is this legal??????

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:41 pm

im going to do the exhaust on my vitara soon.....im going to run extractors and a 2" pipe with no catalic converter and just one high flow muffler http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... d=82234382 what i want to know is i wana bypass all the performance losing bends that go over the rear diff after the muffler and just point it straight down to the ground after the muffler is this legal or does the exhaust have to stick out the back? there is no option for me to put it out the side as there is no room unless i wana sandwhich it between a rock and the chassis rail :roll:

cheers

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:01 pm

has to be past the doors I think, and has to exit out the side or back

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:07 pm

bugger

may have to rethink that one :roll:

it will be past the doors..........just :twisted:

but i cant see the problem if its facing the ground as its not really allowing the gasses to enter the vehicle.......im gunna go down to the WOF man and have a chat at some stage :lol:

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:33 pm

my van has it sticking out the side. i had mrs rav cut off under vehicle as i fitted a tow bar.. was a week before i got round to fixing exhaust and you can really smell it in the car etc.. i recommend you send it outside your vehicle.. i have seen hotrods dumping under the car but...unsure of legal side.. hey its your car. who cares about wofs...

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:35 pm

no less than 300mm behind the rear out board seating position and must clear the body so as gasses cannot be turbulated back inside the cab via trans tunnel boots ,holes in the floor etc.....

from memory :wink:

fweddy · Post by **fweddy** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:50 pm

my ute flicks it out just in front of the rear wheel

jumper · Post by **jumper** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:07 am

this passed the wof, got to move it as it loops under the frame behind the front wheel

and needs a slider or moved to out the back

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:48 am

ok thanks guys il have to rethink the whole system......all good tho.......but if i was to do it just dumping down at the ground i think it would be ok as it clears the front seats and there is no rear seats or opening windows or holes in the floor :twisted:

i go ask the wof guy....id like something like yours jumper..........but with a flame thrower :twisted:

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:05 pm

i wasnt able to side exit mine in front of the back wheels because of being a soft top. i thought that if you had back windows that open the exhaust had to be behind them too. have you had a wof without the rear seats already? i thought you had to remove the rear seatbelts and reregister it as a 2 seater (technicly.... :roll:

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mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:01 pm

WACKO wrote:i wasnt able to side exit mine in front of the back wheels because of being a soft top. i thought that if you had back windows that open the exhaust had to be behind them too. have you had a wof without the rear seats already? i thought you had to remove the rear seatbelts and reregister it as a 2 seater (technicly.... )

no i havnt had a wof yet but i have taken out the seats and belts but i have kept them if he has a problem i will simply take out the box and put the belts and seats back in :lol:

haha ok i will have a chat to my wof ma and ask him whats ok and whats not :twisted:

is this legal??????

is this legal??????

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