The 1\'st Roaring Forties S.V.A test
Hi all,
The S.V.A. test has been carried out on chassis no.99. It was done on Thursday 19th January, in Taunton.
Unfortunatly it failed on a few minor points, such as the reccess that the screw head sits in on the rear light lense hadnt been radiused to 2.5mm, and the head of the 6mm bolt on the underside of the heater wasnt radiused enough.
These were fixed in a few minutes. The steering wheel required a pad to be fitted for crash protection, because its mounted to the(colapsable) coloum with a solid boss. this was also sorted in a few minutes.
The examiner said the handbrake would fail due to it being only 14% efficent. The handbrake uses a Willwood caliper and was only really designed to hold a car stationary on a gradient.
I phoned Robert in Australia to let him know the out-come of the test and was told that the A.D.R. tests were now a lot stricter due to the handbrake being reclassified as an emergency brake.All new kits are now supplied with a new braking system on the back end and that he would supply at his cost one of the new Corvette based handbrake sysems.
The aftersales service that is given by Roaring Forties is yet again absolutly outstanding.
I cannot express my grattitude enough to Robert and his team at Roaring Forties enough for all the prompt assistance, advice and customer care that i have recived.
An individual on this forum seem to want to have a go at Roaring Forties. To any one thinking of getting a GT40 from Robert then ignore the stupid comments made because these cars are phenominal in every way.
The S.V.A. tester said it was the best kit he'd ever come accross.He has been a tester for a fair few years and obviously knows his stuff!!
Hopefully i'll get the retest done shortly and be on the road within weeks. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif
jerry.
Hi all,
The S.V.A. test has been carried out on chassis no.99. It was done on Thursday 19th January, in Taunton.
Unfortunatly it failed on a few minor points, such as the reccess that the screw head sits in on the rear light lense hadnt been radiused to 2.5mm, and the head of the 6mm bolt on the underside of the heater wasnt radiused enough.
These were fixed in a few minutes. The steering wheel required a pad to be fitted for crash protection, because its mounted to the(colapsable) coloum with a solid boss. this was also sorted in a few minutes.
The examiner said the handbrake would fail due to it being only 14% efficent. The handbrake uses a Willwood caliper and was only really designed to hold a car stationary on a gradient.
I phoned Robert in Australia to let him know the out-come of the test and was told that the A.D.R. tests were now a lot stricter due to the handbrake being reclassified as an emergency brake.All new kits are now supplied with a new braking system on the back end and that he would supply at his cost one of the new Corvette based handbrake sysems.
The aftersales service that is given by Roaring Forties is yet again absolutly outstanding.
I cannot express my grattitude enough to Robert and his team at Roaring Forties enough for all the prompt assistance, advice and customer care that i have recived.
An individual on this forum seem to want to have a go at Roaring Forties. To any one thinking of getting a GT40 from Robert then ignore the stupid comments made because these cars are phenominal in every way.
The S.V.A. tester said it was the best kit he'd ever come accross.He has been a tester for a fair few years and obviously knows his stuff!!
Hopefully i'll get the retest done shortly and be on the road within weeks. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif
jerry.
