STREET CAR

If Aaron’s cert plate were alive, it wouldn’t even have taken its first steps yet, but it’s already attracted its fair share of controversy. That controversy relates to people’s perception of bonnet protrusions that appear to be beyond what is legally permitted. However, the only problem found was that the intake elbow was 50mm too tall — as photographed in this article — and that’s something Aaron has already fixed. It’s explained in Chapter 15.15 of the NZCCM: “A low volume vehicle which has a fixed roof must not have any components or fittings forward of the firewall which protrude above a straight line from the centre-point of the windscreen measured both vertically and horizontally to: ∞ In the case of protrusions 250mm (10 inches) or less in width, a point at ground level 15m (49 feet) forward of the front of the vehicle; or ∞ In the case of protrusions between 250mm (10 inches) and 400mm (16 inches) in width, a point at ground level 12m (39 feet) forward of the front of the vehicle; or ∞ In the case of protrusions 400mm (16 inches) or more in width, a point at ground level 8m (26 feet) forward of the front of the vehicle.” Though it is not clearly defined whether multiple protrusions — such as in Aaron’s case — are taken into account individually or as one single measurement, the LVVTA check required the measurement to span from turbo to turbo. This meant that the criterion for the widest bonnet protrusion — 400mm or more in width — was used, requiring a visibility check to a C. 66 C. 10 point 8m forwardM. 60 M. 10 of the front of the vehicle. All Aaron Y. 60 Y. 10 needed to K. do45 to satisfyK. 10 this requirement was to modify an intake elbow for street use.