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by **MR2SIK** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:55 pm

Has anyone got some cheap and easy tips to quieten an exhaust?
Not meaning shoving steel wool up my muffler or anything, just something that can be easily reversed.
And no its not so I can be a menace to society on a friday or saturday night. Jst the car spends more time on a track then the road and I dont have the coin to replace the exhaust system AGAIN at the moment.

by **stalker** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:06 pm

Could something like this help ya??
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 261722.htm

*I have seen just the silencer for sale without the exhaust...just cant find one at the mo*

EDIT: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 995757.htm

by **MR2SIK** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:10 pm

Yea ive got one of them, cant pass a warrant with them in though?

May have to get it welded in and knock it out for next track day/drags etc

by **stalker** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:12 pm

MR2SIK wrote:Yea ive got one of them, cant pass a warrant with them in though?

Oh really?? good to know...flatty was looking at getting one for his WOFs until he can get his new muffler.

by **MR2SIK** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:15 pm

I may have to eventually go for a twin exhaust to keep it flowing decent and legal

looks ghey unless done right

by **escortman** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:24 pm

my old car passed the wof guy with silencer in, theyr not supposd to be easily removed ie nut and bolt but most if not all are like that

by **MR2SIK** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:29 pm

Yeah, theyre cracking down on them now, since this new law was passed a couple of weeks ago

Doesnt help that i have to go to vtnz so I can have a certain green decal removed from my window

by **ChaosAD** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:45 pm

What about one of those standard shape mufflers that are straight through?
Just put a flange before the muffler so you can swap mufflers for track days.

by **MR2SIK** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:47 pm

yeah, il look into that later on, will have to pay a place to do it.. Im just looking for a quick fix to get it back on the road, so i can sort it properly later on down the track..

by **trdtrueno** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:05 pm

can you not pass a warrant with a silencer in now?? thats a bugger, i could last time i needed a warrent........mind you that was 5 months ago.

Website · by **Bling** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:05 pm

what if you put a few stainless rivets to hold the silencer in, and argue (if pulled up) that its as permanent as you can get. then drill them out for new wof time :lol:

by **xsspeed** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:49 pm

I remember reading someone on here (i think) that you can have the silencer in so long as you can't remove without tools. I.e. a screw would be sufficient

by **Bazda** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:14 pm

varex
has an electronic adjustable butterfly inside.

do a google search.

not cheap though, around $500 mark

Website · by **Emperor** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:16 pm

Yeah. I failed in my Forester at VTNZ being too loud.
Kakimoto cat-back system. Got a RPS muffler put on the rear, looked inside the old Kakimoto muffler, EMPTY! Some $&#$% had gutted it, or just over time all the shit had been blown out.

Anyway, they told me the RPS was only just passable, but next time they will fail me and their exact words
"Fit a silencer next time, aslong as its held in by atleast one bolt and nut, it's legal"

by **AE82 FXGT** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:35 pm

I think the words in the VIRM are along the lines of it can not be readily interfered with, so like almost everything in it, it's up to how the inspector interprets it.

Website · by **Bling** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:48 pm

Bazda wrote:varex
has an electronic adjustable butterfly inside.

do a google search.

not cheap though, around $500 mark

and not legal so no point really

by **MR2SIK** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:51 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:
Bazda wrote:varex
has an electronic adjustable butterfly inside.

do a google search.

not cheap though, around $500 mark

and not legal so no point really

which is stupid because a similar setup is used by aston martin and fpv amongst other companies as factory fitment, the valve in the muffler is hooked up to a rev switch, dont see why it wouldnt be legal as an aftermarket mod?

by **Alex B** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:04 pm

Because people would abuse the "loophole" and put it on a switch etc.

by **Lloyd** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:09 pm

Heaps of cars have setups like that, doesn't exactly make much difference to noise anyway. Even the Crown had on.

And compraing everyday car to Astons, Ferraris etc.... we all know they're noisy as from factory. And most factory stuff doesn't matter when it comes to warrants. Much like how you can get away with dark as hell tints but only if they're factory on that glass

by **IH8TEC** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:27 am

flange with a 1inch hole in it

bolt it in, close to muffler, be hard to see, dont thrash it,

and then when you drive around on street just use silencer without that flange, and take silencer out for racing

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