Can U Get Defected For Fmic?

[bernard R33]

Some people say they are ok but some say they are defectable. Is anyone 100% sure if they are or not or has anyone been defected for theirs b4? Also r boost controllers leagal?

[Howie]

Some people say they are ok but some say they are defectable. Is anyone 100% sure if they are or not or has anyone been defected for theirs b4? Also r boost controllers leagal?

boost controllers are illegal in south australia. i had to take mine off to get it through regency.

[mid life crisis]

i am under the understanding that you can have 1 inlet modification ie one fmic or one pod filter not both it's one or the other ive just fitted a fmic to mine and am now in the prosess of modifiying my snorkel to clear the pipes so i can use the standed airbox with a panel filter .boos contorollers have always been a no no but depending on what copper ya got at the time same with turbo timers .hope this helps some

cheers mid life crisis

[Howie]

i am under the understanding that you can have 1 inlet modification ie one fmic or one pod filter not both it's

Thought that was only interstate, not in SA?

[Cubes]

In SA you can have both an FMIC and POD. Its only interstate where they have that silly 1 intake mod law.

You MUST not interfere with the pipe that runs from the AFM to turbo and also must not interfere with the BOV (yes this also means the cross over pipe must remain standard) and its recirc pipe.

Apart from that yes... You can have a pod providing its secured, you can also have an fmic providing it has sufficient ground clearance and there is no cutting of the body work involved, which rules out 90% of the FMIC kits available. I run a Sperco Bar/plate with center position in/outlets, this allows an easy 180degree bend to be used so I am able to run the piping back to the stock route.

My piping leaves the turbo, uses the stock piping route in to the inner bumper, the piping then runs behind the FMIC at the bottom (airflow here is blocked by the bumpers lower lip so no issues doing this) it then throws a 180degree bend in to the fmic, the air cools through the fmic, it then has a nice short route to the cross over pipe once again using the stock piping route.

Ring regency.. This is what I was told some time ago when looking in to allowed mods.

[mid life crisis]

thats interesting then maybe i wll just leave my pod on as well . i have a disc here with all the australian adr rules and it says 1 mod only i would have thought that would have been aust wide tho

[sinistaGTR]

no thats just vic, you can have fmic here as long as it doesnt protrude underneath your front bar i think.

[Cubes]

I think the ground clearance for the fmic is the same as the rest of the car... 100mm off the ground. I think its 100mm.. Somewhere around that anyway.

Give regency a buzz, they are quite helpfull.

[vange]

wounder if u can get defected for going interstate with a car with fmic and pod lol?

[Cubes]

lol thats an interesting question.

[sinistaGTR]

and the answer is yes...... i had qld rego and was in vic theres a defect sticker for you son.......

but its only really in vic there mega anal and have the two inlet mod rule.

qld, is lax as

nsw; bit anal but not too bad

vic; defect

nt; they have no mod laws its absolutly insane i loved it there

perth; dunno

act; not too bad

[Sambo33]

hmm not good to hear. my gf and i were planning a trip to the great ocean road. definatley not taking the skyline if vic police are that bad.

[sinistaGTR]

well i think there bit worse here from what ive heard so upto you i guess mate, great ocean rd drive shouldnt be too bad, just tell them your on holidays leaving soon etc etc they should leave you alone

[Sambo33]

well i think there bit worse here from what ive heard so upto you i guess mate, great ocean rd drive shouldnt be too bad, just tell them your on holidays leaving soon etc etc they should leave you alone

yeah thats sorta what i was originally thinking. ah well, i gotta plan it all out first.

[sinistaGTR]

Sounds good lol you should be fine, just "but officer im on holiday i will be gone tomorow blah blah blah" lol

[Tylthidras]

interstate car in sa is interesting... afaik, u CAN get defected..but once ur back across the border it's null & void.

[SLY33]

interstate car in sa is interesting... afaik, u CAN get defected..but once ur back across the border it's null & void.

exactly, and vice versa. My SA reg car got defected in NSW, i got it cleared but by that time the car was just about to return home so i never even lodged the clearance papers.... The interstate defect only applies in the state of issue unless they have recently changed it, ie technically my car is still defected in NSW. I got it back to SA, then got locally defected , but as far as cops were concerned they had no idea it had an NSW defect.

Back on topic, my car has just gone through regency with a huge HKS type-R FMIC, lets just say it didnt fit without some 'modifying', and it went through fine. It also went through with the pod. From what ive heard from workshops that see heaps of cars that go through, FMIC is not an issue, but if the install of the return pipe is a messy hole hacked out of the car, ive heard them pick on this.

[Tylthidras]

on most cars there's a support bracket in ur front bar region as well.

trimming/hacking that is somewhat frowned upon by regency.

[chops]

Any change to a cars intake system has the potential to alter emissions, and therefore you CAN be defected for it. Unfortunately the onus is on the owner to prove complaince rather than on the police to prove non compliance.

Yes, it sucks but basically you can be defected for anything non standard.

[Sambo33]

Yes, it sucks but basically you can be defected for anything non standard.

yeah thats the thing isnt it. it would depend on the sort of cop going over your car. you get the asshole cop that looks for anything they can find, then you get the laid back cops that inform you of potential defects and let you go.