Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 58
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

serious? they can do it just like that? that means they can epa any sports car.......

It seems so yes....

does it say why you have to go ?? like wat they rekon your car has ?? or do they just say you have to go ?

It's just a standard letter from the EPA, stating that "The vehicle does not comply with the standards for registration." And has "excessively loud or faulty exhaust system"

In relation to that, may I ask what EPA includes? cost, and where I can get RWC cheap?

Thanks

Yeah as said mate... it's just a noise test. Costs about $45, been through my fair share over the years with my cars. Just make sure it is under 91 decibels before taking it in or else you'll be wasting your money.

I had a policeman copy down my rego details recently when I was pulled into a breath testing station. I have no idea why.

they do that to see if your car is registered and you have no outstanding warrants/fines etc...

Yeah as said mate... it's just a noise test. Costs about $45, been through my fair share over the years with my cars. Just make sure it is under 91 decibels before taking it in or else you'll be wasting your money.

I had mine done the other day, and i was told 86db was the limit for 85+ model cars :D

Edited by 123456
I read somewhere that there was some law that if you live XX km away from that mcleod place then they can't send you there....is that true or do you just have to go somewhere else for your EPA?

a mate from shepp got sent to mcleod

I had mine done the other day, and i was told 86db was the limit for 85+ model cars :D

http://epanote2.epa.vic.gov.au/EPA/Publica...6;FILE/1031.pdf

Section 11

Edited by Savage Bliss
I read somewhere that there was some law that if you live XX km away from that mcleod place then they can't send you there.
a mate from shepp got sent to mcleod

He should have learned to read the fine print. :)

The last EPA letter we recieved had some tiny print on it, saying that if the vehicle was registered at an address which was more than 40k's from the testing facility, that the test wasn't compulsory.

This is only in the event of a "full" EPA test, not related to noise/smoke etc.

Keep in mind this letter was over 12 months ago, they may have changed things since then, business is good for the EPA, so it wouldn't shock me if they've opened a couple of rural testing stations by now.

...but read the fine print.

Always read the fine print.

They make it tiny for a reason!

One thing I don't understand is this (from the PDF link posted by Savage Bliss)

It is an offence to own or use a vehicle fitted with a

temporary defeat device, inlet port restrictor,

exhaust port restrictor or temporary noise reduction

device. These devices, when fitted to the exhaust

system, can temporarily and easily change or vary

the level of noise emitted from the exhaust.

Examples include variable exhaust restrictors, cut-

outs, bypasses, adjustable/variable/sliding

openings on mufflers, restrictive or temporary insert

plates and steel wool.

How is it possible then that Aston Martin's, Lambo's, Corvettes and probably a whole host of other exotics have exhaust butterflies as standard?

Farken load of crap.

Cheers,

matt

How is it possible then that Aston Martin's, Lambo's, Corvettes and probably a whole host of other exotics have exhaust butterflies as standard?

Farken load of crap.

While I couldn't agree more I think the sticking point is "....vehicle fitted with a temporary defeat device." All the devices mentioned are removable whereas the butterfly valve is a permanent device.

So if I fit an apexi butterfly valve (or whatever they're called) before I get done, it's OK, but if I fit it after I've been done, it's not allowed? :(

While I couldn't agree more I think the sticking point is "....vehicle fitted with a temporary defeat device." All the devices mentioned are removable whereas the butterfly valve is a permanent device.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Does that German restaurant still exist in the old place out the NW end of Goulburn? When I say "out the NW end of"...I am really being vague. It was 1997 when I was last there, and the only point of reference I can recall is that it was on the opposite side of the main drag from the big merino. And when I say "opposite side of the main drag", I don't mean "on the main drag". It was either a couple of streets back from there, or might have even been out in the sticks a bit further. Was an old farm building or mill or somesuch. And when I say "the big merino" I might actually be thinking of a completely different part of town, because I just looked on maps and the big bugger is not where I remembered him to be! The food was good, consisting largely of various German mystery-meat sausage/loaf things and kartofflen.
    • So while the second sentence is completely correct and the whole point of the conversation, the first sentence bears consideration. If this bloke is just hoping to throw big turbos on and drive it around, because there are no helpful facilities at all in his tropical paradise** then he likely has zero chance of even knowing what the TP is on the last column in the stock maps, let alone know whether the ECU is operating anywhere near it or past it. So the point is very very moot. And, per what I said before, at stock boost on those turbos, you may well be off the end of the map. **I'm just back from Vanuatu, so I know exactly what small Pacific nations can be like wrt paradise without requisite facilities. But it's not even that simple. I put a high flow on my car and had to drive it around with a proper tune because of the lack of opportunity*** to put the bigger AFM and injectors into it to allow it to be tuned. I had to turn the boost down to less than I had before, and back off the boost controller's ramp, because it was exploring parts of the map that it didn't drive in before, and really couldn't access for tuning on the dyno either, and so was pinging. It was still well within the last column, because when I first**** set up the Nistune on the Neo I rescaled all axes of the maps to give some more space to explore. ***Family dyno was broken ****This was 13 years ago, and the TIM thing wasn't a thing then and so TP would definitely grow when pushing past the stock tune's limits.
    • Yep, this bit another local owner. I caught it before putting the transmission back into the car, what I noticed was the pressure plate fingers weren't flat and even. It's more obvious with the pull style clutch because the throwout bearing ring was visibly not flat once everything is put together. Nismo should really update their instructions to call out this specific detail. I'm not even sure the clutch as-shipped orients everything properly.
    • It ended up being that orientation of the float hub in relation to the clutch disk, when I installed it, I heard a loud click and being stupid, I decided to not take it a part and check it. The hub didn't properly align with the clutch disk and was causing the issue. Definitely an odd one! Dahtone Racing was able to fix me right up, stand up blokes!      
    • Right, but I'm saying on the stock ECU measured airmass from the MAF is no higher than stock. So it's accounting for the higher flow rate iso-manifold pressure. You just have to keep turning down the boost until you're within the stock tune's load scale. If you run off the end there's no telling what will happen. This does mean there's zero benefit to the turbos you're running vs stock, if anything it's just a straight downgrade because the transient response is worse, you don't even get the ECU's boost solenoid helping to pull the wastegate closed during initial spool, and peak power is only whatever the factory map can give you before you hit the R&R corner. On a -9 I would bet that you would have to change out the wastegate spring once you have a real ECU and you're tuning it for real. I'm not saying this is a remotely ideal state of affairs, it's just a way to keep it driveable until you can get a proper tune done.
×
×
  • Create New...