Ok so as you all know I just received my Mk21 V6. It was originally bought by a buyer in Japan (Still has the Renault Sport Club Japon stickers on the rear side windows!
Just wondering what bthe differences are ie what the importer would have had to have done to get the V6 to pass its SVA/MOT test. I was told it basically was treated as a kit car and had to have noise/emissions etsts etc created for it. It obviously passed as I'm looking at the MOT now!
Info below found on a site dedicated to importing Japanese vehicles:
SVA / ESVA Test
Single Vehicle Approval / Enhanced Single Vehicle Approval Test
All cars younger than ten years old imported from outside the EU are required to undergo the SVA / ESVA test for the Vehicle Inspectorate.
Typical minimum work needed to pass an SVA / ESVA or MOT test with a Japanese imported car will be the fitting of a new Speedometer Facia (converts kilometers to miles per hour) and the fitting of a rear fog light.
All cars registered after 1st January 1997 need to meet the requirements of the Enhanced SVA test, the ESVA, for the Vehicle Inspectorate.
This means providing with the vehicle at the time of the ESVA a "model report" that shows the vehicles compliance with European emission and safety standards.
The model report is a document that has been commissioned by someone for the exact same car as you wish to pass the ESVA. You can hire the Model Report and submit it with your own vehicle to show compliance to the standards.
Unfortunately, if there is no Model Report available for your particular vehicle, then you will have to commission one and pay the full cost of this. You can then, of course, rent out your model report to other owners of that particular Japanese Car. This will allow you to recoup costs and possibly make a profit.
Cars manufactured after 1st January 1998 will additionally require a CAT 2 Immobiliser fitted to pass the ESVA test - probably an additional cost of approx. £200.
The most common differences between Japanese manufactured vehicles and UK vehicles are: No rear fog light; No MPH display on the speedometer; Inadequate number plate space; wrong Radio Activated Security Systems (RASS) frequency; Fuel filter nozzle of incorrect diameter.
Vehicles manufactured after 1 October 1998 will have their RASS frequencies checked as part of the ESVA test. RASS Radio Activated Security Systems. If your vehicle has a radio-activated immobiliser, alarm or central locking, only radio frequencies within the following ranges are legal in the UK: 417.90 - 418.10 MHz (until Jan 200
; 433.05 - 434.79 MHz; 868.00 - 868.60 MHz, 868.70 - 869.20 MHz and 869.70 - 870.00 MHz.
Any other info would be appreciated, although from inspecting the car I can't see any differences. The speedo is till in Km/h so wondering how it passed if a converison is needed?
Just wondering what bthe differences are ie what the importer would have had to have done to get the V6 to pass its SVA/MOT test. I was told it basically was treated as a kit car and had to have noise/emissions etsts etc created for it. It obviously passed as I'm looking at the MOT now!
Info below found on a site dedicated to importing Japanese vehicles:
SVA / ESVA Test
Single Vehicle Approval / Enhanced Single Vehicle Approval Test
All cars younger than ten years old imported from outside the EU are required to undergo the SVA / ESVA test for the Vehicle Inspectorate.
Typical minimum work needed to pass an SVA / ESVA or MOT test with a Japanese imported car will be the fitting of a new Speedometer Facia (converts kilometers to miles per hour) and the fitting of a rear fog light.
All cars registered after 1st January 1997 need to meet the requirements of the Enhanced SVA test, the ESVA, for the Vehicle Inspectorate.
This means providing with the vehicle at the time of the ESVA a "model report" that shows the vehicles compliance with European emission and safety standards.
The model report is a document that has been commissioned by someone for the exact same car as you wish to pass the ESVA. You can hire the Model Report and submit it with your own vehicle to show compliance to the standards.
Unfortunately, if there is no Model Report available for your particular vehicle, then you will have to commission one and pay the full cost of this. You can then, of course, rent out your model report to other owners of that particular Japanese Car. This will allow you to recoup costs and possibly make a profit.
Cars manufactured after 1st January 1998 will additionally require a CAT 2 Immobiliser fitted to pass the ESVA test - probably an additional cost of approx. £200.
The most common differences between Japanese manufactured vehicles and UK vehicles are: No rear fog light; No MPH display on the speedometer; Inadequate number plate space; wrong Radio Activated Security Systems (RASS) frequency; Fuel filter nozzle of incorrect diameter.
Vehicles manufactured after 1 October 1998 will have their RASS frequencies checked as part of the ESVA test. RASS Radio Activated Security Systems. If your vehicle has a radio-activated immobiliser, alarm or central locking, only radio frequencies within the following ranges are legal in the UK: 417.90 - 418.10 MHz (until Jan 200
; 433.05 - 434.79 MHz; 868.00 - 868.60 MHz, 868.70 - 869.20 MHz and 869.70 - 870.00 MHz. Any other info would be appreciated, although from inspecting the car I can't see any differences. The speedo is till in Km/h so wondering how it passed if a converison is needed?
