Hello, my name is Gary and I live in Hawkes Bay New Zealand. I have a TSC 40 basic component package on order and hope to get delivery by the end of the year. In the meantime I have an engine and transaxle to play with. I would like to thank everybody who posts on this site for sharing their knowledge and hope I will be able to help future builders in the same way. Cheers
Hi Garry
Have you contacted a LVVTA certifier as there it can be an uphill battle to get it certified. Ive just chaged the transmission from a ZF to an audi in a certified Tornedo and the process has taken 2 years and abount 20k. Im also in the process of attempting to get two roaring forties through and again its been two years . The biggest issue is the suspension have a look at
https://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/standards/LVVTA_STD_Suspension_Systems.pdf
Also have you downloaded the builders manual
https://www.lvvta.org.nz/shop/new-zealand-car-construction-manual-full-version/
and be aware of the standards
In a nut shell if you build a home built car with standard off the shelf suspension parts from a production car such as MX5 suspension on a lotus 7 the the process is relitivly simple however if you are going attempt to use custom uprights then you are going to have to convince the technical advisory committee that what you are doing is safe. At this stage I have had to have the chassis modeled in solidworks with finite element analysis becuase I was modifing the chassis from what has been approved just to change the transmission.
My advise is get a Certifier on board from day one. the only on in hawkes bay is
Richard Clarke Premier Auto Repairs 1994 Ltd 819 Gordon Road Hastings 06 878 8183
The from suspenion we are using is based on a willwood mustang II with a Mustang II rack with extenders and it is still going to be looked at by the technical advisory committee but based on preliminaly conversation with Lama Engineering in Wellington it should be accepted. The Tornedo Aulminium uprights will in my experience will not pass. Also if dont try and use a Power steering rack taht is not connected to a power steering pump as this is what is used in the Roaring forties and has been refused. As were the cast front and rear upright supplied by roaring forties.
Stub axles
2.2(36) A stub axle fitted to a low volume vehicle may be replaced, provided that:
(a) the replacement stub axle is a common ‘bolt-on’ aftermarket or original
equipment-style of stub axle, and:
(i) if aftermarket, is an identifiable aftermarket brand,
accompanied by documented verification that it is from a
reputable aftermarket stub axle manufacturer; and
(ii) if aftermarket, is a volume-produced aftermarket catalogued
part for that make and model of vehicle; and
(iii) if manufactured via a casting process, is made from either cast
steel or cast ductile iron; and
(iv) is unmodified; and
(v) in the case of an aftermarket stub axle manufactured via a
casting process, incorporates a separate spindle pin machined
from solid bar-stock; and
LVVTA Low Volume Vehicle Standard 195-00(02) (Suspension Systems) Page 18 of 24
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(vi) is comparable to or greater in size than the original stub axle
being replaced;
Also all of the steering joints if they dont come from a production car un modified then you will have to get them remade by a local certified fabricator.