Letter From Deccw

[PIG747]

Ive been DECC 3 times already for "noise" pollution and all 3 times have gone to that "granville guy" and passed. Its not difficult, trust me on this one.

lol why would you go through the trouble of fabricating pieces thats going to take you a couple of hours to make and fit when you can just go borrow a standard exhaust and slap the thing on in 30 mins. Much easier, simpler and a GUARANTEED pass. Its a N/A car after all.

hahaha a couple of hours no way.

How many hours will it take you to find someone with a standard exhaust, go pick it up, swap it over, put your exhaust back on and then take it back?

I made a BOV blanking plate for my mate in about 30mins yesterday so its not hard at all

[sydking]

Just got the metal piece behind the cat put in, holes drilled and steel wool stuffed in, cost me $50 but its much quieter.

Just got off the phone to the "approved" list of mechanics. Granville. $60. what a joke that i need to pay for this aswell.

My mechanic sed my exhaust is 3" going to 3 1/4 back to 3". HAHA i always thought it was a 2 1/2 " who in there right mind would put bigger on a NA.

[SECURITY]

behind the cat is crap mate. put it behind the muffler.

[sydking]

hhmm might do them both. He check the heat temps on the cat, It has not been punched out. I thought he drilled a few to man holes in the metal flange piece, but its better, might whack one behind the muffler like you say.

Booked in For granville next week.

Edited December 16, 2010 by sydking

[sydking]

Inspection in 1 hour at Granville. let see how i go aye.

[sydking]

Bloods Fu@#ing boiling right now, Passed the noise inspection and this clown at Granville wants the silencer in he tip of exhaust fully welded on, Now another $ 60.50 for a 5 min inspection.

[SECURITY]

yeah mate - if you had told us that you had a silencer in the car we would've told you that they do not accept them. they will accept a silencer that is welded in 3 spots (tak welded only). it doesnt have to be completely welded. this is why we recommended the guy in campbelltown - he actually knows the rules.

[Husky33]

obviously it's not going to pass with a silencer just stuck in there mate, I wouldn't get too agro over it.

Just get a stock exhaust, easy done.

[sydking]

hmm got it welded on the way home, i called and asked what type of weld he wanted, he sed any along as it becomes "part" of the exhaust, got a rough mig weg the whole way round.

My noise DB reading came in at 89.7

[SargeRX8]

Why exactly cant you have an FMIC? I can understand the atmo bov but cmon. This is starting to become beyond a joke. There are plenty of standard cars out there which are louder than skylines. The amount of shut the f**k up commodores I hear these days, all drive around untouched.

What is the point of all this? To create hassle and headache for us. Are the Nismo exhausts legal? Its got two really big mufflers on it and its really dead quiet, even under WOT its not really that loud. I'm gonna hang onto it just incase...What about a sealed enclosure around the intake? What about a return flow FMIC which doesnt hinder the structure of the car?

Edited December 20, 2010 by SargeRX8

[SECURITY]

if you put the restrictor just behind the muffler you wouldnt have needed the silencer at all mate.

[sydking]

to be honest i didn't even know it was a silencer, just assumed a dodgy cannon. the inspector tried to pull it out ect and noticed it was tig welded on the inside. Hence i didnet see the point at all why the outside needed to be fully welded. See how i go on Wednesday morning aye.