Please, mine is unambiguous. Not a vague reference.And YOUR signature says Virginia Beach. Does that mean you live on the sand?
I have listed a city of over 500,000 residents in which I reside.
How much to custom make this muffler delete pipe?
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I have listed a city of over 500,000 residents in which I reside.
Just as unambiguous as "Suburban Washington DC," an area in which over 3 million people live.
No. I listed a city.
You listed a geographic area with several cities and one district…
and then got upset when someone picked one district in that broad area.
Not upset nor being the grammar police, just pointing out that DC and Suburban DC are two separate locations. Nobody that actually lives in DC says they live in Suburban DC.
So, Virginia? Or Maryland? Which city?
You can’t ask questions where the answer depends on the city in which you reside (some cities in Virginia have emissions inspection, some do not)..
And hide the city.
Might want to recheck that. This is where Tennessee links to as the official 'site source, but I'll quote it in case something goes wrong with the link.
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It's at the discretion of the police officer for "excessive or unusual noise", as even with "an exhaust system that has one or more muffler(s)" installed that are perfectly functional, it can still produce excessive or unusual noise.
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There not deleting anything. There bending a pipe. Could be off a 1959 Massy Ferguson Tractor for all they know.
Nanny state.
As a data point, here in Virginia Beach (safety inspection, no emissions inspection), I had a resonator delete done on the S600.
No worries.
But I had to get it done at a specialty speed shop. The system is stainless steel, and it’s complex, and expensive. When the resonators (which are mild steel, apparently) rusted out, I considered a new system. My preferred regular shop doesn’t weld stainless. The speed shop welded in two lengths straight pipe. For about $400. They did a nice job. Clean welds, the system fits perfectly.
So, a single custom pipe, welded up, and with flanges? Easily $200.
Or, learn to weld yourself.
No worries.
But I had to get it done at a specialty speed shop. The system is stainless steel, and it’s complex, and expensive. When the resonators (which are mild steel, apparently) rusted out, I considered a new system. My preferred regular shop doesn’t weld stainless. The speed shop welded in two lengths straight pipe. For about $400. They did a nice job. Clean welds, the system fits perfectly.
So, a single custom pipe, welded up, and with flanges? Easily $200.
Or, learn to weld yourself.
Also, The Elantra N, with the N-mode (track mode), has the valve on the muffler wide open, so it clocks in at 102 decibels, which is above the CA limit of 95 decibels.
...as in the case of the one fateful day a California police officer observed "excessive or unusual noise" on a Elantra N, while the owner was running the car in N-mode, told him it was illegal, gave him a ticket, and sent him to the state referee for confirmation of the exhaust noise, and told him he's going to spend thousands of dollars on top of what he paid Hyundai to bring the car into compliance (remove N-mode) so he can legally drive the car again.
...as in the case of the one fateful day a California police officer observed "excessive or unusual noise" on a Elantra N, while the owner was running the car in N-mode, told him it was illegal, gave him a ticket, and sent him to the state referee for confirmation of the exhaust noise, and told him he's going to spend thousands of dollars on top of what he paid Hyundai to bring the car into compliance (remove N-mode) so he can legally drive the car again.
If someone asks in casual conversation, Potomac Maryland. If I'm calling on service people, Rockville, MD.
No welding required except for a hanger, just need a mandrel bend which maybe one out 10 muffler shops can do. And the one I shop I called that does, doesn't have 304 stainless tubing.
Not sure what a Fiat Abarth clocks at, but it came from the factory with NO mufflers. Could get interesting if a cop pulled you over for noise and took a peak underneath.
The fiat forums say the Abarth has a rear muffler, but there is a factory catback that has no muffler, which may be a europe thing, as the US catalog has no part number for part #11.
Not sure where that diagram came from but this is from Tasca and shows #13 muffler for non Abarths and straight pipes for Abarths. Having had three Abarths I can confirm they come without a muffler.
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Any plumber can do it for $4000. Sorry @walterjay 
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Nice...I get it.
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