PaulSpurgeon Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Another westy hits the road, well soon as the tax disc is through. Had my SVA today at Norwich and all went very well. They seemed impressed with the car and all was going really well until we got to the speedo check! I'm using smiths gauges and have six magnets stuck to the offside lobro joint for the sensor. The speedo is set up to the recommended 5480. I had checked it on the way to the MOT with the GPS and it looked good. However when they tested it 30 on the speedo gave a actual speed of 42, 40 was 47 and 50 was 58. He then went to have a cuppa and left me to ponder and I gave Mark a call. He suggested that the incorrect readings may be because each wheel is on its own set of free running rollers and as the diff is non LSD then each wheel can be going at a different speed. After trying a different speedo value and turning the car round the guy decided that with that arrangement he was unable to test the speedo effectivley so it was just down to proving the calibration figure. Anyway the rest of the test was fine and DVLA have inspected it so I now await the paperwork. Its a great feeling Just need some fine weather now Thanks for the help when I have asked and for the wealth of info on here as I have used the seach facility quite a lot. Good luck Dave, sorry to read that you didn't get througn at Southampton yesterday. Thought you might like to see a picture or two! Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonansett Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 congrats! good to hear! :-) When i had mine tested, the guy was to big to get in the car to test the speedo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Paul, Congratulations - feels great doesn't ? My son ( Big Ads ) has just been successfully through this trauma and although Brighton DVLA office were a total pain in the as they wouldn't examine the car even though it was parked in their car park at the time the paperwork was submitted - once they did examine it 5 days later, the tax disk came through within 3 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen9364 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Wow another great looking car Is yours an SDV ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulSpurgeon Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Thanks Paul Yes its an SDV hence the tempory indicator and headlamp extensions Its got a Zetec 1800 in though, running on injection. Brakes are standard Seirra Discs front and drums rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipford Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Paul Congratulations, just a teeny bit of envy Congrats on the colour good choice This was the first SDV kit Soton had seen which did not help, speedo problem was pure SDV, although I believe talking to Mark the problem you had is not uncommon either. Hope you get it on the road for Christmas/New Year. I am hoping to retest either next week or the week after, depends on Soton SVA availability and my work commitments. I did enjoy scaring a couple of old dears blatting past them on the way home Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Congratulations Looks a superb build. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh if I manage to make one of the forthcoming monthly meets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen9364 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Yes its an SDV hence the tempory indicator and headlamp extensions looks like I need to get myself some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast iron Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Nice looking car - congratulations, must feel good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy1700 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 well done, I'm in Norwich at 8am on monday - lets hope i'm as successful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMackay Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 It looks far too clean, Paul!! Stop polishing it and get out in the mud with it! Well Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Well done Paul, it looks very nice. See you soon. Jed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciscobay Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Well done Paul. Hope the weathers good for the meeting see you then. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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