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I will be expecting everyone from my area who's in their kit at Stoneleigh to have an information sheet on it. If you need one doing, I will bring the laptop with me Wednesday.

I crashed mine into a 2b. (sorry Jez) Broke the cycle wing a bit and indicators but didn't budge it

Hi Dan. I did the same before my Iva a few years ago. The emissions were ok after a bit of a fiddle but also used the brake rollers to try and bed in the brakes as they were new parts. It was useful but the car still failed the brake test on the rear drums along with a few other bits. My local garage is at the end of my road and is a guy I use regularly so he knew of the car and what I was trying to do. ‘MOT’ is worth doing if it can be done legally but won’t high light or fix all issues. Rolling road is the only sure way on emissions and then performance. Good luck with the IVA Steve

6 years driving in all weather conditions and maybe breaking the speed limit on a few occasions (private land) and they have not come off yet.

Had exactly the same issue last weekend. It was the ignition barrel. Cleaned contacts. Wd40 into the keyway and it hasn't happened again

If you can borrow a trailer --- the MOT is a very good idea & if the car is trailed to the IVA test that equals brownie points with the tester if its pouring rain on the way there. Can't think any mechanic/tester likes working under a dirty,wet car. Its highly unlikely given the thought & care you are putting in to your build --- BUT --- what if something drastic fails on the car at IVA --- could make getting home very awkward if driven there.

To an IVA - Yes providing your insurance will allow it. Unregistered car to MOT thats not an MOT (even if the garage don't record it...is it still an MOT? - Might need to provide proof of MOT which they can't do because no registration) - minefield. Risk vs Reward. All it takes is one police officer on a bad day interpreting the law differently and your car is crushed for being untaxed, uninsured, unregistered and you find yourself a hefty fine and points. Personally, I'd do the IVA test driving there - if you don't have confidence in your build....will the IVA tester? After than, worst case, you need a retest - £90 still? Then you can book an appointment at the local garage to rectify emissions if needed and be covered. Yes it costs more, but if you've already sunk £10k into the build, whats an extra £100-200 for legal peace of mind?

Pretty sure it’s illegal to drive the car on the road to anything other than the Iva appointment prior to first Iva test. After the first test you can drive it to a garage for work required to pass the Iva though. As for dyno costing more, it does, but then you have a properly tuned car and that is worth every penny.

2 problems with that; you're legally allowed to drive to an MOT or IVA with an un-registered car but not a RR session and cost; RR=£350, MOT=£50 (or zero if the garage is nice, like mine was ).

I did - excellent idea. Firstly, just book an MOT but tell the garage not to record it, pass or fail. Just explain you want the tests only and you only really care about emissions and brakes - they should have no problem with that (if they do, go somewhere else ). If you know how, take the laptop, sit there with the gas analyser connected up and adjust the map to get the emissions to pass that's what I did and had no emissions problems at IVA.

Personally I’d be trying to find a rolling road that can do your tuning and check/set emissions for IVA. The rolling road will stress the car to find issues an mot won’t, and generally speaking they’ll be able to give the car a once over too.

Possible mechanical fault in the starter solenoid, crap ( technical term ) is preventing the return spring from doing its job.

Sounds like your ignition barrel/starter button stuck on, either that or a short that caused it to stay on