I guess there's a problem in that some items are open to the opinion of the
individual tester.
Adequate thickness of plate doesn't really give us a rule to work to,
although with the average
mainstream care having just 1mm thick plate with a re-inforcing limbach
threaded plate behind
of similar thickness (seatbelt mount), then 3mm is probably more than
adequate on a kit car.
Having seen in the industry how a minimum of spot welds can pass the
testing, it would appear
all kit cars would now easily pass - who knows about old ones? ISTR the clan
crusader passed the RAC
rollover test for racing without modification to the GRP roof.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Hearne" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Quantum Kit Cars is born.
The point of the IVA manual though should be that it listed the rules
that somebody needs to follow when building a kit car for it to pass the
IVA.
If i'd built a car complying with what is in the IVA manual and then the
inspector decided he didn't like it i'd be very unhappy indeed.
Especially if it involved significant changes like welding seat belt
brackets to a powder coated chassis etc.
Is there an appeals procedure for the IVA like there is for the MOT ?
Jim
On 14/12/2010 11:51, Hamish Freeman wrote:
Shall we just say that the guy who inspected my Beauford had been involved
in an inspection where a car had been involved in an accident caused by
not meeting the specifications! It later transpired that the car had been
altered after the test. This is why they now take photos of all possible
suspect areas that only just passed! I think that I might have responded
similarly given the circumstances and he was not unreasonable, just ultra
safe - good thing!
Hamish
----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan and Martin Scott"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Quantum Kit Cars is born.
Is your local test centre over-zealous? I remember your note about needing
4mm plate for the seat belt anchors.
The IVA manual still shows that composites are acceptable (obviously with
guidance given re lay-up and load spreading), and all they state for metal
is that the welds should look to be good etc etc. I'm not, of course,
questioning what your experience of IVA (I only have SVA experience), and
recognise this could be an issue because (strangely) there seem to be
local
variations even though there is a manual/set of rules.
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