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Originally Posted by A-tomic  You have a point Russ. Not everything in safety check or SVA will find structural defects. They don't let unsafe cars on the track either. What do they do NZ. Is it easier than Canada.
Dave |
Dave,
We have a safety schedule for race cars here too and cars are audited for compliance every three meetings or 6 months which ever comes sooner.
For road registration it is a lot tougher, but fair and generally reasonable.The government has setup the LVVTA
Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association, Inc which is responsible for all modified, scratchbuilt, kit and other specialty interest vehicles that are not volume produced. i.e. less than 200 identical units per year I think.
These have to be certified by officially appointed certifiers and for a scratchbuilt or kit car that means five stages of inspection covering
1 Design
2 Chassis
3 Suspension/wheels/brakes
4 Bodywork/electrical/interior
5 Road test.
With regard to design and construction, standards accepted by different certifiers vary considerably. Some certifiers don't want to know unless it's built out of 1/4" plate!
I belong to the CCC
Constructors Car Club (Inc) and the club is fortunate in having three official certifiers. They are essentially volunteers doing it in their own time for their own interest, although the club has set a remuneration of $65 per inspection and this is paid by the builder. Each inspection usually takes a couple of hours but then there is the general discussion and socialising afterwards too.
The club caters for alternative designs and ideas, mainly scratchbuilts and kit cars, and has issued a 3/4" thick build manual to guide you through all the hoops and regulations.
Basically everything is straight forward although any fabricated suspension or steering components must have a cracktest certificate. Door latchs and hinges, if not from a complying production car, must have an engineers certificate. And thats about it plus of course good engineering practices and the usual bits, lights, wipers etc etc.
Cheers