NO LONGER WANTED: Borrow stock muffler for '09 VRX

[Viking]

Hey all,
I decided it was going to be too much messing around trying to borrow a muffler, get it fitted and then removed after the EPA test, so went down to the local muffler shop today.

Talked to the guy for a while, and it's going to cost me $250 for something that is quieter (and hopefully keeps the same sound as the Greddy).

Cheers,
V



I said:

Hi all,

First post in a very long time, just been dropping in randomly to see how things are going.

As the subject says, I need to borrow a stock muffler (from the axle back) because I got an EPA noise notice. Seems some copper wasn't impressed with the tone and decided it was 'too loud'.

Can anyone in Melbourne's outer-east help, please?

Many thanks,
V

[Avenir]

I cant believe you got a noise complaint for EPA. Very unlucky, I know my brother a few months back had a modified 6L V8 VE commodore that use to shake the windows in the house when he started it in the mornings... got nothing. Even a lancer with a pop tune in my street sounds like a spastic lawnmower at low revs and is still getting around ahaha.

Good luck with the exhaust shop tho,
Avenir

[Viking]

Yeah, some cop sitting in their car with nothing better to do. The EPA letter says "deemed to vehicle to be excessively loud". Meaning it's an opinion, rather than a "pull him over and listen to it before making a decision". I'd say they weren't hitting their quota for the month and needed a few victims.

There are loads of super-loud cars and bikes where I live, so I guess I just got unlucky.

The muffler came out at $270 all up, apparently it needed an extra flange fitting or something. The sound is good, a deep rumble (just like the Greddy) but a lot quieter. Which is bad, because I can now hear all the squeaks in the suspension.

Cheers,
V

[Viking]

Quick update - had the EPA noise test last week. Maximum allowed noise for a Lancer is 90dB.

Loudest exhaust sound during the test was 86dB (on the over-run as the RPMs came down from 4500), 84dB everywhere else in the rev-range.

Standing around as they ran the test, there was more noise coming from the engine bay than from the exhaust....

Cheers,
V.