I'm in Melbourne tomorrow night
 

Hi All.
I've been reading every thread about new exhausts but I'm not happy to dive in till I've heard them. Unfortunately, all the action seems to be Melbourne.
I'll be in Melbourne tomorrow night for business and I'd love the chance to hear the FI and/or HiTech exhaust. Will anyone be in town after about 6 and wouldn't mind swinging past the Crowne Plaza??? Drinks are on me.

haha I would have come, but I'm still recovering from getting my wisdom teeth removed.... still look like a chipmunk.... sigh..... 5 days now and counting.... I have the stillen CBE and Berk HFCs though.

The letter says I was reported by a member of Vic Police on 30th March for excessive noise from exhaust. I only got done for noise not emissions.

About how loud testpipes or HFC's are on stock exhaust we'll find out on friday when I get my car tested with stock exhaust and hfc's

would have come but putting in stock exhaust tomorrow morning

Test pipes will definately make the exhaust a lot louder than HFC's... either way.... how weird is it going to be for you now driving around in what will sound like a prius?

The whole situation is still very annoying though, it annoys me that harleys can ride around shaking buildings but cars are limited so low..... and what about ferraris??? I had a scuderia floor it right past my open window and i nearly soiled myself.

yep it would be really weird, I have already made my mind to put FI back on Monday.

and yeah 90% of the supercars wont pass the test and harleys :mad:

I should be able to accomodate your request. Am in the CBD near cnr of Bourke and Williams. Is the Crowne Plaza the same as the casino, or the hotel on the north side of the river near the corner Spencer and Flinders ?? I will PM you my mobile number ... can you pls send me a SMS so I can let you know when I leave the office ... will be ~6:30-ish ... RB

Advice pls ppl. As you know, I've got fi bits on order. Im considering cancelling my hfc-pipes because of the amount of drone/hiss and EPA issues. I quite enjoy the way the 370Z is quietish until you step on it and am worried that the hfc-pipes will make me
kiss that quietishness away.

My question is how many rwkw will I actually lose with ONLY the cbe and your opinion if the amount of rwkw would noticeable.

Ray at Art tune - where Erfan and waqar got their cbe/hfc done - showed me erfan's dyno comparison between with hfc (berk) and without with his fi cbe. He told me that it's only a 4rwkw loss... Is this correct as Chipmunk aka Evan, says the difference should be "Way" more.

Basically - Is the power gain from the hfc-pipes worth the drone/hiss/EPA issues for a daily driven car.

yeah this is exactly what Im debating...f@cking nanny state we live in, because of it Im probably going to dress up mine with wheels and thats it, Im too old and dont have the time to be d!cking around with EPA's and defects. :ughdance:

yeah i got diked by that EPA letter on my Honda Fireblade RR with Yoshi pipe. Was reported by a coppa at such and such a day blah blah blah... i then put the stock exhaust back on.. past the test then got home and changed it back... pain in the butt! Dont know how harley's and so fourth get away with it! $40 down the drain! :(

That's great.
 

Crowne Plaza is the one on the CBD side of the river, near the World Trade Centre with the old convention centre next door. I think it's Spenser and Flinders.
Thanks for this. I'll SMS you this afternoon.

Thanks to the other guys as well. Hope your jaw come good soon evse82

Come to think about it... Maybe I should ask the main forum and not a country where there are only about 3 people with fi systems..

It depends where you have to take your car for the EPA test.

If you have to take it to a EPA tester which they give you a list of exhaust shops. Your ok. As long as your 90db and under. Keep in mind most exhausts out of the states are 95db.

If you have to take it to the EPA itself, I'm fairly sure there in point cook now. YOUR STUFFED. Thats where they send the highly modded cars and if you have test pipes they will find out.

Guys, test pipes arn't worth it.

Not when you have berk HFC's pulling out the numbers they do & the crazy hissing and check engine light.

Plus one guys tests pipes made his FI system go yellow at the tips!

Think about the costs to with going to the EPA. You'll have to take the day off work to get there.

The labour in removing the test pipes.

Any turkey can take off a cat back system with basic tools and a jack.

Like it or not guys, we cant get away with none catted LTH's and test pipes in Australia


PS WE ARE A NANNY STATE

Forget the cost of a day off work, check the fines for omitting catalytic converters as well. Max fines of $22K for an individual and $220K if the vehicle is owned by a company.

all for 3hp