Post IVA / Track Prep

So now the IVA is sorted time to prep the car for the track...

First to remove the indicators.

Decided to leave most of the rubber coverings on the front end as this will help to protect the threads etc from track debris.

The boss is not needed for the track so will remove this and fit the wheel directly to the quick release.

with the wheel fitted without the boss.

Front end off,  indicators coming off.

The holes I drilled for the extended indicators were a little large for the smaller track indicators so had to use a little hole on the thread to compress between the body and a washer to fill the hole.

My IVA kit all ready to go back on once its off track.

Time to remove the CAT as this won't be required on track. I have a link pipe ready to replace it.

The exhaust on the car has discoloured greatly driving it in the wet and muck.

Had to get out a few special tools to remove the car from collector. Seems like the heat had cooked in on well.

Next up, the side protection bars. 100% needed for the track, I felt very vulnerable not having any side protection on the road

Small pilot hole drilled from inside out to find the right location. Then used a hole saw to drill out the hole required for the side bar to butt up against the chassis plate. I drilled the hole a little larger than required.

Good end caps to cover the holes in the bar ends.

Really impressed with the side bars, they feel very strong. If you grab hold of them they move the complete car. Will support my full weight no problems.

Makes getting into the car very difficult now!  ha ha.

Next up.... Rear defuser!  Had a quick look but its going to take some messing about so will save it for another day.

IVA PASS....

Had my retest today.. Xmas Eve..

The weather forecast was terrible but nothing I am not used to. Seems every time I drive the car is seems to rain.

Really didn't want to get cold and wet so decide to treat myself to a rain suit.  It was good value but unfortunately has an strange logo..  ;)   Oh and I look bloody stupid outside of the car in it.

My appointment was at 8am as normal so had to leave just before 7 to make it on time.  All suited up it didn't rain and we got their on time. The warmer weather was welcome also. 

 Straight onto the rollers, I needed 81kg's of force or above to get 18% efficiency. I was only getting 50-60kgs of force due to the cold and the pads not biting.

I was given the change to go outside and warm up the pads. I did this by driving around with the handbrake on for a few laps of the car park.

Back inside on the rollers straight away the readings jumped up to well over 100 kgs. The examiner wasn't happy and said it wasn't right even through it did get the required reading. He told me to wait outside with the car and he'd be back in a short while.

My Pal Adam came for the trip..  He was a little tired after a long night shift. I sat in his car wondering if I was going to get a pass or another fail.

The examiner came out with my PASS certificate. Very pleased to say the least!  Really chuffed the IVA experience is over.

Great Christmas present for me..  Now time for Xmas and to enjoy some Turkey... 

Think I am ready for a retest

Today I wanted to get the handbrake tested at a local MOT centre.

All back together and ready for a trip out.

All tested..  Only took a few minutes and I wasn't charged which was good.

For my IVA I need 18% efficiency, so about 85 kgs of force for my car of 475kgs. To I got 40kgs on the drivers side which was worse then the 60-65kgs I got on IVA day. The passenger side I managed just over 100kgs of force.

So a good results, just need to balance out the braking balance.

Pulled over ready to hit the road again.

Proper dirty, it pains me to see seats and harnesses this dirty.

All clean and tucked away.

I wanted to measure the force of the handbrake at home. I decided to do this with a torque wrench on the hub nut. With the handbrake applied I started off with a low Nm on my large torque wrench and kept increasing the Nm until the brake gave way and allowed the disc to turn.

The passenger side would hold up to 120 Nm of torque, at 130 Nm of torque the handbrake gives away and allows the disc to rotate.

The drivers side only managed about 50 Nm so this needed alot of work to match the other side.

I adjusted the balance and managed to get both sides up to a good 120 Nm.

All ready for an IVA retest. Will book up next week!