Big Grin Day!
 

Well for me anyway - had my IVA in Exeter today and ..............PASSED:D

Didn't think I'd get there in the lovely weather this morning, rain sheet got ripped off so the roadster got a bit wet (no drain holes yet!!). Thought I was towing a pond!! But managed to sponge it out, still bit damp though.

Adrian did my test (normally based in Taunton), very nice bloke. No major issues, although I thought I'd f**ked it with the emissions. Needed some tweaking but got there in the end (just). Might need some work in the future?

There were some small pick-ups but they were sorted on the spot.

Thought I'd pop into the DVLA while I was in the area to see if on the off chance they could sort me out.

No snags what so ever, 10 minute wait then left with tax and reg number. Just need to get some plates made up:)

Might go for a spin the weekend if the weather picks up.

Thanks to all that have answered my daft questions, helped me with the build and getting through the IVA pretty well un-scathed.

I'd buy you all a drink but my dads a Yorkshire man and I think its rubbed off(say no more).

Anyway just thought I'd let you know.

way to go Daz
congratulations mate
you will have to drive over and look over ours when we are closer to test time
take it easy the weekend
cheers les g

Well done, That's gr8 news.

TT

Well done Daz, great result and acheivement, You must be really chuffed. Another first time pass to - we must be doing something right.

Some pics next please.

Well Done....AndyH

:D congratulations id be well chuffed

id use the excuse that the iva emptied my wallet so im skint now :D

Well done Daz, thats another one for the south west :D

Terry

Well done!

Great feeling when you pass isnt it :D

Thumbs up!

Well done that man !!!!!:cool:

well done always good to hear of another pass. the only problem i can see is that there is no picture on this thread.

Well done.

Did you get an age related plate ?

Well done, drive safe.

J

Hi fellas,

thanks for the kind words. Age related plate (J), wouldn't give me the one I wanted - apparently it's picked at random by the computer!

Here's a couple of photo's, father in law is trying to dry it - no point didn't stop raining.

Haven't stopped grinning yet, getting plates tomorrow, forgot tax disc holder but should be able to knock some thing temporary up.

Well done DaddyA, a top notch piece of work! enjoy yourself :)

Well done, good to get another one on the road.
Gus

Looks great well done

Congratulations on passing the IVA.:D :D :D

She's looking excellent DaddyA, well done on a first time pass. We had some good news yesterday too, our eldest daughter passed her driving test at the first attempt:D .

D.

Well done you. that looks absolutely bleedin' gorgeous!! Love the wheels on it and the colour. Top job.:)

Good pics Daz, the car looks lovely and again a VERY BIG well done.....:D

If you're up the North East you know where to come....;)

Enjoy....Andrew

FANTASTIC

well done mate the car looks great in the pictures hope the weather is good for you at the weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tilly

Congratulations! Well done on your pass and first time to!
 

DaddyA,

well done on your pass and first time to! You've done a marvellous job, your car looks wonderful.

Congratulations!

I’ve had a trawl through your build photographs and it’s given me a few little ideas that I will incorporate in to my build so thanks for sharing them.

One point though: I can only see side repeaters on the scuttle, are these the only side repeaters you have? Was the examiner happy with the position with respect to rear visibly? I guess he was, as you passed!

As I’d imagine it’s a bit tight with the some of the angles of visibility required and the rear wheel arch. I know that AshG’s passed with them in a similar position, but an awful lot of people go to a lot of effort to put them on the wheel arches to meet the IVA criteria. Was the examiner particular meticulous with checking the side repeater position?

Sorry for so many questions, but it would be good to good to get some information on this, as I’d much prefer to have mine on the scuttle in a similar position as yourself.

Once again a great build and carry on grinning.

Hi Steve,

yep they are the only ones fitted. I did think about sticking them back there but the wiring was in the scuttle and to be honest I couldn't be bothered with the hassle.

The examiner looked from behind and was happy. If you crouch down and look level with the rear arches you can see them, you can go slightly lower than level and still see them and you can see them from directly behind. I couldn't see any position I couldn't see an indicator.

If you decide to stick them on the rear arch I believe there is a maximum distance from the front.

Hope thats of some help.

well done, the car looks great. I hope you have many smiles of happy motoring :)

well done mate, cant wait untill im finished, youve spured me on to get working!

Thanks& diagonals in transmission tunnnel
 

Daz,

thanks for your reply, it'll probably be another 18 months or so before I'm fitting my lights, but I like to think ahead!. I am at the 'fully tacked chassis' stage at present, but it's good to piece together bits of information on what passes and what doesn’t.

What made you put the diagonals in the transmission tunnel? I was planning on doing that, since I have several metres of 19mm ERW left over (I bought and cut the steel). I'd read a few articles on stiffening the chassis, so thought it would be better doing that, than it being left in some corner of my workshop rusting away.

Cheers.

Well done Daz,

You have really put me to shame after starting your build after me!, Maybe next summer my Roadster will be complete and we can go for a spin.

:)

Same here,

had some excess steel, then had a thought after a few people mentioned prop failures. So I decided to put them in just incase that ever happened.

The time it took me to get the prop in, I'm hoping it won't come out easily!!

I'd recommend thinking ahead, if you think IVA when your building and not when you've finished it will make it easier.

If I can help, just pm me.

No worries Nick,

I've probably had more time on it with my job! (last post aloud me to have a little free time!!).

I'll drop round on a sunny day if your in.

Congratulations Daz :cool: :cool:

Your car looks stunning, well done mate :cool:

cheers
andy

well done daz
car looks great and to pass first time. well chuffed.
hope the weather clears up so can go on a decent drive.
just a quick question regarding your engine and megajolt. have you used the map which came with megajolt or made one up of your own.
congratulations again
steve

well done good to see another roadster on the road :)

I sent him the map i had done for my cvh on bike carbs, not sure if he used it though

The one that comes with the megajolt will run it but its not the best, it runs out at 4700rpm which is no good :D

Mark,

thanks for the map - I am running that one. It worked nice on the rolling road producing better than standard bhp.

Sun was out today so took it for its official first legal run, fetched a little smile to my face, briefly before the wind tried ripping it off (no screen):eek:

It did hesitate jsut before 4000 rpm, I think this is to do with the tweeking of the carbs to pass IVA. Needs another set up on the RR, sods law just found one less than 1/2 mile from me so going to give him a try.

Just hope its nice tomorrow, might sneak in few more miles.

hi mark
where did you get map from? i am using a cvh with zx6r carbs but only have standard megajolt map
thanks
steve

I got my car tuned at a place called automark in the north east, he looks after some race cars for race teams and is a very knowledgeable bloke where engine tuning is concerned

He wrote the map for me, i was on zx6r carbs too

I think a standard cvh such as adrian h is running with a bolt on filter and free flow exhaust made similar power to mine on bike carbs but mine made much more torque, think it was around 140ftlbs which is alot for an old 8valve cvh, about 40% more than standard

Pm daddya to send you a copy as i am now using an st 170 so dont have the map on my megajolt anymore, if he cant send you it im sure i have it saved on a usb stick somewhere if i can find it! email me if he cant send it and i will try and find it for you.

when does the secondary throttle open on the cvh 2e3 Pierburg, I can't remember if it's mechanical or vacuum operated..

TT

Great news on the pass daz. How come you had to adjust the emmisions? Would they not have been set on the rolling road?

He is using bike carbs anyway so thats not the reason for the hesitation

Hi Dave,

when the car was initially on the RR it ran ok down low but when he give it some it leaned out so he drilled the jets out to 180 (i believe) to get it running ok. He did say it might need slight adjustment to get the emissions right for IVA/MOT.

It took some tweaking to get it near, and lucky for me it stayed in limits for the required time. The only thing thats changed since the RR is me fiddling with the mixture so assuming it as simple as getting it back on another RR with someone who's familiar with bike carbs. (not saying the last place wasn't but I'll try a newly found local fella).

I driven it but don't want to have a long run in case it knackers my engine. Can't afford the zetec replacement yet :( daughter getting married next year:eek: