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[Bungle]

YES

[samsfern]

Pmsl! This thread is a load of nonsense

[Cooperman]

The issue with the Weber carb is a red-herring as if you did fail an mot because of this you could easily put the bulkhead back to standard and fit twin SU's with no real loss of performance on the road.
A GRP front end, however, may be another matter as the main load-carrying monocoque structure has been extensively modified. If you get away with it then fine. If not then either an IVA test/Q-plate or a return to the original steel bodywork will be needed.

[Bungle]

from what i have read if you fail a vehicle identification test there is no going back to standard

it's BIVA test and re register or the car stays off the road

but like most of this untill it happens to a member on TMF we aren't really going to know

[garrett3]

Pmsl! This thread is a load of nonsense

Actually it isn't. This will effect more and more people as time goes on.

[Bungle]

the sad thing is it's going to take someone getting stopped and have to go through this before the penny will drop for a lot of people

[nibsd]

Well I was thinking of putting a turbo on my car, but with those rules have just S**T canned that idea. I think its the fact of keeping the engine as it is!

[Bungle]

you can still fit a turbo with out cutting into the bulkhead

[garrett3]

Go the t2 route with a Mirage manifold setup.
Great results and no body mods needed

[nibsd]

Sweet turbo power for 2012!

[stuenutter]

had been thinking of fitting a 1.4 k series into my mayfair but with the subframe mods am now thinking do i really need the hastle of the test i may have to have

[Bungle]

only you can decide that

just make your self a list of the pro's and con's and make your own mind up

[superchargedaseries]

I'm currently building a 200bhp supercharged a series mini, so my floorpan will need strenthening with a box section frame inside and outside the car so it doesn't twist on accelaration. Will this then fail its MOT?

[Bungle]

only if welded on badly and the tester thought it might fall off

[1750maximini]

Hi folks, this has always been the case, but the authorities have never been in a place to fully regulate.
As your car tax, insurance and MOT details steadily go onto HM Gov's databases then things will be tightened up bit by bit.