Oh for possibly the hardest ADR to try and work my way around. According to the engineer i have recieved information from, unless you use the column from an actual car that has been made and complied in the year that i will be building (or will have it complianced) then it will not pass compliancing. What a stupid idea really. But will have to address this problem.
In the notes from the engineer, he states that there are two parts to this ADR. The requirements for when you hit the steering wheel in an impact, and the requirement for when the car hits a wall. He states "The use of a complying column requires duplication of the situation of the column in the donor vehicle as well as the crush characteristics of the donor vehicle. This will be impossible to determine by inspection.
I believe that i can use the MX5 column out of the donor vehicle, it's been complied before, and if i can get the angles right it should be able to be passed. Surely there could be a way around it.
Having read part of the ADR, again a seriously mind altering experience, it seems that everything has to do with determining the conformity of the column by testing in a crash test. Seeing as my vehicle is an ICV, it does not need to be crash tested to be complied. I would think if i could prove the column was out of a complied car, and i made every practicable step to make it safe, then i might get passed.
Point that i need to remember when installing and setting up the steering column
- there has to be a distance from the back of the steering wheel to the dash - engineer has suggested 150mm
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