Loud Exhaust - LTSA have your say.

[Adydas]

Found this..

http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/consultation/vehicle-equipment/

Seems the public can have there say, for all you that feel you need to speak up about the proposed laws for mesuring and enforcing loud exhausts can do so.

Intresting there looking at mesuring the DB based on a cars power out put.

Drive By
MD3, MD4, ME, NB, and NC (with power output of more than 150 kW)
88

But if the cars doing a stationery test as apposed to a moving one then the KW rating wont apply it simply is 95 DB if the car was registered before jan 1st 2010


http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/consultation/ve ... -rule.html

[IH8TEC]

do they pay for free dyno run to prove power

[FST4RD]

I still haven't found a car yet that matches the horrendous noise of a Harley with a straight pipe!!! Even my old datsun with half the exhaust missing was quieter!!!
Being a cyclist I haven't come across a car thats deafend me, but you can hear the Harleys from 3 miles away heading towards you!!!
But i believe cause they come like that factory there's nothing that can be done....

[Crucible]

Uncapped V8s with headers or zoomies are way noisier than any Harley Ive heard!!!!

[B1NZ]

I still haven't found a car yet that matches the horrendous noise of a Harley with a straight pipe!!! Even my old datsun with half the exhaust missing was quieter!!!
Being a cyclist I haven't come across a car thats deafend me, but you can hear the Harleys from 3 miles away heading towards you!!!
But i believe cause they come like that factory there's nothing that can be done....

The don't, they do have baffles in the exhaust from factory, but as soon as the engine has been run in the whip them out, my 2 most hated noises:
Harley exhausts & rotors

[BlakJak]

Another vote against the bloody Harleys...

[Dell'Orto]

What's easier to pick on - a bunch of bikies or some young guy in a Japper?

[Alex B]

How many Harleys a week do you see vs how many imports with over the top exhaust? What time of the day do you hear Harleys vs what time of the day do you hear imports??

Cant personally remember the last time i heard a Harley buzzing past at 3am.

[Ae92typeX]

How many Harleys a week do you see vs how many imports with over the top exhaust? What time of the day do you hear Harleys vs what time of the day do you hear imports??

Cant personally remember the last time i heard a Harley buzzing past at 3am.

Agreed

[evil_si]

How many Harleys a week do you see vs how many imports with over the top exhaust? What time of the day do you hear Harleys vs what time of the day do you hear imports??

Cant personally remember the last time i heard a Harley buzzing past at 3am.

exactly,
we live at least 1km from a main road, 60kph speed limit, can clearly hear all sorts of wannabes and their pathetic exhausts,

loud and big systems sux!

[Elmendorf]

How many Harleys a week do you see vs how many imports with over the top exhaust? What time of the day do you hear Harleys vs what time of the day do you hear imports??

Cant personally remember the last time i heard a Harley buzzing past at 3am.

exactly,
we live at least 1km from a main road, 60kph speed limit, can clearly hear all sorts of wannabes and their pathetic exhausts,

loud and big systems sux!

Totally agree. I have jappas with rediculous exhausts hoon up and down my street at all hours of the day and night. Hell even my starlet with no mufflers or resonators is quieter than most of these systems

Roll on 28th when I no longer live down this street

[KwS]

tested my exhaust today for shits and giggles. the car came with the exhaust and i havent touched it at all... and just before i got the car, it got a fresh warrant.

106dB peak max!

Looks like ill be throwing in a decent muffler.... i think its only got two coby resonators and the big ass black tip. Sounds good, but too loud. I make a point of driving as quiet as i can in the morning or evening...

[dougsop]

How many Harleys a week do you see vs how many imports with over the top exhaust? What time of the day do you hear Harleys vs what time of the day do you hear imports??

Cant personally remember the last time i heard a Harley buzzing past at 3am.

exactly,
we live at least 1km from a main road, 60kph speed limit, can clearly hear all sorts of wannabes and their pathetic exhausts,

loud and big systems sux!

Agreed, it depend how you drive, wats the point flooring the car at 3am in the morning, dont tell me you are a car enthusiast instead of boy ricer. its because of those wanntabe, and normally the drive Honda

[johntramp]

wats the point flooring the car at 3am in the morning

can't see on coming traffic on the touge at day time

[Lloyd]

Drive By
MD3, MD4, ME, NB, and NC (with power output of more than 150 kW)
88

But if the cars doing a stationery test as apposed to a moving one then the KW rating wont apply it simply is 95 DB if the car was registered before jan 1st 2010

You are aware that those classes are referring to vehicles over 3.5 tonnes?

[darkwolf]

I don't see the point in "noisey" exhaust set ups.

I know someone with an auto caldina gt that has just a tip - no performance gain but the sound. Inside the car, it's alright eventually, but if it get's above 4000RPM it's uncomfortable.

I understand that people want a faster car etc, but that doesn't mean being a dick. You can reach insanely high power ratings without sounding like a pack of molested cats.