Sva Fail

[Guest Pacman]

Failed my SVA at Llantrisant today :boohoo: but at least I have a list of things to sort out.

I have already sorted out the radius fails I did not think that I had missed any but

the A frame pillers,head light bottom threds, the large nuts on the lower springs, fog light edges not radiused and I have had to put a top carpet to cover all the sharps in the passenger foot well.

Two others are a little bit more of a problem. :boohoo:

Too much niose over 105db I knew the one with kit was crap but you have to try I will have to shop around now and price one up. or is there a way I can alter the one I have ?

No collaspable boss fitted I have one on order should be here next week.

On the bright side I managed to miss all the rain and the tester was a good bloke who gave me lots of good advice

Getting there Pacman

[Big Jim]

with the silencer, cut into it underneath, open it up enought to get stuff in, then go and buy some exhaust packing from a motorbike shop that sells bits for motocross bikes, it's about £4 a pack, and you'll need 2½ packs.

cut the wadding up into strips about 1" wide, then pack it into the silencer around the perforated tube, not too tight, but not slack. once packed rivit a strip of metal over where you've cut into it, seal it with silicone (silicone will not burn off)

 

It's time RHSC made the silencers so that they'll pass the noise test!! :gdit:

[Guest Pacman]

Thanks

Ill give that a try I have a heat cover over my exhust so it will hide any mess It makes

[Big Jim]

if you cut it at about 4 o'clock (looking at the end of the silencer from the front of the car) you won't see it anywhy, as it'll be both between the bodyside, and underneath as well.

[Les Welsher]

if you cut it at about 4 o'clock

it should be finished by about 1/2 past 5

 

A good result, not too many things to put right, many of which you've already done.

What's this thing about a collapsable boss ?

Did you have the Mountney wheel fitted ? , mine passed at that test centre.

 

Did you ask him how long it was for a retest ?

 

Les

[Guest bobr]

The alloy boss that goes with the Mountney wheel will not collapse if there is any impact with steering wheel. I failed for the same at gosforth. Had to fit steel boss with collapsing spokes.

[Guest Battery Bill]

:gdit: :gdit: It really makes me cross how one center does one thing and another does it different. :angry: :angry:

We have our Mountney fitted but will take the donor wheel just in case the inspector had a bad night,

Not a bad result though Paul well done.

[Guest Stuart Ainslie]

As far as I am aware, it is the the steering column that has to be collapsible, not the boss.

If you fit the Sierra column, it should pass. I don't know if it is true, but I think some of the earlier kits had a solid column supplied and then that would fail.

[Guest FIRSTBUILD]

I cut my Sub k silencer open and there is no perforated tube running through it just the two pipes going in and one going out. In the middle there is nothing so if I packed it it would just blow straight out the exit---------- worth checking that you have a pipe right through before you just pack it - I did this with a thin gas welding rod pushed up the tail pipe.

[Guest bobr]

the collapsible part of the donor column is below the top mounting and is there for front impact. the donor steering wheel has a built in collapsible point for body impact, the Mountney wheel does not. Mountney make a collapsible boss for this reason but you do not get it with the kit.

[Guest peter2b2002]

Hi,On it being too loud i stuffed two s/s pan scoures up the tail pipe, went from over 109 db to 96db, for the stearing wheel, mounty do a SVA pad for thier wheel mine passed ok,

good luck peter2b

[Guest Pacman]

I have sorted out the radius problems and have ordered a mountney callapsible boss £39 not bad .

I have also had a quote of £700 yes £700 almost as much as the kit cost for a stainless steel manifold and exhaust this seems a bit high but I have tried all the exhaust centers and they cannot or will not help so I had to go to a specialist. :boohoo:

I have a Ford 2Lt EFI can any one out there beat the price in the south wales area if you can let me know I could go with the cutting open of the box and if my wife had her way I would have to but I want the car to look GOOD I have not rebooked my test yet due to the bank holiday and im not sure when I will sort out this problem also with all the rain we have been having im waiting for a dry week :gdit:

Pacman almost there

[Peter Bell]

Paul, the Robin hood stainless 4:1 exhaust manifold was about £120 and silencer £55. It looks from your picture that you have the twin pipe system, there must be a lot of those that have got through the SVA. Try Jims etc. idea first to get it through the test then change it later.

Peter

[ibrooks]

The Mountney wheel should pass on all but the radius of the spokes. The Sierra wheel doesn't have a collapsible element. If you look at the Sierra column there is a telescopic joint at the bottom to protect from any shock which is passed up it from a frontal impact and there is then a collapsible section at the top to protect the driver in the event that they hit it from the wheel end. Your tester has just gone into robot mode and taken the easy route - fail it rather than expend some effort checking whether it is actually compliant or not.

 

As some of the guys have said there are ways to silence your existing system (some permanent, some temporary). You can also retard the ignition to make it quieter (can make it a so-and-so to start though) and then re-set it afterwards. You don't have to spend a fortune (at the moment anyway). Personally I'd do what you have to to get it through as is and then start adding fancy bits later.

 

Iain

[Guest Pacman]

Hi

I have tried the pan cleaners up the tail pipe and went for a little run but they blew out before I had driven out of the garage pushed four of them up as far as I could.

How do you make them stay in? and how many should I push up ?

If the examiner finds them will he fail me any way

 

 

Pacman