BT's latest phase

[Murphy]

it'll still be mainly 1/4mile but i will be taking her the Nuremburg ring, got a friend down south who does alot of trackdays in another stripped 850 so could be joining him quite often

i've got 1 pair of recess plates for the front, but don't think theirs anyway of sorting the boot ones out

Not sure about the Nuremburg ring , but I know at the Nurburgring they are REALLY strict about things like that and will turn you away.

Each and every modification carried out on a German-registered car has to be TÜV'd (in effect, an MOT every time you modify something) and evidence of the current TÜV is displayed on the number plates, but for foreign-registered cars, they have no idea whether any modifications are compliant, so by all accounts, unless you can prove the modification is TÜV compliant, they won't be letting you go out.

This is going to have massive implications for the hundreds of Brits who go to the 'ring in their modded cars. If the marshalls pull you over, you will need to have all your paperwork for ANY modification and prove to them it's TÜV-compliant, or else you won't be allowed out.


Best you know now

[p fandango]

i knew where i meant lol. Oh dear, cracking down like that will stop all the UK ring trips, 1/4mile it is then lol

[gmain1967]

Not sure about the Nuremburg ring , but I know at the Nurburgring they are REALLY strict about things like that and will turn you away.

Each and every modification carried out on a German-registered car has to be TÜV'd (in effect, an MOT every time you modify something) and evidence of the current TÜV is displayed on the number plates, but for foreign-registered cars, they have no idea whether any modifications are compliant, so by all accounts, unless you can prove the modification is TÜV compliant, they won't be letting you go out.

This is going to have massive implications for the hundreds of Brits who go to the 'ring in their modded cars. If the marshalls pull you over, you will need to have all your paperwork for ANY modification and prove to them it's TÜV-compliant, or else you won't be allowed out.


Best you know now

That will stop many going - what paperwork can you get here, that will keep the Krauts happy from the TUV perspective? Hardly going to get an MOT station to write out a certificate that your new turbo/injectors/remap etc are fitted and working correctly, are you? I can understand why they are doing what they are doing, but unless you live inside the confines of Germany and have the TUV approvals in place, it ain't going to happen, which is a shame.

[p fandango]

again not exactly a big job, but been meaning to blank off the holes from the old mirrors for a ages. Must get Bonny's intercooler done tomorrow lol

[JelT5]

That will stop many going - what paperwork can you get here, that will keep the Krauts happy from the TUV perspective? Hardly going to get an MOT station to write out a certificate that your new turbo/injectors/remap etc are fitted and working correctly, are you? I can understand why they are doing what they are doing, but unless you live inside the confines of Germany and have the TUV approvals in place, it ain't going to happen, which is a shame.

Exactly.
There are lots of foreign visitors to the Ring (which is classed as a public toll road quite a lot of the time), surely a ruling like this would lose them too much revenue? It would be a pretty silly move.

Perhaps there'll be a TUV testing station at the Ring lol

I can't see anything relating to this on the official Nurburgring site

http://www.nuerburgring.de/en/header-menu/home.html

[p fandango]

Exactly.
There are lots of foreign visitors to the Ring (which is classed as a public toll road quite a lot of the time), surely a ruling like this would lose them too much revenue? It would be a pretty silly move.

Perhaps there'll be a TUV testing station at the Ring lol

i've read the TUV rule came into force in 2008 so there obviously not enforcing it very much, probably just use it to check over the car if you turn up in a nail or have a bump on circuit

[JelT5]

i've read the TUV rule came into force in 2008 so there obviously not enforcing it very much, probably just use it to check over the car if you turn up in a nail or have a bump on circuit

Yep, seems to be that way mate

[p fandango]

couple more little jobs done, i've made little brackets to support the ends of the rear bumper (made the fronts but not fitted them yet) & fitted the spring clamps onto the rear number plate panel so thats secure & fits flush as well now. Also but her battery on charge

[claymore]

Looks like you'v been playing with the mecano....lol

[p fandango]

Looks like you'v been playing with the mecano....lol

& the pop-rivet gun lol

[p fandango]

its a miracle, finally got the throttle wheel welded onto the manifold (did take a bit of threatening lol). Can start putting the engine bay back together & make the new alloy intercooler pipes up (thanks V70ETS)

[p fandango]

trial fitted the manifold today to make sure everything was in the right place & the throttle mechanism wasn't in the way, it has moved the PCV t-piece so got to make a new pipe from the cam cover, also got to grind the plug down for the throttle position switch. Not exactly major problems


note the throttle cable coming from the left


your not going to get shorter, or straighter turbo pipes than that lol

[p fandango]

nice postman dropped this off today, a NACA3 vent. Its called "3" because the duct is 3" wide, just the same size as my intake piping

[p fandango]

it was a bit too dark to get any good pictures, but thanks to V70ETS got the duct on in the perfect place. Now just to feed the pipe thru the inner wing & onto the turbo (the turbo chatter really is going to scare people on the path now lol)

[claymore]

been there, done that....lol

[p fandango]

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yeh seen it done quite alot before, just not on a Volvo

[t5_monkey]

been there, done that....lol

That's a proper mongrel monster!

What was the spec on that Fiat?

[claymore]

That's a proper mongrel monster!

What was the spec on that Fiat?

Supercharged and nitroused, 5 cylinder 20valve

[p fandango]

got the inner wing cut & the pipes connected, not completely happy & going to order a 45degree off the turbo instead of the current 90

[smithy]

how you going to filter the air mate