For several years I had a '95 RX-7 twin turbo with a straight pipe
exhaust which was considerably louder than stock (in stock trim that car
is about as loud as a sewing machine), but still well under the legal
limits. My neighbors never complained, even when I used to live in an
apartment. I was never pulled over for sound. I was pulled over a few
times for other "alleged infractions" but even then the officers never
said anything about the exhaust. And that was a car with looks that said
"cite me" to every officer who ever saw it.
Your experience may vary, but I think if you drive "normally" on the
street it won't be a problem. At least, it never was for me.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Joe Ciarcia
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 09:42
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Anyone doing STX for the slush series?
>
>
> Ahhh, I see. While the turbo and cats do muffle a lot
> of the sound (and it would pass a sound test with a
> straight pipe from the cats back) it would still be
> loud enough to annoy the neighbors and it would most
> certainly attract the attention of the police
> (especially in cities like Fremont). It would seem as
> if there is a good percentage of officers that are not
> aware of the laws that they are supposed to enforce.
> Someone on I-club with an aftermarket exhaust got
> pulled over the other day (I'm not sure if he was
> doing anything to attract attention to himself or
> not). He was let go with a warning but the officer was
> quoted as saying "any aftermarket exhaust system is
> illegal". While the officer was clearly wrong this
> ignorance seems to be somewhat prevelant with local
> law enforcement and I'd rather deal with it by not
> attracting any attention to begin with. :-) Hmmm maybe
> BLUE wasn't the best color choice. -LOL-
>
> Joe
>
> --- "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com> wrote:
> > That would be cool but I was suggesting something a
> > bit more conventional.
> >
> > Why waste your money on an aftermarket exhaust
> > system? Just get a custom bent 60mm stright pipe of
> > aluminized steel from the cats on back. No
> > mufflers. It will be cheaper than ANY aftermarket
> > muffler you can find, provide more power, will not
> > affect emissions so you're still smog-safe,
> > and your car will not be too loud. And if you want
> > it to look cool, you can have them weld a chromed
> > tip on the end.
>
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