yeah from an economic point of view i support a WA bid to succeed ahaha nice
one terry but really in WA we get fukt over a barrel but our RTAs and cops
etc are occasioanlly better :)
>From: Terry & Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: exhaust systems for turbo's
>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 23:43:54 +1000
>
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Pete,
> > I will check with my engineer and the NSW RTA. As far as I knew, pre
>'74
> > cars aren't required to upgrade the emissions to the later model engine
> > spec. To my knowledge, the ADR's for emissions weren't introduced until
> > after '74. I would have thought the ADR's were consistent throughout
> > Australia.
>
>That would be too easy and logical. I attended a community function last
>night
>that a local member (former policeman) attended to explain the ACT
>interpretation of the new rules recently introduced under the local code
>which
>is an extension to the National code. What a joke, local administrators &
>safety committees and the like can basically instruct policing authorities
>or
>if they don't agree the parliament can legislate their local amendments to
>get
>what they want, what's different to the way it is now, just with a bunch of
>new
>rules that the pushy lobby got up. Classic example around here is the local
>to
>the ACT legislation to control burnouts on public streets especially when
>the
>Nats crowd are in town round New Year. I think we will never get a true
>national code as Australia is still run politically like it's a bunch of
>countries with common boarders and not like a single nation and i haven't
>seen
>anything recently put into action to change my view.
>
>regards,
>Terry (I wonder if WA still wants to breakaway hehe)
>
>
> >
> > I put a cat on my FJ20 1600 back in 1993 and the RTA inspector said I
> > didn't need it. I can't think of any 1600's in Sydney, that I know of,
> > that actually have a cat fitted. I don't intend to fit one to my 1600
> > Wagon with SR20T. I will be making the exhaust this weekend..... Full
> > three inch with a straight through muffler, before the diff and a three
> > inch resonator after the diff. I have already made a new dump pipe,
> > obviously flattened slightly to suit the flange at the back of the
>standard
> > turbo. Being a wagon, I don't have the problem with the rear
>crosmember,
> > as there isn't one, so maintaining three inch from front to rear is much
> > easier, even if it is overkill.
> > Jeff Shoesmith has a full three inch system with a single Genie straight
> > through muffler(no Cat), and his isn't noisy at all. Mine should be a
> > little quieter again.
> > Graeme.
> >
> > I wish this were true - in SA you have to have a cat - they work it on
>the
> > emissions laws for the engine being fitted - not the car it is going
>into.
> > If it is an unleaded engine you have to have a cat. Maybe I could just
> > remove the O2 sensor and tell them that my '94 SR20 was designed to run
>on
> > super!
> >
> > PL
>
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