My IVA date has been set for next Friday so I thought that I would do the usual pre-IVA post to get the views of the collective on any obvious fail
points. It needs a good polish but other that that, all I really need to do is to roughly align the headlights and bed the brakes in as best I can.
I am slightly concerned about the radius test as applied to the exhaust clamps. I've adjusted them so the radius ball cannot get to them from
the top but you can touch the one nearest to the cat from underneath. I'm hoping that it will count as underneath the car.
Very nice 
You should be proud of your self
The seat belts i may be wrong but don't they have to have a red coloured button ?
Jacko
Looks pretty good. Poss Radius on the bottom of dash & I wold put a small piece of pipe over the bolts that protrude out of the exhaust clamps for the test
Wow, really nice, hope my Velocity ends up looking this tidy.
Good luck with the IVA.
Looking good Steve, have you got a date yet ?
Looking good 
I like the full size bucket seat's, how wide is it from your tunnel to outer chassis to get those in?
Ref your side repeaters, don't they need to be visible from the front at all?
I'm no IVA expert but can't remember seeing any fitted like yours before.
Thanks for the replies so far. Rather than do lots of quotes, I've listed my responses below:
I) Test date is AM Friday 4th April at Nottingham. I've spoken to them a couple of times about interpretation of the manual and they seem really
helpful. I'm going to get there early so that I can bed the brakes in a bit more by driving round and round their car park.
ii) Good suggestion to put pipe on the exhaust clamp bolts but I guess that I need to find some with rounded ends, otherwise the pipe will just
replace the bolts as the problem
iii) Even though it doesn't look like it in the photo's, the bottom edge of the dash has a larger radius than the 19mm required by IVA
iv) I had to put the side repeaters on the front wing as they can be no more than 2600mm from the front of the car. Viento's are too long to put
them on the rear arches, which is what most people do. As I understand it, there is no requirement to see them from the front. The viewing angle has
to be 5-60 degrees when looking from the rear so they are positioned to clear the rear arches by just enough.
v) The Titon harnesses are FIA legal and according to the IVA manual, that's good enough (besides which, I'm not putting a red sticker on my
blue car )
vi) The dimension from the transmission tunnel to the side of the car is 49cm. Viento's are quite a bit wider than most 7's and even with
that, the seats are a tight fit, with the seat base bolsters slightly squashed. The seats originally had adjustable backs, but the mechanisms got in
the way so I had to remove them and fix the angle of the backs with a solid steel plate.
[Edited on 29/3/14 by SteveWallace]
Radius on bottom of headlight bracket, might need some U trim on there. Nice and tidy looking build.
Lovely build.
Only thoughts are base of the centre mirror and the nuts holding the front Indy extensions may need covering.
Hopefully there will be two passes next week- mines on Thursday!
Couple of points-
Locking nut/ base of rear view mirror.
Might be worth removing the rear plate holder. Just one less thing to worry about!
The rear of the seatbelt top mounts. There is a cover but does it go far enough over?
The top of the suspension coil is outside the exemption zone- the edge of the coil is probably too sharp.
As mentioned the nut holding the front indicators on.
Does the gear knob have any sharp edges. Hard to tell in the pic.
Hope that helps! Mark.
I'll be interested to see if the side repeaters pass as if your positioned at a T junction with wheels turned right you won't see them
We have fitted them in the headlight bowl and passed
Hi,
not sure what has changed since sva but I have my side repeaters on the side of the scuttle and had no issues.
I don't suppose you know what RAL code the blue is. I have a velocity in thesame colour but can't remember the code?
good luck for iva
quote:
Originally posted by mccsp
not sure what has changed since sva but I have my side repeaters on the side of the scuttle and had no issues.
quote:
Originally posted by SteveWallace
iv) I had to put the side repeaters on the front wing as they can be no more than 2600mm from the front of the car. Viento's are too long to put them on the rear arches, which is what most people do. As I understand it, there is no requirement to see them from the front. The viewing angle has to be 5-60 degrees when looking from the rear so they are positioned to clear the rear arches by just enough.
vi) The dimension from the transmission tunnel to the side of the car is 49cm. Viento's are quite a bit wider than most 7's and even with that, the seats are a tight fit, with the seat base bolsters slightly squashed. The seats originally had adjustable backs, but the mechanisms got in the way so I had to remove them and fix the angle of the backs with a solid steel plate.
[Edited on 29/3/14 by SteveWallace]
That's a nice build
Have you panelled under the dash? They go under there with the sphere, I used corrugated plastic sheet from the bottom of a washing machine.
The collar on the top of the shock springs needs covering.
I bought a couple of very cheap CV joint covers and cut the tops off.
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quote:
Originally posted by CosKev3
Looking good
I like the full size bucket seat's, how wide is it from your tunnel to outer chassis to get those in?
Ref your side repeaters, don't they need to be visible from the front at all?
I'm no IVA expert but can't remember seeing any fitted like yours before.
quote:
Originally posted by snapper
I'll be interested to see if the side repeaters pass as if your positioned at a T junction with wheels turned right you won't see them
We have fitted them in the headlight bowl and passed
quote:
Originally posted by mccsp
Hi,
I don't suppose you know what RAL code the blue is. I have a velocity in thesame colour but can't remember the code?
If there are any use , I have the top spring covers that 40inches was on about , he passed his onto me (hi Dave), I'm sure he won't
mind if you can use them. Can't quite tell in photo but are you using a brake bias bar , if so do you have a warning sign.
Tidy looking car BTW.
quote:
Originally posted by AvonJas
If there are any use , I have the top spring covers that 40inches was on about , he passed his onto me (hi Dave), I'm sure he won't
mind if you can use them. Can't quite tell in photo but are you using a brake bias bar , if so do you have a warning sign.
Tidy looking car BTW.
Does that mean you're using a pedal box Steve? If so is the bar locked into place with a split pin/wire?
I failed because, although I used nylocs that was not deemed good enough.
Take plenty of edge trim etc with you and loads of tools; most test centres will let you tweak things if needed.
[Edited on 2/4/14 by daveb666]
Yes, I am using a bias bar. The locking method that they'll accept is an interesting one because I thought that I was going to have to use a
split pin or locking wire myself. However, I spoke to the testers at Nottingham and they said that they would accept two nuts on each end of the bar,
locked together with spanners. I've gone down that route with one being a nyloc and the other a normal nut, so I guess that I'll find out
on Friday.
It would be the sensible approach as its just as unlikely to come undone on its own as a lock wire (otherwise you would have to lock wire all of your
suspension bolts), and its equally impossible to undo without tools.
If they have changed their mind and that's the only thing that I fail on then I'll still be a happy bunny.
quote:
Originally posted by SteveWallace
It would be the sensible approach as its just as unlikely to come undone on its own as a lock wire (otherwise you would have to lock wire all of your suspension bolts), and its equally impossible to undo without tools.
quote:
Originally posted by SteveWallace
Yes, I am using a bias bar. The locking method that they'll accept is an interesting one because I thought that I was going to have to use a split pin or locking wire myself. However, I spoke to the testers at Nottingham and they said that they would accept two nuts on each end of the bar, locked together with spanners. I've gone down that route with one being a nyloc and the other a normal nut, so I guess that I'll find out on Friday.
It would be the sensible approach as its just as unlikely to come undone on its own as a lock wire (otherwise you would have to lock wire all of your suspension bolts), and its equally impossible to undo without tools.
If they have changed their mind and that's the only thing that I fail on then I'll still be a happy bunny.
I actually ended up drilling through a nyloc and the bias bar and putting a split-pin in; quickest and easiest way of doing it without upsetting the bias adjust.
Thats what I did at SVA but with roll-pins. I though the "perminently fixed" had gone with IVA and temporary fixes were OK with a
"don't adjust or you'll kill yourself" label.
I removed both pins and nuts after and now have a wire horse shoe shaped wire that goes from one drilling, through a hole in the padal and into the
other end. It has kinks to stop it falling right through the bars holes and another to locate it on the padal. It's firm and holds the bar from
rotating but with a bit of springing, easy to remove/replace for adjustment.
OP, looks a nice built and nothing jumps out at me.
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Thats what I did at SVA but with roll-pins. I though the "perminently fixed" had gone with IVA and temporary fixes were OK with a "don't adjust or you'll kill yourself" label.
I removed both pins and nuts after and now have a wire horse shoe shaped wire that goes from one drilling, through a hole in the padal and into the other end. It has kinks to stop it falling right through the bars holes and another to locate it on the padal. It's firm and holds the bar from rotating but with a bit of springing, easy to remove/replace for adjustment.
OP, looks a nice built and nothing jumps out at me.
Good luck tomorrow Steve; best of luck getting a good nights sleep!
Thanks for all the comments and the good luck messages. Even if I don't pass tomorrow, I'll have got a lot closer thanks to the help from
people on this site.
Main thing that I'm worried about is the brakes as its hard to know how good they are without being on the rolling road and even the long way to
the VOSA place is not far. And of course the noise, and the emissions and ....
The car developed an oil leak today so had to have an impromptu trip to Quarry Motors in Sheffield for a new oil filter housing cap. I also solved a
lumpy hot idle problem - not in itself a fail, but could have caused problems with the emissions test so I'm a lot happier with how the engine
sounds and runs now. It was an issue with the lambda sensors.
Toolbox filled with hopefully everything I might need on the day including various bits of trim and superglue.
Good luck tomorrow, fingers crossed for a good result, hopefully another luego on the road :-)
Breast of Duck
All the best for tomorrow Steve, hope all goes well
Jason
Good luck for tomorrow
Good luck today Steve !
Well?? Don't keep us in suspense.
Just seen your other post, ignore me
[Edited on 4/4/14 by rusty nuts]