Another one bites the dust!

[Cubes]

I don't even have a atmo BOV.. Its the standard Recirc.

Sure I have a CAI that makes it slightly louder but not that much louder.

Raaaa Sorry I feel rather pissed but I can't afford to be taken over the pits and be hassled by cops especially when I am at Uni and on the way to uni every day have to hit the air to recirc as there is some damn old car in front of me choking me with its exhaust smoke.

[hippy]

Joel .. LOL ur post just made my day hehehe .. and its good to see that we can write arsehole ... i remember this one time where i was driving along and i see this red commie ... so i accelerate a bit and i notice there were 2 old men driving it ... i thought to myself ... thats weird at this time of night ... then i notice all the antennas hangin out the back LOL it was a copper ... i'm sure i would of went pssshhhtt next to him with my stock bov too heheehe ... he only just glanced at me and i slowed down hehehe ..

[Cubes]

heh I bet u were shieting your self..

Seriously though that cop must have had a hell of a bad day to hassle and psychologically damage me the way he did.

hehe

[hippy]

isn't there a way that we can sue the cops if they make us go to an inspection and they dont' find anything(unlikely) that we can at least get our money back?? theres gotta be something that protects us from those "can't get to uni so i'll be a cop and defect people with cars i can't have" pricks??

[Nightcrawler]

Joel, I experience the same thing often .... on 3 separate occasions I have been booting it down Folland Avenue just near my house (where there is a solid median strip between the 2 directional lanes) and cops have been going the other way and give me the WTF? look (when they hear my BOV), then they bolt up to the next roundabout and do a u-turn to come after me. Fortunately I stick the boot in and get the hell into my garage before they know where I went. One time I got inside and peeked out the bedroom window, only to see the cop car slowly going down my street looking for me. I'm not sure if it's the same cop each time, or whether they talk about me .... almost famous

[9krpm]

hippy, who do you think will pay if you sue the cops?

Yes you guess it right us..the tax payer

[hippy]

i dont' care .. if they get sued enough ..surely the copper will get punished .. no donuts for him!! ... saw 2 cars getting defected tonite .. a vn commie .. and a honda civic ... vn looked normal .. civic a little ricey but nothing outrageous from what i could see ..

[GTR King]

Ill tell u the best thing to do. File a complaint about the cop, make sure u get his badge number. Believe me for the 5 mins work for typing out a complaint against the amount of paper work they have to do after a complaint is filed is enormous. Do that to a few of em and im sure next time they will think about hassling ppl cause of the amount of paper work hassles they have to go thru. Just dont make it noticable that u took his badge number. The door swings both ways u know.

[Steve]

Nice call GTR King - official complaints, keep polite and objective, that will really start giving them the shits and might pull those dick heads into line.

....One time I got inside and peeked out the bedroom window...

ROFL

I agree with you on the sue thing hippy, just reckon it would be next to useless and the only person paying would be the one doing the sueing.... it is my understanding that as the law stands, the police dont have to know if a car is defective, just believe it may be - but getting defected for items that are OEM, or comply with ADRs would definately be worth making a complaint, or if the copper is being a rude arrogant SOB.

Would love to know exactly what and when a car can be defected.

Heard another interesting one yesterday, guy buys R32, gets defect within a couple of weeks of buying it (from a yard) - goes to regency and is told he has to take it back to stock completely, even has to remove his Z32 AFM (chipped ecu) becuase it isnt a stock item - crazyness.

[MattR]

if he baught it from a dealler they have to pay for the repairs if it is defected and still under a warranty.

[hippy]

well my gf works for one of the top 5 law firms in adelaide ... easy to get advice

thats all just crazy man ... how did they know it was chipped?? did they open up the computer??

[Steve]

No, they knew it wasnt the stock AFM - he got the car stocked out himself, because he didnt want to keep the car as stock, and was worried (probably rightly) that if he went back to the yard they would stock it out for him, but he would loose the goodies.

[Cubes]

Do they test drive the cars?

If not just slap the standard AFM back in and limp it around their.

[Steve]

I dont know if they test the drive the cars. If my car ever has to go over regency, I think I will be removing the sticker from the afm just in case they check.

Its all pretty incredible though, and afm for a z32 would be comply with ADRs just the same as a RB20/25 - its just these anal pricks that like playing god.

I have been doing a bit of research, and as yet I am still unable to find anything that would make it illegal. I have also been trying to find out why BOVs are illegal, and no luck. The only thing I could find that regulates emissions states that crank case gasses must go through the inductions system, and that all exhuast gasses must go through the exhaust. As for sound, that is measured from the exhaust, not during gear change, but I still find it difficult to believe that intake noise or BOV noise would possibley exceed the prescribed 89dB.

All very confusing.

By the way, does anybody know where a company is that provides engineers' reports for aftermarket modifications is in Adelaide, or have any ideas of the cost involved when getting mods certified?

Cheers.

[9krpm]

Good luck and good work Steve!

I have the same question as you at the moment too.....may be we can do a group certificate

I might be able to tell you the answer when I hear from my friend.

What about CAI or air pod is that illegal and why?

May be speed magazine should do an interview with the Regency boys and set things straight for everyone?

[Steve]

Not too sure about pods here, in WA pod has to be secured properlly, and must not be a flammable type - whatever that means.

Would be interesting to see a list of illegal mods according to each states' inspection stations, just to compare seeing as we are all supposed to following the same ADRs.

[Cubes]

I don't like BOV's anyhow..

For some reason I always cop shit for the PSHHSHHH noise. Even if I havn't made the noise.

A little while ago there was a bloke in van turning in front of me while I sat at the lights. He drove past and stuck his head out the window making the psshshhht.. Noise.

Driving down a sidestreet slowly I had a bloke do the pshhhht noise to me..

Then yesterday while trying to find a car park at the end of Hindley street I had a small group of school girls laughing then making that pshhht noise and then pretending to sneeze.

Not happy.. Jan..!!! And I don't even have one of those darn pssshhtht or boing psshht boing.. bovs..

Doesn't bother me really just some times when I am not in a good mood it seems to make my blood boil

[Steve]

Well they be a necessary evil, even a stock bov makes noise, but they are good for the turbo. Also, I noticed a definate improvment in reduced lag on gearchange when I fitted mine (aftermarket one that is).

that aside, I dont like the fact that these people can order you to have an inspection because your car has a bov! they are fitted when stock, so whats the big problem?

[Cubes]

The problem is they are un-educated.

[Nightcrawler]

I was told by a copper that they are illegal cos they are a 'fire risk' in the engine bay (as they do spit out a little oil and/or fuel), and when I pursued further asking if they ever knew of a case of one starting an engine bay fire they said no but .... and couldn't really give me a satisfactory response.