It may be over board but it is in the rule book. General Sec under brakes.
Quote:


Brake lines must be steel, steel braided or DOT approved flexible and routed out side the frame rail, or enclosed in a 16 inch length of 1/8 inch minimum wall steel tubing securely mounted where lines pass the flywheel bellhousing area and not routed in the drive line tunnel.




Says nothing about speed or ET being a factor either.

It is my understanding from reading this that the addition of the scatter shield will not be sufficient to meet the rules.