First "loud exhuast ticket" lastnight
DON'T PANIC
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No one enforces that. You could break that by talking in a normal voice on a calm day. I'm running a RB Road Race header>single baffle mufflers>glass packs, definatley not quiet, and they've never bothered me.
Overboostin MoFo
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From: Knoxville TN/Charleston SC
Originally Posted by yeti
In Tennessee the sound law (probably not exhaust, I don't know) but it's if you can hear any audible noise 50 feet away it's too loud. I'm not sure how far that is.. but I'm sure the sound law is broken a lot.
-josh
Originally Posted by Jaguarx7
No one enforces that. You could break that by talking in a normal voice on a calm day. I'm running a RB Road Race header>single baffle mufflers>glass packs, definatley not quiet, and they've never bothered me.
Oh yeah and this thread is ancient...
Originally Posted by yeti
In Tennessee the sound law (probably not exhaust, I don't know) but it's if you can hear any audible noise 50 feet away it's too loud. I'm not sure how far that is.. but I'm sure the sound law is broken a lot.
I mean its going to be louder if there are buildings along the road since sound waves will bounse off them, and its going to be quieter in an open field....
Originally Posted by yeti
In Tennessee the sound law (probably not exhaust, I don't know) but it's if you can hear any audible noise 50 feet away it's too loud. I'm not sure how far that is.. but I'm sure the sound law is broken a lot.
Same in kentucky, or at least louisville, I got a ticket for listening to my music too loud before.
I beckon the thaw~
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From: New York
well actually, you could just install two resinators.. Its what i did, and it help a bit.. Two large barrels should muffle the sound. Dont know about the back pressure though..
Hmm, there not section around the manifold, so it shouldnt affect performance. That way you hold on to ya exhuast!! And there actually cheap {$30 a pop}. Youll have to cut out a section of your exhuast and have them welded....
Hmm, there not section around the manifold, so it shouldnt affect performance. That way you hold on to ya exhuast!! And there actually cheap {$30 a pop}. Youll have to cut out a section of your exhuast and have them welded....
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From: USA
In Rhode Island, the law is as follows:
Noise Limits for Motor Vehicles
So in RI the cops need to measure you with a calibrated sound level meter at 50 feet. In other words, check your local laws.
The best I could get from the California code is:
"(c) Test procedures for compliance with this article shall be
established by the Department of the California Highway Patrol,
taking into consideration the test procedures of the Society of
Automotive Engineers."
It lacks a good reference for where to find said test procedures.
Noise Limits for Motor Vehicles
Originally Posted by RI State Laws, Noise Limits for Motor Vehicles
§ 31-45-1 Noise limits. – (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle ... in such a manner as to exceed the following noise limit based on a distance of fifty feet (50') from the center of the lane of travel within the speed limit. For the purposes of this section, "dbA" means decibels measured with a calibrated sound level meter weighted to the "A" scale.
(b) In speed zones of thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph) or less, not more than eighty-six (86) dbA. In speed zones of more than thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph), not more than ninety (90) dbA.
(b) In speed zones of thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph) or less, not more than eighty-six (86) dbA. In speed zones of more than thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph), not more than ninety (90) dbA.
The best I could get from the California code is:
"(c) Test procedures for compliance with this article shall be
established by the Department of the California Highway Patrol,
taking into consideration the test procedures of the Society of
Automotive Engineers."
It lacks a good reference for where to find said test procedures.
Last edited by Goofy; Feb 5, 2007 at 12:20 PM.
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From: Columbus, OH
in columbus/hilliard its a 50 ft ordariance law..bullshit if you ask me, i got pulled over within an hour of getting my fc, and where did he actually pull me over?? RIGHT in front my parents house as i got about to pull in the garage..no ticket but "ill fix the problem officer" 
"straightpipe to apexi mufflers"
Aaron
"straightpipe to apexi mufflers"Aaron
You can always do what I do. Buy the silencer insert and put it on the floor or behin dyour passenger seat.
When the cops says your too loud say "The insert bolts came out and the thing flew out and I'm going home so I can put new ones in"
Luckily most cops have been really cool with me and don't care.
When the cops says your too loud say "The insert bolts came out and the thing flew out and I'm going home so I can put new ones in"
Luckily most cops have been really cool with me and don't care.
**** in my state they supposably just changed it last july that you cannot modify your exhaust in effort to make it louder. so more or less if you have anything other than stock your fucked.. like me with my JIC spec 90...
i just got pulled over for loud exhast 2 weeks ago.. in my honda and i have like 2 mufflers on it and everything..
i just got pulled over for loud exhast 2 weeks ago.. in my honda and i have like 2 mufflers on it and everything..
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