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Originally Posted by robo
Something does need doing about modded cars but quite what i dont know. i hopped up a camaro for a mate with a big cube stroker kit. It was making silly hp but he would not spend money on the rest of it, he jumped on the loud pedal on a dual carriageway, it stood up and and shot off like a scolded cat only to break a halfshaft, veered left and went up the bank and ended up on its roof. He only hurt himself on that occasion but it could have been nasty. I think a special version of the iva should be brought in to rubber stamp conversions so that if you add beans there is the brakes etc to go with it, while in there check the integrity of the chassis. Did anyone see that top gear with james may at a hill climb with some old gits in a midget Vs some kids in a hatchback pug with a V6 in it, well a mate of mine installs the engines in those and they are a complete and utter death trap.Apparently road legal !!!!!!!!! 
Bob |
And therein lies the problem! We want to be able to modify our cars post reg but don't like it when others do!
To stop the type of thing going on that you speak about will be easy, VOSAwill introduce a blanket ban on ANY post reg mod, its the easiest and cheapest way for the Dft to achieve that aim. That will mean your haynes roadster will be stuck with whatever wheels you IVA'd it with, and whatever engine you built it with, and suspension, bodywork etc MUST all remain as it was when IVA'd. That is what ACE have been fighting against for most of the last ten years.
They don't always go about raising interest in the right way, one day they'll have cried wolf once too much!
If you want to be allowed to modify your car in any way then it means others must be allowed the same.
As for rubber stamp IVA - why? If it is in such a condition as to need an IVA the it should be presented for one. The MOT tester can't be blamed, its not for him to decide whether the modifications done are suitable just to test a list of things to confirm they work correctly.
As for loud exhausts kit cars are allowed soem of the loudest exhaust at 99db as opposed to regular cars that are now down to a maximum of 72db.