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Originally Posted by neonSRT
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Originally Posted by 4gls
the SRT4 comes with resonators and no mufflers. if somebody could explain the difference between the 2, you get a cookie...
the resonators, or wtf you want to call them, muffle sound. the car is not unmuffled.
with regards to baffled or not, a large bore muffler with a straight thru design still does not constitute a straight thru muffler..... by straight thru they mean guys in the 70s who would cut open their magnaflow, torch out the baffles and weld it back together, hence also the rod test.
your avg HKS straight thru muffler has glass packing and other sound reducing measures built in, hence it is not illegal.
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WRONG!!! A straight through muffler is any muffler that DOES NOT have a baffle blocking/diverting the flow of exhaust gases. If you can put a meter stick right through the muffler its straight through, so guess what.... All those HKS/Ractive/OBXR/Vibrant/whatever mufflers are ALL straight through.
Straight through mufflers are illegal according the the HTA. Now for the SRT4, it has 2 resonators, both of which are straight through, and don't even have glass packing. By that definition, then its illegal as well, except that its stock, and passes all laws.
I want to get my godfathers S4(3" turbo back exhaust), and get a dB reading compared to an SRT4. The SRT4 is easily 10-15dB louder at WOT than the S4, at idle its even a bigger difference. |
I'm sorry buddy but I got my information from an OPP officer who runs inspections from time to time, so its valid. who is giving you your information? straight thru, as referenced in the HTA like I said, refers to the older trick of clearing out baffled ones that have no other form of muffling, the way your average glasspacked ractive one does.
Like I said in bills quoted post above....... if you had a real straight thru muffler, your car would sound like a harley. thats all there is to it. most aftermarket fartcans are quieter than 95dbs no problem.