No MOT from May 20 2018

A 15% increase in the power to weight ratio is what the said.
So what does that mean to a Std SWB series Landrover????
My old 2.25D according to the website in the link had 44bhp per ton.
I know have a 2.5n/a deisel but have not idea of its basic bhp.

http://www.autosnout.com/Calculate/calculate-bhp-per-ton.php

nickjaxe said:

A 15% increase in the power to weight ratio is what the said.
So what does that mean to a Std SWB series Landrover????
My old 2.25D according to the website in the link had 44bhp per ton.
I know have a 2.5n/a deisel but have not idea of its basic bhp.

http://www.autosnout.com/Calculate/calculate-bhp-per-ton.php

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More to the point, how or who is going to check the BHP and the weight to get the power to weight ratio??

Sounds like a pipe dream.

Cheers

Seem to think I read you sign a deceleration....think I will be ok with my 2.5nad

neilly said:

More to the point, how or who is going to check the BHP and the weight to get the power to weight ratio??

Sounds like a pipe dream.

Cheers

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It is probably going to be a straight forward simple procedure at the point at which an engine number gets checked. With an MOT the engine number gets checked with the V5 details along with the chassis number - if the engine number is different from the V5 details then the whole process of "checking" will begin. I suspect this will be - running from: Oh that's an engine that is the same as that fitted by the factory - to - that's a big block Chevy V8 with a super charger on it. The published manufacturer's specifications will probably be used as a guideline in the first instance, though obvious upgrades will also have to be considered.

For the MOT exempt vehicles this will be checked at "when something goes wrong".

So in the event of a crash I suspect there will be lots of people rushing out of their classic vehicles wiping blood out of their eyes sitting on the bonnet saying "it is 100% stock honest"...

...If I woz a copper I'd be a lot stricter with any vehicle condition related infringement if it was an MOT exempt vehicle. The shift in road worthiness checking is being pushed towards the rozzers who on the whole may not be as accommodating as your average MOT tester. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

To a certain extent purchasers of MOT exempt vehicles need to be a little bit wiser about modifications made to a vehicle - I doubt very much the "I bought it like that" argument at the point of "when something goes wrong" is going to wash...

...esentially this is a paper work exercise to try and make things cheaper and easier for the DVLA. This comes at the cost of the responsibility of the user

i worked out a 15% increase in power to weight would mean about 10bhp increase on a 2.3 petrol.

2.5NAD had 68horse.

the wording is 15% increase in power to weight in excess of its original design. bit arbitrary? land rover fitted more powerful engines than my 70 horse 2.3.

in any case i dont see why modified old cars should be able to keep historic status, how is it historically preserved to have a 200tdi in a series 3 ? worse that will happen if you fail the criteria is you have to carry on with an MOT every year, i was in favour of that anyway

I doubt if any 40 year old series landys with their original engines still make the factory spec BHP. I reckon mines is down by about 20BHP.

Col

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Nitrous!

My S3 could come with a 2.25d or 2.25p...mine came out of the factory with the 62hp diesel...but it could have been fitted with the 78hp 2.25 petrol.

Its now got a 200di of which I put aout around the same as a 2.25 petrol...but how would I determine a 200di output and would they let me use the higher powered 2.25 petrol performance as my baseline seeing it could be fitted as std...better for me if the did work on the petrold output

mine was 2&1/4 petrol ,now rrc 9.35 v8, wadya reckon lads