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Originally Posted by Don
I had been referencing the Composite standards R-157 dated REV 10/99 and just became aware there is an update with REV 12/04:
http://www.ct.gov/dmv/LIB/dmv/20/29/R-157.pdf
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" Properly located and shielded side exhaust may be allowed in compliance with departmental side exhaust standards*. Passenger vehicles equipped with exhaust pipes exiting to the side, forward of the rear axle, must extend rearward beyond any passenger openings, Exhaust header pipes extending to the outside of vehicle frame rails must be shielded from excessive heat and not protrude beyond the extreme outer edge of the front or rear tires, whichever is narrower, so as not to pose a hazard to occupants or pedestrians"
* standard was not defined
Appears the above change and other changes from the 10/99 document are specifically directed for compliance by Cobras and T-Buckets, such as those made by Total Performance |
Hey Don:
Just a thought. Despite the fact that door opening (at its highest, most far back point) does extend past the edge of my pipes, I have 2 things to bounce off you or any other owners who may have an opinion on this.
First, the top edge of the door is in line where the fiberglass bowes out around the tire. Resultantly, I don't know if I could ever get a pipe (without touching the fiberglass) to go beyond the furthest door opening.
Second, and I don't know if they'd ever get this through their skulls, but it would seem that this section, inclusive of the heat shields and all, is meant as a protection to the driver and passenger. Now I just ran a quick measurement on my car. Even with the passenger and driver seat all the way back, the furthest, inside area of the seat IS equal to or in front of the edge of the pipes. In my mind (of course I'm the crazy one right) this accomplishes what the reg is seeming to do. If when I or my passenger exits the vehicle and we, by default of the seat configuration, are ALWAYS going to be ahead of the edge of the pipe, this in a "common sense" world would comply. Any thoughts...