requirements
MADCC - Car requirements
Car requirements
- Fire Extinguisher 0.9kg or higher and not more than 3 years old or since last tested.
- Accessible tow points front and rear of vehicle to enable the safe recovery of a stranded vehicle and marked red or with a red triangle of 150mm to identify the location.
- Must have a seatbelt not damaged for each seat in the vehicle, a harness may be used in place of the original seatbelt however it must comply with the requirements as detailed in the Motorsport Australia manual.
- Battery must be securely fixed to the vehicle and the positive terminal must be covered to prevent contact with any metal.
- In all classes except standard classes the bonnet and any other forward facing openable panels must be secured with a secondary restraint other than the factory restraints, either with bonnet pins or leather or webbing strap with a metal catch (no plastic catches).
- Wheels and tyres must be free from defects, eg; no cracks in rims, excessive buckling or flat spots, Tyres must not have wire or canvas visible or defects to the side walls.
- Suspension (No restrictions)
- Intake may be modified In accordance with the requirements of the Motorsport Australia Manual with the exception of standard class which must remain in the original configuration.
- Fuel tanks must be free of damage and external to the driver’s compartment, any component of the fuel system that passes through the driver’s compartment must be shielded form possible impact and must contain no joins, in the case of plastic fuel cells they must be within expiry dates. (See Motorsport Australia Manual)
- Exhaust systems are free to be modified noting that they must exit the vehicle no less than 50mm inside the furthest most point of the body and no more than 100mm past the same and must contain at least one effective muffler with the exception of turbo charged vehicles which my run a dump pipe complying with these requirements. (it is the preference of the club that all exhausts exit from the rear or passenger side of the vehicle)
- Windscreens must be free of major defects, small cracking and stone chips are acceptable provided they do not obstruct the drivers vision, large cracks through the driver’s field of vision or cracks extending through the width or height of the screen will require replacement, vehicles competing with out front windscreens must also have the rear screens removed and an appropriate roll cage fitted.
- Interior may be removed however the door adjacent to any seat must retain the door card or a replacement material capable of preventing contact with exposed metal edges or mechanical components of the doors.
- Holes in the floor pan and firewalls between the engine and driver’s compartment must be covered as well as the boot to prevent the entry of vapours or liquids into the driver’s compartment.
- No excessive panel damage or rust will be accepted.