Re: Where can I find Car Modding regulations?

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Where can I find out what I am legally allowed to modify regarding chassis
and engine, such as moving the engine from the front to the rear of the car?

Cheers

Mike P


At the moment, anything goes as long as it passes an MOT.
If you are building a kitcar and it involves any modification to the
chassis or monocoque of the donor, you need an SVA.

As long as the chassis/engine number match up, it is still the same
vehicle isn't it.
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Radically altered need an SVA too.

This covers vehicles which are substantially altered from their original specification, but which are not kit conversions.
In these cases the vehicle components used from the original vehicle will be given a numerical value and, in order to retain the original registration mark the vehicle must score eight or more points.
If less than eight points are scored or a second-hand or modified chassis or altered monocoque bodyshell is used an ESVA/SVA/MSVA certificate will be required to register the vehicle and a 'Q' prefix registration number will be allocated.
The following values will be allocated to the major components used:


Chassis/body shell (body and chassis as one unit - monocoque)* (original or new)=5
Suspension=2
Axles=2
Transmission=2
Steering Assembly=2
Engine=1


*Direct replacement from the manufactures

http://www.dvlni.gov.uk/vehicles/vehicle_forms/INF26.pdf


I am interested in where the line is drawn on this sort of thing for my mk1 AH sprite (frogeye). Strictly the chassis is altered with the addition of a roll bar, additional suspension pick-ups for a watts linkage, and some other items like telescopic dampers. Suspension mods have been made, later disc brakes (common period mod bolts straight on from later cars with change of stub axle and kingpin) . Changed to later engine and gearbox. I reckon 2 points for steering. All this was done in the late 1980s and had no effect on the identity, a number of the bits already being on the car when the DVLA checked it for re-registration. Normally legislation isn't retrospective but how these new regs apply to cars that were modified before the laws existed is something no one I have spoken to can tell me. Many historically modified vehicles could fall foul of the regs if strictly applied. A guy I spoke to at the SVA centre said the mods sounded normal for the sort of car and wouldn't require an SVA in his opinion but it wasn't his decision if it required one, that was for VOSA IIRC.
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