Car got Epa.. 104 db 14 over limit

[Ceffo]

Friggen copped a 700 fine for it around burwood. Now im on the hunt for a new exhaust system. Either that or im gonna sell the car after putting in a custom exhaust?..

sell or keep it?.. hmmmm

Thing id the damn zorst came like that from over seas and was engineered properly.

[VL-TRBO-RB20]

how long have u had the car tho coz the older the exhaust gets the louder it can become as my m8 found out who got epa'd a while back n it was fine then this time last year he got pulled over at the springnats n he got done for having a too loud exhaust...

so he made some crazy thing that he shoved in his exhaust to quieten it down just for the epa test to say that he fixed it and away he went with a quiet exhaust untill he pulled the silencer out!! no one's picked him up for being to loud since then

[someonestolecc]

As i said before ceffo that's some repugnant shit.

I'm going to be hunting for a new exhaust too. Gonna ask my flatemate to borrow his kakimoto to see if it works ok .. if it does I'm off to JustJap.

[MYS013]

I think all of us are going to be doing something with our exhausts now that this has happened. Sorry to hear Ceffo. Mine is EXTREMELY loud Im sure something will eventually happen to me.

[Trizae]

lol "that's some repugnant shit" best saying EVAR! and about the EPA i've noticed overtime an exhaust system sort of drones in and gets alot louder

[inark]

hmmmmm if urs is 104 i wonder what mine would be

i might take it to a testers and see what noise its puting out cause i was 2ks from home the other day and my cousin was outside having a cig nd heard me coming haha.

[VL-TRBO-RB20]

hmmm... yours would be like 150db fu(k you zorst is loud!!!

[PIMP_DAT]

dude yours would be off the scale at high rpm LOL!

[jaik]

Good timing... my exhaust failed my car getting Engineered for the 2nd time today. Ive got the standard dump pipe on the Rb20 turbs, then a 3" front pipe, 2.5" cat (not punched out), which then goes via a 2.5" system to a middle muffler/resonator and finally to my end can. Ive even put a flange in with metal welded into the middle of it and it still wont pass.

Im thinking... 1.25" standard Series 3 Bluebird mufflers are going in so the car is super silent and drives like a slug.

JK

[RussGTR]

Mines got 3" straight through. No resonators, no mufflers, not cats.

Which is why its not registered yet.

Its seriously a deafening roar. Heap heaps louder than my 13B extend port rx7, which is why its not registered either

BTW. Anyone got a "legal" exhaust 4sale?

[dangerous_daveo]

Mines a bit of 3inch or 3.5inch pipe off the standard dump. Never had any probs with it hey. And its really quite lould, as you would expect.

Maybe up here is different.

[AzzurrA]

on my R32, i have a Flying Performance (www.flyn.com.au) 3" Dump Pipe/Front Pipe combo, a 3" highflow cat, and a 3" kakimoto catback exhaust... i think it reads around 87 - 88 decibels

[geno8r]

This thread has seriously made me reconsider putting my Hyper muffler back on, that thing was very loud, im just getting bored with my twin tip muffler at the moment...

[geno8r]

This thread has seriously made me reconsider putting my Hyper muffler back on, that thing was very loud, im just getting bored with my twin tip muffler at the moment...

[dangerous_daveo]

BTW, Id be asking questions if it read at 104dB, thats REALLY lould man. Because if Im correct dB is on a parabola curve, so 1dB more is a LOT loulder.

[krzysiu]

umm it is possible, since i idle at 90db :|

[Cubes]

How is the exhaust when you cruise around? Does it drone in the car a little?

I have a full 3" system with a large straight through rear muffler and a large middle resonator.

Its loud on WOT but cruising and light acceleration is very quiet I think.

Driving next to the car (my other half driving) with my window up I can't hear the car.

[kursed]

I was in quick fit in hornsby today getting some stuff done to the ceff. I scoped out a full 3" system, inc dump / high flow cat for $1500 installed (and epa untouchable).

He was a nice enough guy, as soon as I told him I knew a few other ceffy / silvia / cefiro owners he got even nicer i'm sure i could sort out a group price if a few people were keen...

I'm not keen at $1500 just yet, but if we could get it down to around $1200 - 1300 I'd go through with it in a month or two...

[inark]

dude yours would be off the scale at high rpm LOL!

hmmm... yours would be like 150db fu(k you zorst is loud!!!

i might start another thread with a "place ur bets" type deal lol

winner gets a prize do a closest to it without going over price is right type deal lol

i wouldnt doubt the 104 reading... what rpm was it tested at??

my gfs soarer was tested at 3200rpm with a 106db output LOL

wonder why its been defected 4 times and epad twice hahaha

[[WLDCRD]]

on my r32 gtr, i got done at 109db@5100rpm. i have a stock cat back exhaust and i am right on 90db now. Might keep this on til i find something thats not as loud!