i'm fuming, i've just been defected for having 2 pod filters under the nose panel, a front mount intercooler, my rear numberplate bent so it fits in the slot on the standard bar, no silencer in my cannon(understandable), and i just got it back from being re sprayed the ford blue blueprint on saturday afternoon, so they defect me for variation of details! i gotta get blue slip and engineer to look over it all im in goulburn nsw any1 know a tuner friendly engineer or somewhere 4 a blueslip? n give me your thoughts on it all!
yeh i'm hearing u!, i'll put a few pics of the car on here soon, its worse coz in goulburn, they have the police academy, n so many newbie police are on a power trip!
Sorry to here you got pinged. I'm not sure who can help you, but perhaps some of the ACT members may know a friendly engineer??. Did they get you to remove the nose panel to see your pods?
nah champ, they went over it real hard but, n searched down there 4 the bov's,seen the pods and he said it needed to be engineered, but i thought it would be fine, because its not really in the engine bay, it was all part of the fmic from just jap, they have an adaptor to put to pods on, comes with 2 foam filters, looks the part!
nah nah, he was an arse of a copper, he knew where the pods would be, so he looked there straight away, he got under the front bar and looked up, he wanted to get me! is it illeal to have rampods there?
awww mate that pod filter issue is crap as....he wasnt looking for defects....he was looking for something to defect you with...big difference....not many people would be willing to lie down on the road and slide under your car....sorry to hear though....good luck
Well here in Vic certain type of pod filters are LEGAL. I spoke to vic roads about it to make sure it was legal...they said as long as its a dry type pod filter (not an opil type) and you dont have the structurally modify the car in any way (even one new screw hole) oh and if it doesnt increase emmissions levels etc then its all good The thing to note is from what Ive read you cant have a pod filter AND a FMIC...you can only have one type...i think its basically because the emmesions are basically guarenteed to be over allowable levels...
SMIC... FTW its still a mod, but i doubt they would pick them up... that way you "can" still have the pod filter
That's the stupidest thing Ive ever heard, so if you wash a pre-oiled pod filter and dont re-oil it then it magically becomes legal again? There's no way that's right.
An oil type pod filter NEEDS oil to work properly, so if you run it without oil, Im sure you will kill it soon enough. The main reason is that it oil is flammable....a pod filter designed to run without oil simply doesnt have that issue. its not apples apples, so its not 'stupid'.
If he'd have done that to me, all he'd see if a big steel plate Good for saving you from slash damage too u can't see my POD at all without removing something. + its properly secured so its all good if it does get inspected. Sorry to hear your story though. Deinatly sucks of a academy newbie making a point. As he knew where to look, I'd put $50 on him having a modded HPI of his own in his garage.
Wow oil is flammable? Who would of thought! I'm pretty sure the law is if the oiled filter is covered i.e airbox then it is legal, and if it's not covered then it has to be the un-oiled type. But I believe the legalities are more to do with the Australian Design Regulations than anything else such as emissions and what not as you also suggested.
So strict for you mainland boys I pulled up at my local servo one day...pulled up next to a cop car with 4 of them inside at the adjacent pump. I didnt have my bonnet on or my front bar on at the time. The coppers jumped out and had a look. They complimented me on my engine bay bling and how good the FMIC looks without the bar on. He noticed my pod filter and BOVs and told me it looks like a pretty mean machine and a goodbye comment with "well done mate" We get it easy down in Tas
Not all a bad thing... Since I get let off by the cops on almost everything in a 20km circle from my place since I fix em up with discounts though my work
