MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 19/06/14 11:21 AM Share Posted 19/06/14 11:21 AM I think we all do I was happy with 300 then 357 then 413 now 441 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 19/06/14 11:31 AM Share Posted 19/06/14 11:31 AM At least my jumps in power significant (ish) But I wish I did it all at once Would have saved me a fair bit of money, I'm talking 2 grand easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 19/06/14 11:36 AM Share Posted 19/06/14 11:36 AM (edited) You're from NZ Ben?Maybe worth starting an NZ thread (if there isn't one already) asking other kiwi's for recommendations on workshops etc there's a few floating around the forum.(not suggesting you don't post here, but some of the Aussies advice may not be on the mark given you have different supplies, costs and requirements to ours - you don't need to run a cat for starters? and stuff we can get a good deal on here may come at a premium over there?)May even be worth a sticky thread (or even a sub forum?) for our NZ brethren to share their experiences?edit: just the other day we had a bloke from NZ trying to get help with a tune - am sure his tuner was punching in figures way above his knowledge level, but we don't really have a way of suggesting decent places to go for work etc and who not to go to. Edited 19/06/14 11:39 AM by raband 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 19/06/14 11:38 AM Share Posted 19/06/14 11:38 AM They don't need cats?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 19/06/14 11:43 AM Share Posted 19/06/14 11:43 AM (edited) So I'd heard (when a forum member said they'd pulled out their cat and was queried - "not needed in NZ" was the reply)Come to think of it - it may have been the same bloke from NZ the other week, so take it with a grain of salt til it's confirmed (not the OP - the one who was complaining his XR6T doesn't get off the line in the wet as well as a WRX or round the track as well as a GTR) :S Edited 19/06/14 11:44 AM by raband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZBen Member 50 Member For: 10y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Auckland Posted 22/06/14 01:04 AM Author Share Posted 22/06/14 01:04 AM that's about right. Clean green NZ. We dont need them yet. But im sure time will come when they are enforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 22/06/14 01:09 AM Share Posted 22/06/14 01:09 AM mmmmm flames out zorst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 22/06/14 04:46 AM Share Posted 22/06/14 04:46 AM Looking into it a bit further - they may be required when getting whatever your version is of a RWC/certifications etc but they don't have the same penalties as we do for not running one - $10k plus fine over here - debateable whether or not a cop would/could cause you an issue over there (post 1998 vehicles I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLuTZ Donating Members 227 Member For: 13y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 26/06/14 11:20 AM Share Posted 26/06/14 11:20 AM I'm still yet to hear of a single person who has ever been fined $10,000 for not running a cat. Sounds like an urban legend if you ask me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 26/06/14 11:37 AM Share Posted 26/06/14 11:37 AM True - have heard everything from a few hundred for a first offense, $2,000 per cylinder through to ~$25k for the installer/person who did it.Never heard of anyone actually being pinged though.Not sure if it's a RWC item either - or if it's in the realm of the EPA that would need to test etc - maybe a defect notice and need to book into EPA, by which time the CAT will be working properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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