Bug Catcher / Hilborn
#1
Posted 11 February 2006 - 12:45 PM
Should be ok if i can get it under my hornet scoop (upper section only so legal coz it passes the 165mm ball test?)
But i would prefer to have no scoop over the bug catcher. Have read that anything protruding though bonnet must be covered with an scoop, but read somewhere else that if it is sealed to bonnet to stop oil etc squirting out/fire its ok...... kinda like a xy gt shaker.
Also read that it can only sick out so far 150mm?? But i will try to keep only half or so sticking out anyway so that shouldn't be a prob.
One other wacked idea was to run slr/a9x style bonnet scoop to cover most of it up but cut out front to look like mach 1/ '69 429 Mustang scoop, better idea or stick with hornet....
Any help or ideas??
#2 _Jewboy_
Posted 11 February 2006 - 01:30 PM
#3 _2wild4u_
Posted 11 February 2006 - 05:22 PM
#4
Posted 12 February 2006 - 08:16 AM
in Vic you have to have a clear and uninterrupted view of the ground 11 metres forward of the steering wheel when viewed from any position allowed by movement of the drivers seat.
There can't be any sharp protrusions, all edges have to be rounded and there no single openings larger than 4000 square mm, which is equivalent to a single hole 65 mm.
If it was standard on the vehicle it's ok.
thats off another website
http://www.aussiev8....read.php?t=3878
and the author of that post is a cop in victoria
cheers
Edited by YiriSS, 12 February 2006 - 08:17 AM.
#5 _QIKSLR_
Posted 12 February 2006 - 05:31 PM
#6
Posted 12 February 2006 - 05:51 PM
#7 _CHOPPER_
Posted 12 February 2006 - 08:53 PM
#8 _Jewboy_
Posted 13 February 2006 - 12:12 AM
#9 _Roadknight_
Posted 13 February 2006 - 10:45 AM
Any scoop must be sealed between it and bonnet so no oil, water etc etc can come out of engine bay onto windscreen.
Then there is the maximum height allowed and no sharp edges.
I had a hornet scoop but kept the 14inch air cleaner base with a thick ring of flame proof foam on it which pushed up under the bonnet to seal it.
I never had an issue, or could have been just lucky.
#10 _user asked to be removed_
Posted 04 March 2006 - 09:25 AM
2 Tough
#11 _Hotrodder_
Posted 09 March 2006 - 11:00 PM
This is 100% correct.its an 11 metre rule in victoria
in Vic you have to have a clear and uninterrupted view of the ground 11 metres forward of the steering wheel when viewed from any position allowed by movement of the drivers seat.
There can't be any sharp protrusions, all edges have to be rounded and there no single openings larger than 4000 square mm, which is equivalent to a single hole 65 mm.
Ive been through this many times with VASS engineers and the coppers..........
#12 _LX406_
Posted 10 March 2006 - 05:15 PM
http://www.vicroads....dsafe/VSI 8.pdf
Hotrodder is correct, the mods YiriSS mentioned are legal.
#13
Posted 10 March 2006 - 08:50 PM
Guys.. In every state there is a technical info like of your relevant motor authority. In NSW its the RTA tech info line.
if you ask them a speific question, either by email or by phone, they can give you their answers based on the rules.
One thing to remeber is, it is THEIR opinion and the way that particular person reads the rules. Take their name, write down the date you spoke with them and the time, and ask them to post you the relevant sections marked. They are more than happy to do this. They did it for me regarding bonet scoops. Infact the help was EXCELLENT that i go.
This way you can be mroe sure that your getting the right advise the FIRST time...
Just remeber.. coppers are doing their job.. if they werent looking out for dangerous mods you can just imagine the deathtraps that would be driving around ( and trust me.. ive seen it recently in Korea and Thailand!).
Cheers.
#14 _Loki_
Posted 11 March 2006 - 11:49 PM
If I was to bet whether I won the lottery or that [butterflies being jamemd open from random road rubbish] occuring in my lifetime.In most states its illegal as road rubbush can get stuck in the butterflies and jam the throttle open.
I'd bet on the lottery every time =)
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