VicPol, now targeting: loud cars

[holmsy]

have had a booze/drug/epa/roadworthy bus in geelong the last couple of weekends.
i drive straight past them on the otherside of the road.
and go 1 street over on the way home. they can hear me the street over no doubt but never come looking.

should see their heads snap around when i am on the otherside of the road tho

[HomeBuiltEL]

Last week I went over the James Harrison bridge and past one and there was one on the little bridge underneth. Im seeing them everywhere, plus a shit load of TOG cars. They never pull me over though. I havnt had any trouble with the cops since ive had a Ford, only when i drove my commodore.

[ELXR_96]

Got pulled over in Ballarat. Had an undercover waiting at a corner and sore me slide in the wet. Got pulled over down the road. Gotta get an EPA whenever i get a letter from them. Got off alright though fairly happy

[rhys]

so you dont have to have it done in the short term? that gives you plenty of time to find a stock exhaust for the test. I read that as part of operation pipedown they were giving certain police those noise testers so that they could get you on the spot. I know its bad for us, but what the hell took them so long to think of that anyway?

[ELXR_96]

Yeah he asked the other guy if he has an epa thingy on him but luckily they didn't.. It's only got a 2 1/2 in exhaust, not very loud and it passed a roady so i doubt it'll be to loud. If it is god people with extractors and a cam will be rooted. My EL was twice as loud and they never questioned it.

[Bomber]

You get 28 days from the date on the notice from the epa to have the car tested and within the legal limit here in vic

[Bomber]

Yeah he asked the other guy if he has an epa thingy on him but luckily they didn't.. It's only got a 2 1/2 in exhaust, not very loud and it passed a roady so i doubt it'll be to loud. If it is god people with extractors and a cam will be rooted. My EL was twice as loud and they never questioned it.

It wont pass it has to be 91 db when tested. i had extractors and a hiflow metal cat with a stock 3 muffler 2 and 1/4 system on for a test and it was 95db

[ELXR_96]

Shit bags.
So a stock manifold and cat with a 2 1/2" exhaust with 1 muffler on an EB is basically to loud?

[Bomber]

Lol yes it will be they wont even bother testing it an tell you to make it quieter

[ELXR_96]

Got my letter finally last week. Took a couple of months. Time for exhaust change.

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

Lucky my car sounds almost stock.
The spooling is louder then the exhaust

[rhys]

I was following a police car at about 1.30 am this morning and they pulled into a slip lane then I stopped at a red then they pulled straight out the slip lane again. I thought it was a deliberate switch so they could get behind me. Was a hill start too so I had to give it some revs.

Car is louder than I would like at the moment, but off I went and they just tuned the corner. Would have been pissed if after my 7 hour night shift I got slapped with a fine, defect and have to swap my exhaust back to stock

[ELXR_96]

Haha yeah they do it to intimidate you.
I think i'm going to try throwing another muffler on it to get it under so i don't have to worry about changing all the time.
I can see if i change back to the current exhaust after i get it cleared they'll just epa me again.

[rhys]

yeh I think I should upgrade the main muffler from a semi-straight through to a tri-flow to provide more noise attenuation. Just dont have the cash with rego + insurance + uni books costing over $1500 all at once :-O

[ELXR_96]

It officially sounds like a peace of shit. Stock exhaust = Ball sweat

[ELXR_96]

Got 79db with a full stock 2" exhaust.
1 Muffler and 2 small ones either side. Whatever there called.

[LUR3D]

i got pinned in april and just got the epa notice, have to change my whole exhaust, have a cam extrators and a highflow....

[ELXR_96]

yeah it's shit as. The tester told me that the epa guys are going to be in Ballarat for 2 months and advised me to keep it stock until then. Said if it's to loud there straight out issuing the $500 fine. Bastards!

[rhys]

Got 79db with a full stock 2" exhaust.
1 Muffler and 2 small ones either side. Whatever there called.

i thought stock was 2.25 "?

But I guess 2" would keep the noise down even more and reduce emissions due to restricted flow.

[ELXR_96]

Sorry it might be 2.25" non the less it's shit lol

[rhys]

haha oh ok makes sense now. 79db is very quiet. The limit is 95db isnt it?