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lol.
apparently some people didn’t find this as funny as I did, or cant read more than a “:tup:” or symbol. I really shouldn’t have even mentioned the exhuast in this thread, cause thats not what it’s about…fact is, I have an after market exhuast = deserves a ticket. fact is, mine is much quieter that MOST out there…I said that to the cop cause I didn’t think he’d actually give me a ticket for it. He did say “I couldn’t have any other muffler than stock” - which is BS, is just has to be adequate. I have gotten pulled over with no front plate on and the cop said “no front plate huh?, I think it looks like shit too, other cops might not be so nice tho, so watch out”. As far as DB’s go, mine does put out more than stock, but I believe to be quieter than the noise ordenace limit, so I F’ed myself.
I posted this cause he looked me in the eye and said “maybe you could mention your carburetor problems to the prosecutor” I smiled at him instantly, and laughed out loud the whole way home! does my WRX look like a car to have a carburator? apparantly he is unaware of this new fangled system called fuel injection…understandable in that they have only been out for like 50 years…
for people that call me a moron…I can read a paragraph and understand the main idea, and points that have emphasis
therefore my knowledge is > yours.
to make it easy for some, I’ll give an easily readable translation: :tdown: 
and by the way Newman, I don’t know what exactly is causing it either but its something in my clutch assembly. when the clutch is cold the car jerks hard, and it stops when warm; but the car does seem very slow. I ran out 4th gear on the way to get my hair cut today and got MAJOR clutch smell, took like 3 min with windows open to clear it out. there is also a chatter. Im thinking somthing with pressure plate. So there is no more conversation about this…thing is messed, I’ll get a new clutch kit…done. Also, my friend Alex was over and saw one of your post, he said he sees you around and gave you a :tup:. he goes to a lot of shows, I think that’s where he knows you from. I showed him your post about the bait stores and he was crackin’ up.
alex byrne?
Other things that it could be: throwout bearing/clutch disengagement fork causing the plate to engagage irregularly… remember to thoroughly clean and lubricate the ball pivot and the thowout bearing guide. Also, inspect for wear on the fork. On my old maxima, the clutch slave used to stick occaisionally too. Check that for free movement as well.
one other thing… this would be a stretch… The car feels slower? Ok. It could be that the ebrake is sticking. This would cause jerky starts and make the engagement of the clutch harsher. It would also go away as the rear pads heated up and began to liquefy. Brakes smell alot like clutch… just an out there idea to look into before you pull the transmission…
Did you read my post? Anything louder than than stock = illegal. “Adequate” does not factor in at all.
I think it’s a pretty BS law, considering how much car sounds differ from the factory. My GTO has a decent rumble bone stock, but a stock Civic can barely be heard running. So by law a Civic can’t even be as loud as my stock GTO.
newman: yeah, alex byrne. he’s been a good friend of mine for many a year. I was helping him fix and exhaust leak last night at my house. thanks for the info, but its something in there, the stock clutch has 62,000 on it, the disk may have a few more left on it, but i’ll just replace the whole deal, needs to be done anyways. Definatly not E-brake, I wouldn’t smell that on the highway. I think its just not engaging properly, i let the motor warm up, and it still did it bad. feels like your stabbing the clutch in and out at even very light throttle…you still wanna run newman? lol. I’ll get stuff fixed, and well get together for some 10 degree winter pulls yeehawww
jays: yeah, thanks for the info on the law. Indeed it doesn’t mean adaquate, you cannot make it louder. but fact is, you may get a new muffler at muffler man and it may be a little louder than stock because of the quality or something. The ONLY reason he nailed me on that law, was that I said I made it a “tad” louder…what a dick. I guess I’ve have way too many super nice cops in my past, they have all been REAL cool, and didn’t nit pick. It wasn’t too loud, so they didn’t care, even though I said I modified it. This guy was looking for anything and everything…I think it was more the yellow import the the carbon fiber hood that got me the ticket, more than the exhuast being modifed.