Does anyone know if these things meet normal noise standards? I just about
got pulled over driving my Spit6 with Monza exhuast, but luckily, I made it
to the next county over!!!
Isaac Crow
'74 Spit6+
Winder, GA
Keith S. Ehrlich wrote:
> I had my Monza dual exhaust system installed yesterday by the local boys
> at Midas. Bought it from British Parts NorthWest. $188 including freight
> and mounting hardware, in stock and delivered when promised. Good deal
> by my reckoning.(by the way, they have some TR6 padded rollbar covers
> they are trying to unload for $35, vs VB and TRF sat $60-I got one and
> its good)
>
> When I got there last evening, they still had it up on the lift to show
> me their work-actually quite a good job-remarkably the existing mounting
> points and nuts and bolts on the car could actually still be used. Then
> they showed me where a spark from the torch set my _still cardboard_
> tranny tunnel on fire!! They sure were surprised to see it was made of
> paper. I sure was surprised it's still on this car. They fixed the burn
> holes with duct tape and told me they would only charge half price for
> labor to cover the damage. Total labor, net: $60. Visible damage-none
> worth mentioning.
>
> So then they get it off the lift and start it up and back it out,
> immediately setting off the theft alarm on my other car-good sign! The
> four chrome extensions under the bumper definitely do the visual trick,
> the yellow trim now matching my yellow rollbar. I listen to it idle-yep,
> deep and nice as I remember hearing at the shows, though I never
> actually _rode_ in one with the Monzas.
>
> I drive home. Man are these LOUD in the car!( Ok, you listers warned
> me) Kind of like the rumbling bass out of bazooka tubes at full volume
> but without the pounding. OK, thats fine! I once played electric bass so
> those frequencies are a bit burnt out anyways-no loss.
>
> I get home and encounter wife in driveway. Oh boy. I sheepishly ask how
> it sounds, figuring I'm really in trouble now. She says it sounds much
> better and, _get this_, easier on her ears than the old [stock] system!
> I can't believe it-what planet am I on?!( We'll see if she ever rides in
> it again after the first time , though.)
>
> So I go inside and find my two daughters watching the "Spice World"
> video. They convince me I really should sit down and watch it ( secretly
> I wanted to). Next scene is "the Chief" played by Roger Moore saying (
> as he feeds a baby bottle to a squirming piglet):
>
> "Let us enjoy this Triumph while we can before the hounds of catastrophe
> break loose and slobber chaos all over our faces once again!"
>
> Cosmic....
>
> I drive to work in the TR6 today. The Monzas are real loud. I look for
> women hiding their children. I notice the sound volume go down
> considerably once over 60MPH ( OK, no problem here! ;-)). I pull into
> the parking garage, setting off alarms on all five floors that I
> traverse to my spot. It's now an hour later-my ears are still ringing.
>
> So that's my experience so far FWIW to those considering Monzas. I don't
> know how long I will last with them, but for now they are definitely
> cool. So much for the stereo system. I'll invest in earplugs tomorrow.
>
> Keith Ehrlich
> 74 TR6
> "Huh? I'm sorry officer, what did you say?..."
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