Hwp Nightmare

[DaGr81]

Is it a part inspection or a full inspection LOL if it isn't I'm pissed off I got less mods than you and got done for a full inspection few months ago, lucky I know some people and it was all passed the next day twin chamber bov and all

[SNOQPY]

plump the bov into the filter piping below and get a box for the filter.

Can make it yourself, get some cardboard and cut the shape u want then go get some alloy and cut it out and rivet it together.

just what i was thinking

[gt-ahhh!]

Is it a part inspection or a full inspection LOL if it isn't I'm pissed off I got less mods than you and got done for a full inspection few months ago, lucky I know some people and it was all passed the next day twin chamber bov and all

i didnt actually get defected or sent for an inspection, thank fk. but the copper said he and another hwp officer live in my close proximity, and had taken note of my car and were waiting to have a party at my expense. i drove past the cop originally and turned off my path in case he tried to come after me (a habit i have gained due to numerous instances of unfair treatment i have received). but when i came back 5 minutes later he was waiting on the side of the road for me, and immediately started following. i turned down a quiet ass back street, just to make it blatantly obvious that i was being targetted, and there was nothing random about the "breath test" and subsequent under bonnet inspection.

thankfully he knew bugger all about cars/defects etc. he was going on hols for 2 weeks, but warned that if he heard the bov again after he returned he would get the whole LAC on the lookout for me, with every intention of forcing my baby off the road.

obviously i dont blow off near copz, but he lives in the area so would hear it off duty, as he has done before apparently, and then id get pulled over by the first available popo with nothing better to do.

[nuclear_skyline]

Atmo BOVs sounds awesome. But is it serious worth the pain in the arse hassle of getting pulled over, bent over and fisted by HWP for a mod that adds no performance gain??? Stock r33 or gtr BOV would easy handle the boost your running. Do a search, heaps of people including me run stock BOV with 15-18psi...

[DaGr81]

haha I thought I was the only one who turns off the rd when I see a popo car following me, but lucky there's 3 different routes to my place =) but then again i've since stopped doing that as ever since I got my fulls I've been followed sometimes 15 - 20 minutes and never been pulled over, also removed my bov to standard one and drive in 5th at night to keep exhaust noise down

[gt-ahhh!]

haha I thought I was the only one who turns off the rd when I see a popo car following me, but lucky there's 3 different routes to my place =) but then again i've since stopped doing that as ever since I got my fulls I've been followed sometimes 15 - 20 minutes and never been pulled over, also removed my bov to standard one and drive in 5th at night to keep exhaust noise down

i tend to get pulled over within the first 30secs. i suppose doing 10km below the speed limit makes them realise i am alert to their presence and am not going to do anything foolish.

i often wonder about chugging around in 5th, my car seems to make more noise, low droning boorrrrrr when its in the wrong gear.

[gt-ahhh!]

i finished fabricating a black plastic cover for the pod and bov. i even shifted a sticker so it looks like it was made by nissan lol. stay tuned for pics.

[DaGr81]

5th is good even in a 60-70 zone lower rpm = lower noise + decreased fuel consumption it's a win win

[turbo_brian]

I love all the advice about boxes and BOV's, quite funny....

In NSW, the legal requirement for an intake air filter is to be 100% boxed, the filter must be completely boxed, the boxmust not include part of the engine bay walls as part of the box (I.e, a cover going from the side of the engine bay, over the top of a POD filter, and down to the metal will not sufice as a pass).

With regards to Atmospheric BOV's, the reason they are illegal is because they vent un-filtered gasses into the atmposphere from within the motor (turbocharger is classified as a mechanical device, therefore part of the motor). You can not get done for a plumbed back valve unless they believe it's not filtering the gas or is plumbed incorrectly.

Another note: Highway patrol are not mechanics, they dont 'defect' a vehicle, they issue a notice for an inspection on the believe the vehicle might have a defect, and they specifiy where their belief is. If you have a non-stock plumbed BOV, they might 'believe' it's non stock and possibly non compliant, but in NSW, if it's plumbed back, you shouldn't have an issue.

As for the previous mention of engine bay coverings, this is like the things used on the GEN III V8's, and even cars like Mazda 3 and Mazda 6, all they are is a plastic cover that sits over the engine, mounts via rubber plugs, and looks pretty. If your suspected of a defectable item, the Police will lift this cover off and start going to town, the Police are permitted to take of ornamental covers off to inspect the mechanical areas of the engine bay to check for detectable items, so shoving a cover over the engine wont work either.

5th is good even in a 60-70 zone lower rpm = lower noise + decreased fuel consumption it's a win win

Not always the case with fuel consumption....

Majority of engines are more 'efficient' from about 3,200 to 3,800rpm, the engine is within the power area, required hardly any fuel to bring power on, and if cruising on a nice flat surface, only requires enough fuel to keep the engine turning while the car's momentum does the rest, so uses stuff all fuel.

If your driving along at 1,300rpm in 5th gear doing 60km/h, your engine is not in it's efficiency range, therefore requires the fuel to get it to efficiency. An efficient engine will use less fuel than a lower revving engine

B.

Edited November 17, 2008 by turbo_brian