View Poll Results: What would you buy if you had another $10,000 to spend on aftermarket parts?
Mazda RX-8
9
6.62%
Nissan 350Z
11
8.09%
LanEvo VII
101
74.26%
WRX STI
15
11.03%
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So you have $40,000 what do you buy?
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Congratulations on the new car!
The M48Pro seems to be a very powerful ECU. The only downside is you need a PC to remap it.
Too bad you are not allowed to decat it, but on low boost (1.2 bars) it wont make much of a difference, other than that the torque is not pushed up in the rev range.
The HKS Hyper Muffler exhaust has a nice deep throaty sound (for a turbo car, and especially wgen idling). It is a cat back system, so you can keep the cat. You could also change the downpipe and keep the cat...
Why do you need to keep it? How often is that checked? Did you know you can get a decat pipe that looks like a cat from outside?
I hope you get it soon!
The M48Pro seems to be a very powerful ECU. The only downside is you need a PC to remap it.
Too bad you are not allowed to decat it, but on low boost (1.2 bars) it wont make much of a difference, other than that the torque is not pushed up in the rev range.
The HKS Hyper Muffler exhaust has a nice deep throaty sound (for a turbo car, and especially wgen idling). It is a cat back system, so you can keep the cat. You could also change the downpipe and keep the cat...
Why do you need to keep it? How often is that checked? Did you know you can get a decat pipe that looks like a cat from outside?
I hope you get it soon!
Yes the ECU is powerful but we need OBD-II (US EPA mandated onboard diagnostics) and the Motecs support it.
As far as the cat here in California the car will stick out. Many of the local police will assume this it is a modified US car. After a while I may go the whole Hi-flow aftermarket cat route. If I were caught without a cat the fine is huge. Every three years we have to be "smogged" (go through an emissions test.)
How much louder is the HKS?
Do you know anything about the “low-slung” suspension on the RS-II it seems similar to the German markets cars. Any idea how much lower they are?
Thanks for all the help. I will keep you posted. The car should be at the entry port in early April. I can’t wait to see it.
Erik
As far as the cat here in California the car will stick out. Many of the local police will assume this it is a modified US car. After a while I may go the whole Hi-flow aftermarket cat route. If I were caught without a cat the fine is huge. Every three years we have to be "smogged" (go through an emissions test.)
How much louder is the HKS?
Do you know anything about the “low-slung” suspension on the RS-II it seems similar to the German markets cars. Any idea how much lower they are?
Thanks for all the help. I will keep you posted. The car should be at the entry port in early April. I can’t wait to see it.
Erik
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I dont really get you. Are you saying a police officer will actually look under the car to see if there's a cat? Or do they have analysers with them and stick them up your car's butt!? I know the Gestapo in Germany and Northern France do it sometimes, but more for old POSs.
You can put the cat back every 3 years, right? I thought about it, but then again if you happen to drop 20 bucks at the right time, you might not need to
No idea what you mean re. the suspension. The German car on the "official" pictures has either be lowered with springs or the stupid Ralliart susp. kit or photoshopped. Germans like LOW cars, no metter how effective. Probably due to the DTM (German Touring cars championship)...
Which color did you pick?
You can put the cat back every 3 years, right? I thought about it, but then again if you happen to drop 20 bucks at the right time, you might not need to
No idea what you mean re. the suspension. The German car on the "official" pictures has either be lowered with springs or the stupid Ralliart susp. kit or photoshopped. Germans like LOW cars, no metter how effective. Probably due to the DTM (German Touring cars championship)...
Which color did you pick?
Yes it can be gestapo like. If they believe it is too loud (with no proof or even a measuring device) they can give you a ticket and ordered to fix it. That is when the decat would show up.
No, the spec sheet I got from Mitsubishi lists that low-slung suspension is standard on RS-II.
Palma red
No, the spec sheet I got from Mitsubishi lists that low-slung suspension is standard on RS-II.
Palma red
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Yeah, in a lot of small towns and residential areas they have sound restrictions, but that is generally only a problem for Hondas that have outrageously loud exhaust or older muscle cars. As for the cat problem, some states still make you go through emissions, and that is how they determine if you're good to go in that front.
oh, and keep dreaming pal 
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Back to the cop thing. Its espically worse in California. If cops want to give you a ticket, they will find the smallest detail wrong with your car, there is no use fighting it. Now with the exhaust thing, I always remembered it as under 90db and its legal but recently I saw a video on the web where a cop said it was 80db. Even if your car is 79db, however, you will still get a ticket and there is no use fighting it. One of SportCompactCar's editiors writes a column monthly with updates on the situation. Check it out.
The CA law is 95 dba 20 inches from the tail pipe revving from 3000 - 5000 rpm. This would be easy to measure but in California but they don't. A cop will write out a fix-it ticket and never test it. The CHP don’t even have the SPL measurement equipment to test it. If you dispute it they just let another cop listen to and make a judgment. Just another California money making scam. BTW, I’ve never seen a Harley-Davidson stopped for loud exhaust.
two references on the Apexi site
CHP Bulletin.pdf
Letter from ARB
two references on the Apexi site
CHP Bulletin.pdf
Letter from ARB
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I've never seen a harley, pick up, or muscle car pulled over for obvious illegal things, but I get crap all the time for my import just like everyone else around here. Guess that's what happens when you live in mulletville
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