EXHAUST decibel limit..

[bogan]

hey guys.. i read in the paper today that the exhuast decibel limit for passenger cars has been lowered down to "77/78 delibels"
so anything louder can now be defected...

[Akil]

Dam it! :madshake:

[[OUT-23K]`D_ExA]

fuck thats bad
how do u get it tested...
:confused:

[Jimi]

there is a device which can lower your exhaust sound quite a bit whilst adding performance!
it sits on the exhaust manifold and all gasses pass through it and spin a little wheel.
its a turbo!

ha. seriously though. turbocharged engines with mild sized (less than 3.5") exhaust systems are so much quieter than naturally aspirated engines with the same caliber engine.

my car has twin 2.5" exhaust and a twin dump pipe from each turbo and its 10 times quieter than my silvia was which only had 2.25" from extractors back!!

solution: turbocharge all your exa's

[bogan]

lol jimi.. i think everyone wishes they could :P

nar to get it tested goto any good performace shop (like places that do work on ya engines) or any good exhaust shop.. they all should have DB meters (decibel)

[Akil]

Jimi if your willing to pay for me to get the device you call a 'turbo' I'm willing to give it a shot. :heehee:

[boostinhard]

Hey,
hehe - Im pretty sure my little 1.5t is waaaaaaaayyy over the sound level.... Now I push the clutch in and roll pass every cop I see! lol, people can hear me comming a few blocks away! hahah
sam

[Jimi]

i think thats a sign of needing another resonator!

[FLANO]

was the previous one approx 94 dbs??? that rang a bell for me, and wen i had my exhaust system done they told me that it just scraped in legally.... so i guess now im out by heaps... so ahhhh is it the same story as tinitng like if the system was done before 2003 ur not bound to the new db limit??

[AdrEXAline]

aren't these laws different for every state?

[BoOsted]

i found out that in SA it is 90dbs, and that stock VS commodores have louder than legal limit, so that gives u an idea of how quiet they actually have to be!!

Dan :afro:

[boostinhard]

Hey,
are you serious? I dont recon a VS commo would be that loud... Thery are like silent!!! The 5 litre V8's have a bit of a rumble, but I doubt it would be that loud.... Whats your source of this info Dan?
Sam

[SoNiX]

nah, thats only cos commonwhores come with stock rust holes in the exhaust :heehee:

[crazyexa]

hey guys

yeah sam im with you

my little 1.5lt is pretty damn loud and all my friends hear me coming before i get there

i was sitting outside my mates place just idling and his house is like 20-30 metres back from the road up a hill and he could hear it in his room he could even tell that it was an efi turbo

well i love my beefy exhaust and i just do the same thing clutch in passed the coppers

cya later

steve

[Nugget]

Is there somewhere we can get them tested.

My mate whent to the cop shop to get it tested they said they can test it but if it's over the limit he would get a defect, how shits that hes trying to fix it so its not so loud and they want to give him a fine for it.

[SoNiX]

most auto exhaust shops will have db meters....they're not overly expensive (we had one at school) so most places will have em...and they won't bother you about defects

[BringerOfRage]

my ex '83 exa had an EPA notice .....i took the car to get it register to Vic roads when i was told it had that notice.....

i rang them up, turned out it was given the notice because of "noise pollution" , i had to get it fixed before i could register the car.....

luckly my car was just under the limit.........test was done at an exhaust shop, cost me like $80.