MOT and SBC engines

[V8Dom]

visited my MOT man saturday... he was reluctant to test the car based on my estimate of pre 78 emissions as the sbc is based on 1960's car engines.

he said we are supposed to have documentation that the car isnt tested to 2001 standards(mine regstered 2001) and with the docs it needs cats, emission testing etc etc

after adving its always been tested that way he went ahead after i showed him the sbc designs and dates and did the test and as an experiemnt afterwards we tested emisions and even for 78-86 cars it was way off the scales/

what documentation do you provide to prove the engine is based on a 1960's engine? in 2001 i dont think we had iva did we?

thanks Dom

[V8Dom]

factory have been very helpful

For all those with SBC it should be visual only but also should be written on your v5 date of first use!! if not it has been missed off and by writing to dvla you will be able to get this added.

Richard as usual has been very helpfull and prompt

Again the reason we all have these cars isnt just ownership but the fantastic support we recieve

Thankyou

[V8Dom]

Steve_D said:

Have a look at the front page of the V5C in 3. Special Notes.
Mine has the date of the SVA inspection and says 'Emissions - Visual smoke only'

This was 2004

There are also plenty of sources online where you can find the age of your engine block. Let me know if you can't find the info as I have a number of engine build books with this info.

Steve

no, its been missed off,, Richard is helping with this and has provided a letter