EPA - One Intake Mod only

[Guest Robo's]

Just been down the EPA again and i passed. But, he let me off as he reckons i have 2 intake mods, intercooler and air box. The air box i have got is the group buy one, which is all partitioned off and a roof on it, but yes there is a pod in there. Now, the only way around this he reckons is go back to the standard airbox. But i dont think it will fit anyway with the new intercooler pipes. We said, but it is fully concealed. I still understand his point but any i was let off and out of there. He reckons soon as a copper sees it, he will defect me.

Any thoughts?

[ylwgtr2]

its silly....its like when your a kid and go to mcdonalds with your mum and she says you can have an icecream or the cookies...."one or the other....you cant have both"

[<line_up>]

i juts got an epa letter as well, i have to take off my intercooler cos the stock air box wont go on with the cooler pipes, so its a huge hassle and could totally not be farked

[Guest Robo's]

Arghh, you have the same problem then, 2 intake mods!!

[adznight]

Ahhh, thats why I kept my stock airbox, pods are over rated.

[GTRgeoff]

Too easy, refuse them a search right to the vehicle until they bring the recorder and state clearly for the record their name and badge number and the precise reason they feel they need to search the car. They are allowed to search if they have reasonable suspicion of drugs or defects (not just modifications but real defects), so keep the car clean outside and stick to your guns. Oh and the big thing at the front is a "radiator" . Seriously your best weapon is to look clean and stock and make them stay on the straight and narrow. If the recorder is on they are unlikely to be wankers. Case in point, I was pulled over for overtaking on the left in clearly marked lanes. Flogbag starts going off his nut. I stated that there is no law against overtaking on the left if the lanes are marked, but if there are no lanes it is illegal. He wanted to argue, I asked him to get the recorder from the car so we could get this all for the record, including him changing lanes without indicating or having emergency lights on. He gets in car and drives off (still hadn't produced ID and badge on request). Great credibility Plod!!

If you have the letter then you're stuck though.

[adznight]

Words of wisdom

[Blade]

Damn, thank god ive never ever encountered EPA.

One time a car pulled up next to me though and it was so nice of him to inform me of an EPA station 1km up...that guy saved me 10k

That is really tight though...having to remove a FMIC to fit stockairbox....is their any possible way of modding it to fit the "stockairbox" in next to the FMIC piping?

[ylwgtr2]

nothing to do with EPA but i got pulled up the other day for a "random licence and reg check"He was far ahead of me and done a 360 turn to end up behind me so he could pull me up.First thing was to check my licence then he looked at my tyres and said..."there track tyres"I looked at him blank and said "really?"he then told me that they didnt have enough grooves and they dont grip in the wet...i said "Well to be quite honest with you,i have had 5 sets of tyres on this car since i bought it,and these are by far the best i have ever had....wet included"I then asked him if he had used this particular tyre himself and he said no....i then explained how its imposible for him to tell me how good or bad they are...and he agreed....i actually had a friend in the car at the time who had an appointment at a real estate agent about 2 mins away and she began to walk there coz she was late....the officer then came out of his car and said "wheres she going"I told him that he was making her late and that it might be better if she walked there coz i didnt know how long he was gunna take....he felt bad and apologized and started asking about the car saying how he thought it was nice ect.....Although it may sound like i was being hostile,i wasnt.....I think that if you treat them just as a normal person a have answers for them(without making shit up or saying it in a nasty tone) police officers will generally be reasonable to you....i cant say i have ever been treated harshly from a member of the police force....and i have driven these types of vehicles for almost 10 years....

[Interloper]

  ylwgtr2 said:

nothing to do with EPA but i got pulled up the other day for a "random licence and reg check"He was far ahead of me and  done a 360 turn to end up behind me so he could pull me up.First thing was to check my licence then he looked at my tyres and said..."there track tyres"I looked at him blank and said "really?"he then told me that they didnt have enough grooves and they dont grip in the wet...i said "Well to be quite honest with you,i have had 5 sets of tyres on this car since i bought it,and these are by far the best i have ever had....wet included"I then asked him if he had used this particular tyre himself and he said no....i then explained how its imposible for him to tell me how good or bad they are...and he agreed....i actually had a friend in the car at the time who had an appointment at a real estate agent about 2 mins away and she began to walk there coz she was late....the officer then came out of his car and said "wheres she going"I told him that he was making her late and that it might be better if she walked there coz i didnt know how long he was gunna take....he felt bad and apologized and started asking about the car saying how he thought it was nice ect.....Although it may sound like i was being hostile,i wasnt.....I think that if you treat them just as a normal person a have answers for them(without making shit up or saying it in a nasty tone) police officers will generally be reasonable to you....i cant say i have ever been treated harshly from a member of the police force....and i have driven these types of vehicles for almost 10 years....

I think maybe age plays its part in the way a cop treats you and Geoff. I don't think he would be quite the same towards a 20 year old.

[Interloper]

EDIT: stupid forums, double post :Oops:

[predator]

reminder to victorians: i got an r33 airbox still forsale.... don't need em up here - pm me if interested..

dunno my old 3" piping had plenty of room to fit the airbox where its supposed to be. *shrug*

[INASNT]

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i juts got an epa letter as well, i have to take off my intercooler cos the stock air box wont go on with the cooler pipes, so its a huge hassle and could totally not be farked You dont need to go to those lenghts, just a get a stock r33 box and sit it ontop or aswlll as you can near the ic pipes, and then just use cable ties underneath to hold it down. I did this when i got epa'ed and had cooler. The airbox was just basically sitting there held on with cable ties, but they dont check that just long as they can see a airbox on there they dont care.

[JiVE]

I had a shit-load more hassle from the cops in my commodore than my line.

I've had my line since March, and still yet to be pulled over.