some time ago, you got a warning for being over our local sound limit,
and if you failed the next check you were supposed to be DQd
james
OSP - Offensive Sonic Production
Carl Merritt wrote:
>>the event regulations...there still must be some device in
>>the exhaust system used to muffle the exhaust.
>>
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>I'm sure a set of headers or simple exhaust manifolds substantially muffles
>the db level of the engine without them. The same could be said for
>downpipes, or even a length of pipe out the back instead of just dumping the
>exhaust out under the car. Hence every car has a 'muffling device' on the
>engine, the only question is having enough 'muffling devices' on the car for
>adequate sound levels.
>
>Me thinks you are trying a bit too hard to define a "muffler" as a large
>heavy can filled with sound deadening material. Many cars don't need them
>to 'muffle' the exhaust sound to appropriate levels, some don't even have
>them OEM (Neon SRT-4), and ruling those cars illegal strikes me as both
>silly and against the spirit of the rules, at least as I interpret them.
>
>-Carl
>300ZX ITE/OSP (Obviously Silly Protest?)
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