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Pic of bonnet cut under a A9X scoop
#1
_Viper_
Posted 14 October 2009 - 07:26 PM
Just so I can show him exactly what I want
#2
Posted 14 October 2009 - 08:00 PM
#3
Posted 14 October 2009 - 08:04 PM
#4
_Viper_
Posted 14 October 2009 - 08:07 PM
#5
Posted 14 October 2009 - 08:08 PM
Don't cut right to the edge of the scoop unless you have a cold air box that will go that far also
edit: mine just has a round hole big enough for the air cleaner at present, I want to square it off one day and put an air box/tray on it
Edited by 76lxhatch, 14 October 2009 - 08:09 PM.
#6
_stu.slr_
Posted 14 October 2009 - 11:11 PM
#7
Posted 14 October 2009 - 11:57 PM
I was told that it must seal just in case you blow a radiator hose or something so it wont throw water over the windscreen.
My filter pokes through the hole, but i don't think its legal. I would think that you would need bracing around the hole.
Evan.
#8
Posted 15 October 2009 - 05:31 AM
That's interesting, I was actually only thinking about cold air delivery when I said it.As above , for it to be legal it must seal against the carby air cleaner.
I was told that it must seal just in case you blow a radiator hose or something so it wont throw water over the windscreen.
My filter pokes through the hole, but i don't think its legal. I would think that you would need bracing around the hole.
Evan.
I wouldn't have thought that bracing was necessary as long as you don't cut into the outer braces, which I think is roughly how the A9X holes were from factory. But... I wouldn't know anything about Aussie laws anyway so don't listen to me!
#9
_rollo_
Posted 15 October 2009 - 07:47 AM
SPOT ON ABOVE ! No bracing required i have 3 A9x,s and two have the original bonnets and from memory there is no extra bracing ,as long as u dont cut it too big ,That's interesting, I was actually only thinking about cold air delivery when I said it.
As above , for it to be legal it must seal against the carby air cleaner.
I was told that it must seal just in case you blow a radiator hose or something so it wont throw water over the windscreen.
My filter pokes through the hole, but i don't think its legal. I would think that you would need bracing around the hole.
Evan.
I wouldn't have thought that bracing was necessary as long as you don't cut into the outer braces, which I think is roughly how the A9X holes were from factory. But... I wouldn't know anything about Aussie laws anyway so don't listen to me!
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#10
Posted 15 October 2009 - 07:50 AM
I was told that it must seal just in case you blow a radiator hose or something so it wont throw water over the windscreen.
LOL! Yeah, that could be dangerous!!! I hate it when it rains! HAHA!
I just have a hole cut in mine. Nothing spesh... With the lip weld clipped onto it, to make it look neat.
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#11
Posted 15 October 2009 - 08:22 AM
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I also made a 6mm x 20mm thick ring to brace the bonnet, don�t have any photos of that though.
#12
Posted 15 October 2009 - 09:27 AM
#13
Posted 15 October 2009 - 12:10 PM
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Cheers.
#14
_stu.slr_
Posted 15 October 2009 - 09:05 PM
thats exactly how i had mine! that is cutting into the bracing. but it was cool to hear the induction noise from the carby. was the A9x cut? probly with a oxy
I was told that it must seal just in case you blow a radiator hose or something so it wont throw water over the windscreen.
LOL! Yeah, that could be dangerous!!! I hate it when it rains! HAHA!
I just have a hole cut in mine. Nothing spesh... With the lip weld clipped onto it, to make it look neat.
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