken, it looks like an mk dash covered with 3m di-noc. It's great stuff and when heated can bend and wrap complex shapes.
MY BLOG - http://westfieldv8.blogspot.co.uk/
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L5W
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| posted on 19/8/14 at 06:59 AM |
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Jenko is correct. Its MK's carbon fibre dash which I messed up so covered it fake carbon fibre! I'd attempted to get the digi dash inside
the radius exclusion zone and when complete, I realised the speed reading was partially obscured by the steering wheel. you can just see a witness
mark to the top right of the digi dash where the hole for the loom plug has been filled in and covered with the wrap.
Lee
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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ctwv50
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| posted on 19/8/14 at 08:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by L5W
Jenko is correct. Its MK's carbon fibre dash which I messed up so covered it fake carbon fibre! I'd attempted to get the digi dash inside
the radius exclusion zone and when complete, I realised the speed reading was partially obscured by the steering wheel. you can just see a witness
mark to the top right of the digi dash where the hole for the loom plug has been filled in and covered with the wrap.
Lee
I see, would these dashes fit an agm scuttle on a haynes roadster? Does mk still make them? Thanks
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