Slimy38
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| posted on 30/6/18 at 04:32 PM |
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Darwin award nominees and IVA
Inspired by a certain rough made chassis recently mentioned on here, I have a question about the IVA. In the case of the chassis I would hope/expect
the inspector to fail the work. But are there other circumstances where a vehicle might be 100% IVA compliant but still utterly dangerous?
For example, if I put a 1000BHP engine in a locost, and then gave it austin mini brakes, would that actually fail IVA? Assuming that the brakes
themselves are in perfect working order and fully IVA compliant, just woefully inadequate for the car/engine/missile they're attached to.
I guess a rollbar not being mandatory is a similar thing, not necessarily illegal but an extremely risky thing to leave out.
I have to admit I can't think of many circumstances where IVA and Darwin (hence the title) are on opposite sides of the coin.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/6/18 at 05:00 PM |
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There have been cases where a design has failed IVA - a while back some company made a monocoque chassis (Robin Hood?) and the inspectors said
'no way'. I'm quite sure they'd also reject any design where the 'infrastructure' (chassis, brakes, suspension,
etc) wasn't good enough to match a powerful engine.
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russbost
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| posted on 30/6/18 at 05:50 PM |
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They do have a "fail all" to fall back on as they can fail a vehicle for being "a danger to the driver or other road users" or
similar wording
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ReMan
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| posted on 30/6/18 at 08:12 PM |
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Recalling that for SVA the tyres could be bald as long as they were correctly rated
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snapper
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| posted on 1/7/18 at 06:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
There have been cases where a design has failed IVA - a while back some company made a monocoque chassis (Robin Hood?) and the inspectors said
'no way'. I'm quite sure they'd also reject any design where the 'infrastructure' (chassis, brakes, suspension,
etc) wasn't good enough to match a powerful engine.
The Robin Hood in question was the “Lightweight” an aluminium track only design. The particular one tested was not constructed to the manufacturers
design, it was not bonded and had rivets missing from pre-drilled holes. It was right it failed I A and I applauded the testers from doing so however
it made this model difficult to get passed.
One determined owner heavily modified the suspension points and some other areas and successfully got several through IVA.
Don’t forget the original steel Robin Hood monocoques pass with ease as did the Quantum.
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