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Originally posted by INASNT

who did u ring? the epa??

did u ask them if u can get the certificate and fax it to them?

Yep - rang the EPA - from the phone number on the letter...

They said that I have to bring the car to Macleod for _them_ to test/check... cannot go to exhaust place (as all they can test for is noise level)...

Originally posted by pushead

down to Macleod?? isn't that far? when I had my EPA test there is some place down in dandenong who can do it for you..forgot the name though but darn, you don't have to take it all the way down there.

yep fark mcloud, ring them back and tell them u aint going all the way down there when there is 1 in morabbin.

Just rang them again - and I _have_ to go to Macleod.

All the other testing stations can only test for noise

they want to test for emissions, and all other EPA related items

and they can ONLY do that at Macleod.....

I'ts because the car has been reported 3 times already (Once before I bought it and twice while I have had it) so they want to check out everything this time....

bugger...

Everything is std execept for the Exhaust, Pod filters and it's got a Unichip piggybacked to the Stock ECU (piggybacked haha that's a joke more like strangling it :D) I want to get rid of the unichip anyway as it's a piece of you know what... the pods I believe are ok anyway... I have only got Std GTR plumb back bov's... oh it's got an HKS EBC but it's not connected anyway as I am only running std turbos at 14psi... but will remove the EBC out of the cabin just to be sure....

So as long as I quieten her down a bit with a muffler without a siliencer, remove the usless unichip and unused EBC then it should all pass without any problems....

thats total bullshit going to mcloud! its like 2 hrs away u know!

if i dont get a reply this week from them i am gonna call them and tell them how much bullshit this is, considering my exhaust system is only 6 months old, i just passed 2 tests already in the same week as the notice was given, and is a 96 model car, when there 100's of older shitboxes on the road puting out smoke and pollution.

Sideways, in your last post you mentioned that you have pod filters on your car... i think you will have real problems getting these passed as they are a grey area within the law... i.e no one is sure whether oiled / not oiled is legal.

But then, with the EPA i've heard (unsubstantiated) that you are allowed one modification to the intake...

I'd suggest finding a stocker air box for the test, unless your pods are partitioned and not visible.

Just off the phone from EPA again...

You can have 1 mod to your intake system...

Pod filters are legal as long as they are NOT foam type...

You can have them (paper type) as long as the rest of your intake is std...

On the same note (but not relevant to me in this case) You can relocate or fit a bigger intercooler as long as you don't have pod filters (only 1 mod allowed)

So for you GTST owners out there, you can front mount your intercooler as long as you don't have pod filters... bummer ay

yes yes and yes myabe safc u can hide but not the other two. Friend got done for the first two in chaps along with pod, exhaust, injectors... had to convert back to std pretty much. some of the inspectors know what they are looking for.. argue boost controller makes car run rich thus inc emissions etc .

hope u get a new trainee or slack dude not an expert otherwise its back to ice.

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