Exhaust Cutouts

[funkedelic]

Anybody come across with a vehicle running these exhaust cutouts

(Electronic Valve Control (EVC) valve allows for user controlled exhaust sound levels with touch of a switch )

I've heard a lot about them on a couple of different forums, anybody have any idea if these are legal in Canada, or if shops would refuse to install them?

Here are some clips..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cciV4oGtzIc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2qkgV_wH44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJQze6jyilc

[funkedelic]

:dunno:

[4lti7ude]

Arnt these advertised in Import Tuner or something?

[funkedelic]

Originally posted by 4lti7ude
Arnt these advertised in Import Tuner or something?

posssibly, there are a couple of different companies that make them

[civicluva]

Z06 and the Vantage come with it stock.

[FiveFreshFish]

Good illustration at the 1:00 mark of the 3rd video.

[Mibz]

Yes they're legal. They're great if you're living somewhere with very strict emissions laws because you can run a quiet, legal exhaust and then just pop open the cutout for the track. Here in Alberta though I'd rather just get a well flowing exhaust with a couple resonators.

Keep in mind that they're positioned at an EXTREMELY harsh environment and, from what I hear, they tend to leak. It may only be a little bit but it's enough to increase volume and force emissions failure. I also read that they don't tend to last more than a couple years, though I haven't actually found proof of them dying on people.

[funkedelic]

Originally posted by Mibz
Yes they're legal. They're great if you're living somewhere with very strict emissions laws because you can run a quiet, legal exhaust and then just pop open the cutout for the track. Here in Alberta though I'd rather just get a well flowing exhaust with a couple resonators.

Keep in mind that they're positioned at an EXTREMELY harsh environment and, from what I hear, they tend to leak. It may only be a little bit but it's enough to increase volume and force emissions failure. I also read that they don't tend to last more than a couple years, though I haven't actually found proof of them dying on people.

Interesting .. thanks for the imput

I am running a rouge el diablo muffler on my m3, they just came out with an xpipe with the optional evc..

http://www.rogueengineering.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=XPIPE&Category_Code=

[Mibz]

Originally posted by funkedelic


Interesting .. thanks for the imput

I am running a rouge el diablo muffler on my m3, they just came out with an xpipe with the optional evc..

http://www.rogueengineering.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=XPIPE&Category_Code= I should mention that the ones I have experience (If you can call it that) with are on/off. I'm not sure if having the thing 50% open has any negative side effects but I can imagine that if there isn't enough room for all your exhaust to exit the cutout that there's gonna be some strange pressure changes in the exhaust. Good, bad, I don't know but it's something to look in to.