Re: [DML] free flow exhausts-legality?

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

If nothing else, I suppose that you could modify a DeLorean 
exhaust system to fit onto the car. :-) It shouldn't be too hard to 
obtain/modify directional lenses. As for the bumpers, I'm sure 
that there's a way to get around those. Otherwise, maybe it 
would have been easier entering the car in thru Canada, and/or 
an importing company? But once you get the car back into your 
possesion, just swap everything back. See what you can do to 
keep it as a classic car, and off the road at that to avoid 
emissions testing. If you don't plan on driving it anyways, insure 
it as a classic, and register it as non-operational with the DMV.

As for exhaust, I prefer to have mine as silent as possible. i don't 
like people to hear me headed their way. It makes it easier to 
pass them at stoplights. If they can't hear me, they usualy don't 
see me, and that makes for a easier advantage to get ahead of 
them when the road narrows ahead. Or if nothing else, it most of 
the time keeps people from getting the urge to race me. Which is 
another nice "perk" of having a rear-engined car. The motor is far 
back enough most people can't tell I'm next to them until I get 
ahead of them.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Senatorpack@xxxx wrote:
> 
> I am having a hell of a time trying to import my Renault 
Alpine PRV V-6. 
> It is sitting in a customs warehouse in Baltimore for almost a 
year.
> The big issue with the Fed., is the non catalytic exhaust. The 
lights 
> and bumpers are a small item on the long list of conversions.
> In addition, the DMC sounds better without the catalytic 
converter, 
> however the HP and performance gain is minimal...in my 
opinion.
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Michael Pack