Basically the government run SVA (single Vehicle Approval) has been updated to bring in some new criteria.
As I'm at the stage of fitting electrics I'm trying to find out if any of the criteria have changed for the new IVA. (Individual Vehicle Approval)
Most things will stay the same. Brief details here
The full draft can be read here if you are that bored
Think of it an an MOT but where every nut n bolt, cable, fuel & brake system and electrical system is checked for being sufficient for its job and safe. Enough thread past nylock nuts, no sharp edges can be exposed to a small head and fist sized metal sphere that they use for the outside and cockpit area and must have a minimum radius of curvature of 2.5mm. Lights are of the right ratings and heights from the road.
Exhaust noise has been reduced from the SVA 101dB to IVA 99dB this is quite a lot when you realise that a 3dB step is in effect twice the volume/power of the last volume/power. (if that makes sense)
All cables, fuel and brake lines must be secured to in a way to avoid chafing and wear, spaced no more than 300mm intervals. I wont go into the rest as there is so much to comply with, its a mine field. And I'm nodding off typing this.... Yep sorry.
However, all this is to keep people from wiring their cars up with speaker cable and copper plumbing and driving around catching fire in death traps.
Its about standards and allowing us build our own cars that are still safe to us and others. The dam EU is trying to make it harder for us though as they try to force stricter regs on us. They would love the UK to shut the door to kit cars.
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