SVA - is there a way around it???

[Lum]

A friend of mine recently bought a ex top secret R34 skyline at auction and had loads of trouble with getting a ESVA. I think this was due to it being heavily modified. It took about 8 months to get it all sorted and registered but i remember him saying that it was because he had to take it to ireland and get it registered there! Didn\'t really think any thing of it at the time. So sounds like there is a way round it somehow?
He\'s out of the country till monday, i\'ll try and get the exact details of what he did and why for you!

[nextleveluk]

there ya go then, i knew it!!!! take it to ireland

[jpc]

Isn\'t there an ESVA loophole for left-hand-drive? How about sticking another steering wheel on the left with a rubber band around the existing steering wheel.

For the desperate, is it actually possible to convert to LHD temporarily? The LHD parts should be available in the US.

Otherwise, get it armour plated

[jpc]

I understand from various websites/posts that RX7 model reports are not yet possible due to failing the emissions test. Does anybody know what the emission limits are for a model report? I don\'t need one myself but I noticed my last MOT test had a particularly low level. It might be of use to somebody trying to get a model report.

CO - 0.01% (limit 3.5%)
HC - 11ppm (1200ppm)

The car was MOT\'d as a 2000 RX7 (unmodified) which I guess is an up-to-date test.

JPC.

[elford_tim]

Well, the problem with that is that AFAIK the limits you quote above are for a pre-cat test. Mine\'s just passed this test with 0% CO and 1ppm HC but then again I\'ve got a brand-new cat in mine.

[Ricco_04]

Should be no problem if you run a cat.  My last test got 0% co and just over 30 HC\'s.

Wonder what people get with a sport\'s cat and a PFC?

[elford_tim]

Wonder what people get with a sport\'s cat and a PFC?

The numbers I mentioned above .

[interloper393]

the loop hole in ireland has all change, there cars now need the same tests done to pass a imported car, found this out today when looking into it, been offered a highly modded drift 350z with a turbo and supercharger nothing standard and would never pass a esva test... bugger..

[khyber pass]

Nigel from RXHeaven Portsmouth is currently working on a report for standard spec newmodels....may well be ready this year...I posted about this back last year...

"you have to have a "model" template (ie documented standard spec for vehicle) for any car coming after 1st Jan 1997.Costs approx £250 to "rent" where they have been written.

Issues with RX 7 (post 97)
1. apparently, no "model" has been written for the car
2. Even if it had been, the spec would not come up to UK sva/esva spec (things like cat 1 immobilisers and airbags ?)

3. Even if you then rectified those problems, you wouldn\'t then adhere to "model" (so a new individual one is required ) AND you need to make sure no other items have been modified....

Your best bet will be to speak to Nigel, I suggest.
Cheers


Steve

[sadgoth]

^^^ still not there yet though hasn\'t that been going on since the model roport rules first appeared???

[RobMatthews]

hi guys this thread now has me worried as i\'ve just bought fd3s with nothing standard left on it stripped out with a roll cage etc and all tuned up. i thought i just had to get it through an mot and then send off some paperwork!
so am i totally wrong ?
whats the route i need to take to get my car on the road?

[interloper393]

giv me a ring m8 on 07950670545 n i`ll talk ya threw it

[khyber pass]

INTERLOPER...are you saying there is a way around this??

If so....woohoo....or is it going to be the old strategy of dead shell; live car?    ?

[interloper393]

it depends really, theres  things that they let you away with, i argued like a mo fo when i did a celica i had, got away with a full race exhaust, race suspension,body kit, front and rear strut bars, after market alloys and a c-one undertray, cpu and filter.. theres no easy way round it, they can be total feckers and there nout you can do but comply... they fail a car i did for the wheels poking 1mm outside of the arch.. grr

[RobMatthews]

when would be a good time to give you a call?im feelin tired now been workin hard all day;) and would\'nt take anything you say in!:2Confused
and what\'s your name?