CAI unroadworthy..

[fastfreddygassit]

Back on topic.

**snip** but i was just curious as to what happened in the future if i ever needed to sell it with a roadworthy or have the car re-roadworthied for whatever reason. ***end snip***

I have removed my gorgeous CF mania intake (which Ben got off me, then Cheyne got off Ben...bit of a floozy that intake, but I digress) and put
the windscreen washer bottle in front of the hole.
Very, very hard to see if there is a hole there and if you were seriously concerned then you could put a round plate (steel, alloy, plastic, etc) over the hole - silicone it in place and then fit the washer bottle
there.
I seriously doubt that anyone will see it and question it.
This is not the best pic, but you can see the washer bottle and no visible hole.


ps. did I mention that CF mania intake is gorgeous?

[CheyneX5]

hi five FFG

[wun911]

where is the water bottle mod?? Not happy with the performace output??

[CheyneX5]

I think this photo may have been taken before that, but hey, FFG may have been thirsty

[crzymx]

Well i thats what i thought but i think the washer bottle is different on an nb because it doesnt seem to cover the whole that well, i thought that i may have to put a plate over it and bondo them paint the patch, which i can do i was just wondering if anyone had had any expirience with it.

[ampz]

Back on topic.
This is not the best pic, but you can see the washer bottle and no visible hole.

Needs more turbo

If you are concerned with the hole left behind, bondo/silastic is not the way to go as the heat will cure it incorrectly and make it look like ass....
Use aluminium plate and secure it with nuts and bolts, use a lock washers and it should not be defectable.

[crzymx]

Back on topic.
This is not the best pic, but you can see the washer bottle and no visible hole.

Needs more turbo

If you are concerned with the hole left behind, bondo/silastic is not the way to go as the heat will cure it incorrectly and make it look like ass....
Use aluminium plate and secure it with nuts and bolts, use a lock washers and it should not be defectable.

Wont that be obvious?

[wun911]

you can get temp stable epoxy resin...

your not the first Lotus has done it before you...

or you can use rivits light weight alternative to bolts...

[crzymx]

Yeah but any type of rivet or bolt is way too obvious, someones gonna know there was a whole if they see bolts and rivets etc etc.

[CheyneX5]

Well what else could you do then?

[SuperMazdaKart]

Move the Mazda compliance plate over the hole?

Move or fit another washer bottle somewhere else.

[crzymx]

Yeah thats a good idea I was thinking cover it with something, coz honestly any inspector wouldnt notice it as it is covered from behind. So as long as the wholes covered without any obvious signs of there being a change (nuts and bolts) i should be fine.

[mx5racing]

We do blue slips and pinks slips here in NSW and the best "cover up" I saw was a small rectangle of stainless steel with an Elf engine oil sticker stuck to it. It was just stuck on to cover the hold and looked like a nice neat decal. You would never pick it unless you looked pretty hard which is unlikely unless the inspector had prior knowledge.

[crzymx]

Yeah i think i might do that!

[irwin83r]

i remember talking to someone about this awhile ago.. and they were saying that any hole in a structural part of the car must be reinforced around the out side of the hole so the section dose not loose any strength.
as far as fire walls go im not sure.. but any hole has to be pretty much water tight not so much for if the car bursts into flames but if it decides to blow all its oil out its not going to blind the driver... thats why raising your bonnet drifter style isnt legal.. nore is removing the seal along the back edge for better air flow through the engine bay.

in any case if you can show an engineer that it still complies with these or how youve done something to make it comply they shouldnt have any probs signing it off.. but most of em would probably rather talk to you before you done it..