Epa'd, Help!

[bozodos]

I got a 500 dollar fine from a 'raid' when police patrolled the streets and made every car that sounded 'loud' come into a testing area with an EPA guy who then (as he told me) did every single car bar one for too loud and gave us all 500 dollar fines. Ironically the car before me was a bog stock Subaru Liberty with an aftermarket muffler lol. Couldn't believe that you could get slugged that fast like that. The testing officer's reason for the testing was 'the caravan park owners had complained'. Which is why I don't have much time for Vic Police / EPA, especially when other shit like p plater wogs driving HSV/SS/XR6T seem to get away with it for months and months on end.

[Malz34]

I got a 500 dollar fine from a 'raid' when police patrolled the streets and made every car that sounded 'loud' come into a testing area with an EPA guy who then (as he told me) did every single car bar one for too loud and gave us all 500 dollar fines. Ironically the car before me was a bog stock Subaru Liberty with an aftermarket muffler lol. Couldn't believe that you could get slugged that fast like that. The testing officer's reason for the testing was 'the caravan park owners had complained'. Which is why I don't have much time for Vic Police / EPA, especially when other shit like p plater wogs driving HSV/SS/XR6T seem to get away with it for months and months on end.

Fair enough but no need to get racist!!! I am of European back ground and i find offense to part of your comment! Think before you type!!

[R31Nismoid]

might be a dumb question but is a stock mufffler gonna be enough to get it down to 92db? ive just got done again too ive got a full exhaust last time i got done i put a stock cat back on and i came in at 90db. unfortunalty the guy who i borrowed it off doesnt have it anymore so im in the same boat need to borrow an exhaust. im also in the sth east of melb. anyone help out?

Why don't you just get it fixed right the first time and never have to worry about it again?

[alr33x]

might be a dumb question but is a stock mufffler gonna be enough to get it down to 92db? ive just got done again too ive got a full exhaust last time i got done i put a stock cat back on and i came in at 90db. unfortunalty the guy who i borrowed it off doesnt have it anymore so im in the same boat need to borrow an exhaust. im also in the sth east of melb. anyone help out?

unless something has changed dont you want to get below 90db to clear epa? sounds like u need to buy a stock exhaust or make urs quieter.

[bozodos]

not meaning to be offensive man, and I use the term 'wog' without trying to be racist, but it is young men of Italian descent in said HSV/FPV/XR6T cars WITH P plates on that blatantly flout the law rather than drive something a P plater is allowed to drive and getting away with it when full licenced law abiding types get BS fines and harassment over nothing for simply driving something that sticks out.

When I got EPA'd, I just got a full 5Zigen JASMA spec catback - no noticable loss of power (two straight through mufflers), and quiet enough to be quieter than the engine noise lol.

[Birds]

That's funny my JASMA exhaust is pretty bloody loud, especially though tunnels. That said it does go 2.5"-3"-3.5". Never been pulled over for it either.

[bozodos]

Well from what I've read, a JASMA stamped exhaust is meant to be under 92db - mine is 3" into a 4-5" tip. That said I've heard a Kakimoto Full Mega N1(i think), which got on 90db and listening to it at idle you'd think there was no way it could pass!

[R31Nismoid]

90 and 92 dB is a MASSIVE difference. Its not a linear scale

[Birds]

That's interesting I always thought sound was linear

I always wondered what the JASMA meant, thought it was a brand of some sort lol. Mine does go into a 5 inch tip after the 3.5inch piping.

[Smitizen]

not meaning to be offensive man, and I use the term 'wog' without trying to be racist, but it is young men of Italian descent in said HSV/FPV/XR6T cars WITH P plates on that blatantly flout the law rather than drive something a P plater is allowed to drive and getting away with it when full licenced law abiding types get BS fines and harassment over nothing for simply driving something that sticks out.

When I got EPA'd, I just got a full 5Zigen JASMA spec catback - no noticable loss of power (two straight through mufflers), and quiet enough to be quieter than the engine noise lol.

f*kkin Lol @ at young men of Italian decent. Yeah that's heaps better mate. Glad you got done. SUCK IT UP and stop not meaning to be racist casue some people might get offended and think you're a buck toothed red neck and that just wouldn't be right.

Pretty sure a fair demographic of races buy things that are stamped hsv or fpv.

[Spunky Munky]

Sorry to hear...I think the cops are doing a blitz on cars heading close to Christmas and with new/stricter road laws in place...I just got defected again for the freaken 5th time...I'm starting to lose it, honestly!

[bozodos]

I don't see it as an offensive term by itself Smitzen, like calling someone a 'yank' or a 'pom' or a 'kiwi'. FYI, I was mentioning my own frustrations at these people who so blatantly flout the law on power restrictions, and get away with it whom ARE ALL OF ITALIAN DESCENT, NOT ANGLO. It's not a generalisation, I can think off the top of my head 6-7 Clubsport/Force 6/SS's which are driven by these guys, mostly on red P's.

It's been going on for a long time when everyone else is trying to dodge defects or harassment for parking in public car parks minding our own business, or getting BS EPA fines.

Please refer me back to the part where I said every HSV/FPV owner was from one particular ethnic group or the part where I made a sweeping comment, or said something hateful about said ethnic group.

It would be like me saying for example 'bogans', 'mexicans' or any other particular subsection of society, re read my original comment, it wasn't a racial or ethnic attack so STFU, or write a letter to the Hun crying to all the other people of similar intelligence to yourself about it.

ANYWAY

Yeah I get what you're on about Ash, isn't it exponential, or logarithmic or something (can't remember the exact term. I haven't had mine tested but I'm pretty confident it would pass a noise test with no problems.