Well it appears our friends in the government are planning to wipe out a large swathe of the UK kit car industry by changing the rules for emissions testing. As it stands, your engine is assessed for emissions based on its original data of manufacture. This allows us to use a period-relevant engine when building our cars, thus avoiding fuel injection and catalytic converters. The government proposal is to require all kit cars presented to IVA to be assessed to current emissions regulations. Now it might be possible to get a carburetor engine through the current Euro5 regulations, but only by adding catalytic converters at some additional cost. When Euro6 comes out - its a bridge too far for carburetors. It seems the government are 'consulting' on this proposal but it looks like a done deal from what I'm reading. Hopefully the kit car community, manufacturers and supply chain will rally round and lobby to prevent this from becoming law. In terms of emissions, I'd bet our carburetor motors are a fraction of 1% of the total and I recon my neighbors bonfire is a worse culprit than me!
Anyhow I guess I'm one of the lucky ones as I'm nearing completion and there's a good chance I can get to IVA under current rules - as long as I get my finger out!
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