Myth33

Yep I'm the evil one (NEO34). Ha ha. just kidding. Anyway to tell the story correctly, I was driving at a constant speed with my wife and two kids in the car when you unfortunately found the truck in front of you (in the middle lane) driving at a slower speed. At this point my front end was nearly inline with your rear end in the middle lane. One of three things could of happened. 1. Either I braked suddeenly to let you squeeze in on the right hand side. Which I saw no need for, the truck and I were doing a similar speed anyway. 2. You just stay in the middle lane, slow down a bit instead of being in such a rush. Wait for me to pass (as I was) then move into the right hand lane if you wish. 3. Just move into the left hand lane (of a 3 lane motorway) where there was no traffic in front and continue accelerating, if you could not wait for me to finish passing. This is what you chose to do in the end, so good for you (No malice intended) When we first moved onto the motorway from Mt Gravatt, I was trying to get up beside you to wave hello, because I saw your SAU sticker and I remember Drew and John (fellow SAU members) talking about your ride 'MSPSI'. When I finally got beside you, you wouldn't even look over. Maybe you had a bad day or something, I don't know but you kinda looked angry about something and not interested in saying hello. Oh well maybe we can meet on better terms next time heh.

Thank you for the goods. Had this game a long time ago till it got lost in the clutter.

I noticed in that testing procedure that there needs to be at least 3 meters of open space between any side (front, rear and both sides) of the vehicle and other objects. This is probably so that the sound meter doesnt pick up reverbing noise. If a car (including the cops) is parked next to your car in the spot where they test your vehicle, take a photo of the test being conducted with a date stamp on the camera and your license plate as well and dispute the defect. Makes me wonder how many times they actually follow the procedure correctly.....? For example the standard for testing exhaust noise states: "Engine RPM must be held steady at 75% of rated peak horsepower RPM" Wonder how many cops know the actual 'rated peak power rpm' of all the different import RB engine versions? Or do they just look at your redline and tell you to take it to 75% of that. I'm sure thats how they would actually do it. An R34 GTT for example makes Max Power of 206kw @ 6,400 rpm 75% of which would mean that they should of tested it at no more than 4,800 rpm If they don't know exactly when peak power is made they are likely to base it off the redline which is closer to 6,600-6,700 rpm . So at 75% thay might be ask you to rev it too just over 5,000 rpm. Its all a matter of inches when your talking after market exhausts and db, just something everyone might want to remind the cops of when they are db testing your vehicle!

Thats unlucky mate, I suppose they had some sort of equipment to check the sound level? Exhaust sounds nice though, enjoy.

I second that.

Interesting results so far. Another vote here for the 34.

Haven't had my car for long, but the TEINS fitted to my 34 do make a notable difference over the standard setup. There have been some noise issues but I'll know tomorrow if they have been fixed or not.

Thanks for the info Jon, you mentioned that place last time we met. Sounds good. I will wait till I pick up my car first to see if it is any better, then I will decide on my next move. I'm not too interested in selling or swapping out the suspension at the moment as I'm really enjoying the handling.

That fills me with confidence Look to be honest the car handles like its on rails. Body roll is so close to non-existent its not funny. Overall I'm happy with the Teins, as I have said before its just the noises that I found a bit strange. Just to update my situation, I have been told now that one of the shocks was losing Gas or something. Sounds like what 'Sydney Kid' was talking about. Anyway they said they are going to fix it up and re-seal the unit. So hopefully one of those noises is at least gone when I get the car back. Hopefully its that annoying hissing!

Interesting. My left rear suspension is making noise about 75% of the time that I'm driving it. Almost any travel in that shock makes the hissing, yet there is no noise coming from the right one. Doesn't seem typical to me.

Ok so I'm told my new 34 has come with Teins HA Coilovers. Car rides and handles beautifully despite being a tad on the firm side (thats all cool). My concern is the noises coming from the car! Problems: 1) There is a 'hiss-hiss' sound coming from the left rear shockie. The 'hiss-hiss' sounds like air being pushed as the shockie goes up and down, and happens on any mild road bumps at any speed over about 20Kms/hr. Problem: 2) There is a knocking sound coming from the front of the car over mild bumps. The knocking sound almost sounds like it is coming from the middle of the car but is hard to tell. Its not super loud but noticable none the less. After leaving the car with this suspension specialist, I phoned to find out what the story is? The guy apparently reckons that after a peliminary check "there is nothing wrong with the suspension". This has got me a little confused. Sure the car is handling beautifully but are these noises typical? Is hissing from the left-hand rear shockie at any speed over 20kms/hr normal with Teins? and what about the knocking sound? One other thing I did was take some photos of the suspension before I sent my car in. Please have a look at this photo and tell me if this looks normal? I dont' know anything about suspension but it looks like a twisted rubber jacket or something? Cheers

Your right mate it is clearly stated in the QLD guide to modifications....."the fitting of nitrous oxide injection equipment is not permitted" doesn't change my mind about what I think about it though IMHO this guy was obviously just a responsible enhusiast who was caught by a backwards system.

Its really quite unbelievable, I mean these cops are targeting the car enhusiasts. Just the other night down the Goldcoast they waved over this mustang over. This car was immaculate, completely restored with polished chrome, spotless engine bay etc etc etc. Anyhow this mature guy with what looked to be his wife hopped out. The police guy was just going over every single detail with his torch in his engine bay trying to find a problem. Eventually he asks him to pop the boot. He pops it and there were two brackets that hold a nitrous bottle screwed to the base of the boot with a hose that is not attached to anything, and the cop says right thats illegal were gonna tow your car! No nitrous onboard. Couldn't believe it. Here is a guy who has spent big dollars on an immaculate classic and obviously takes the car out on the strip with nitrous every so often, yet has the common sense not to use it on the street (and so removes the bottle) and he gets done. I've got a hundred other stories about BS defects also..... gets me wild.

Not too sure if I'm goin to make the dyno day Drew, will most likely get the car dyno'd anyway before and after stage 1 mods.

Not too sure mate. The PPQ website isn't exactly comprehensive on this sort of thing, best to give em a call. I believe there is a small fee for changing existing plates etc.