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hey peoples

no doubt this is a stupid question but when installing the fmic, wat is the part of the car called

where i drill the hole through on the drivers side in front of the plenum for the piping to go through.

cheers

Guesty

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lol i'm aware of the defect side of it

my mate just got done for it. there telling him he needs an engineers certificate.

i was just asking wat the part of the car is called that people drill through.

the metal wall in the engine bay?

does it have a specific name?

lol sorry if i wasn't clear. i'm not talking about doing it.

lol i'm aware of the defect side of it

my mate just got done for it. there telling him he needs an engineers certificate.

i was just asking wat the part of the car is called that people drill through.

the metal wall in the engine bay?

does it have a specific name?

lol sorry if i wasn't clear. i'm not talking about doing it.

hope ya mate doesnt have a car with an air bag

cause if he does... he'll never get it engineered. No VASS will sign off on it

its called the aapron. the metal part where you drill through for fmic piping. if i were u i wouldnt bother, just get a custom pipe made up for it to return to the standard side of the engine. no cutting needed.

whats wrong with cutting it? prety much all fmic installs i have seen has the whole cut, except for the coolers where both pipes go same way, (to the passenger side)

thats coz pretty much all cooler installs in victoria are illegal....

whats wrong with cutting it? prety much all fmic installs i have seen has the whole cut, except for the coolers where both pipes go same way, (to the passenger side)

its only illegal to cut that area IF the car has an airbag

if you dont then its perfectly legal.

  • 2 weeks later...

DONT DO IT!!!!!! DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!

ive jsut spent the last 3 months tryin to get my defect cleared for this hole i cut in mine. In the end i had to get a custom fabricator to weld supports around the hole and reo bar etc to make it engineerable.

Either go see a engineer first and discuss wot he/ she will pass and wot will be safe. trust me its not worth it, either get a ARC kit or sumthing similar or see a engineer! a good one!

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