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side exhausts

Started by _202_lx_ , Sep 15 2007 07:33 PM

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#1 _202_lx_

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Posted 15 September 2007 - 07:33 PM

does anyone know if side-out exhausts (the ones that come out just in front of the rear tyre) are road legal in NSW?

thanks

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#2 _trna76hb_

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Posted 16 September 2007 - 06:39 AM

The exhaust has to exit behind the last opening thing that goes into the car, windows, doors & hatches etc.

So no it is not legal.

Ian

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#3 _willo_

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Posted 16 September 2007 - 08:07 AM

pity they didn't make a torana ute or panelvan eh??

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#4 _kangur_

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Posted 16 September 2007 - 08:29 AM

So true

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#5 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 16 September 2007 - 03:46 PM

The exhaust has to exit behind the last opening thing that goes into the car, windows, doors & hatches etc.

So no it is not legal.

Ian

The explanation is not correct. 100mm(???) in a vertical line behind the rear most opening window (not doors or hatches). That's the Australian Design Rules. CAMS adopts the same. As for road registered cars, I believe that any exhaust exiting the side of the car must also point downwards, so you can't fit Group C type exhausts to a road registered car. Also a self tapper through the window winding handle disabling a window makes it non-opening, and again, you'll see that on the race cars as well.

Hope that helps.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 16 September 2007 - 03:49 PM.

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#6 _LXBren_

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 10:30 AM

The explanation is not correct. 100mm(???) in a vertical line behind the rear most opening window (not doors or hatches). That's the Australian Design Rules. CAMS adopts the same. As for road registered cars, I believe that any exhaust exiting the side of the car must also point downwards, so you can't fit Group C type exhausts to a road registered car. Also a self tapper through the window winding handle disabling a window makes it non-opening, and again, you'll see that on the race cars as well.

Hope that helps.

everything he said cept i think it's 300mm.

(Just went through this with the side pipes on my lx - took them off)

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#7 toranamech

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 06:46 PM

To run the Megaphone type side exit exhaust in QLD, I had to remove the winder completely, it had the exit on the drivers side, extend past the body line just in front of the rear wheel and the exit had to point downwards at least 30 degrees, and maintain 100mm ground clearance, but the fun police prob won't allow even that any more.
I could remove the core of the Megaphone and just put the end cap back on and just enjoy some sweet notes as you wind the 308 to 7000rpm through the winding mountain roads.