Cats on Mod Prod cars (W3)

[Rich Vaughan]

From the Blure Book:

5.16.7. Exhaust catalytic converters must be fitted to all
petrol engined production based saloon, touring and sports
cars, including specialist production and kit cars, manufactured
after 31/12/99.

It's unclear whether this also applies to Modified Specialist Production Cars - does it apply? As my car has never been registered and never will be I'm guessing it doesn't apply but I need to be sure before my first event.

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

It does apply to mod prod but wont apply to your car due to its age. Make sure you state its a 1980 something car when getting its passport

 

John

[Mark (smokey mow)]

1 hour ago, John said:

It does apply to mod prod but wont apply to your car due to its age. Make sure you state its a 1980 something car when getting its passport

 

John

the onus of responsibility lies with the competitor to demonstrate that period exemption would apply in this instance.

[Rich Vaughan]

Thanks fellas, glad I asked!

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

43 minutes ago, Mark (smokey mow) said:

the onus of responsibility lies with the competitor to demonstrate that period exemption would apply in this instance.

 

The chassis number will do this

[Rich Vaughan]

1 hour ago, John said:

 

The chassis number will do this

Yes it will I believe. I've emailed the chassis number to Westfield and asked for confirmation of year of manufacture.

[Mark (smokey mow)]

2 hours ago, John said:

 

The chassis number will do this

absolutely. The point I’m making is that it’s not sufficient to say the car was built on a certain date if claiming period exemptions, you also have to be able to prove it if asked. not all cars racing in a non-road going category would have a chassis number that easily identifies their age.

[John Hoyle]

The msg blue book states that section 12 is for road cars regarding the use of cats, section 13 for modified cars does not mention them,so not needed?

[Rich Vaughan]

Thanks John, I'll check again...
 

Yes you're quite correct. Modified Specialist Production cars section S13 explicitly does not mention the need for a cat. Either way I'll get confirmation of my chassis age and then I'm covered both ways.😀