I dunno I guess it was pretty bad and the cops had to show up and all that jazz.. But I"m just hearing this and you know how stories get twisted.

 

Do they still test in Ohio? They don't down here in KY. When they did I'd just put on the HFC, warm it up and get my test done, then take it back off when I got home.

 

Thanks for your reply. All the research I have seen so far seems to point out other states as being pretty strict like NJ and California but not Ohio. However, all it takes is one cop. I would rather open the exhaust up a little bit more. My dads friend could weld me a shell on. It would be cheaper than the RRE rally cat but it is resonated which might help a bit. I am going to research some more but any more experiences would help.

 

You don't have to worry about police checking for a cat in Ohio. They have better things to do. They might do that stuff in Cali but not Ohio. Even getting pulled over for a loud exhaust would be pretty rare.

 

They do not do any testing in Ohio anymore. I have had no problems with mine. Just get a megan racing one from ebay. low cost and bolts right in.

 

Yeah no worries about the cat, I have a BR 3" TBE with no cat and it is loud, no problems here.

And that wreck at the Ford plant was bad, it was a Vette and it jumped the grass mound and landed in the ditch on the side of the road. Woops.

 

I was reading the cincy forums yesterday. It appears they are trying to find a new location....where i have no idea???

 

Did you get that thing sold ?

 

No, someone drove it on Sunday and appears interested so I guess we'll wait and see. I have been looking for cars to replace it with and I haven't found anything I want. I am halfway hoping that he backs out so I can keep it. I really don't want to sell it and I don't necessarily have to, I just thought it might be a good idea to be debt free with a little one on the way. I don't owe much and the payment is small so it is a really tough decision to make.



Here are pics of that Ford Plant accident. A Mallet Vette, you know that wasn't cheap. This is why my wife isn't allowed to drive my car.

 

can't see the pics...

 

whoa , ya I"d like to see pics! I heard the car ended up being totalled.

 

Oh g o d a m n i t I forgot to add the link.

http://nkyfba.homeip.net/showthread....highlight=ford

 

holy crap!! Check out this post from that forum:

So we did a Test and Tune with Cincy Region today at the Ford Plant.

Its a huge asphalt lot with a dirt berm surrounding it. I figure that berm is about 8 to 10 feet high (I'm close to 6 feet and I cant see over it). The finish of the course was a double apex 180 that lead to a straight that ran parallel to the berm and through the lights.

One of the Corvette folks (A Mallet C5 that was apparently a monster) somehow made a right turn on that straight, climbed the berm, and got airborn (and I mean "Dukes of Hazzard airborn" [There ya go, Mike!] over the berm, landing in the ditch on the other side.
I'm no body guy, but that car was screwed up. It looked like, uhhh... a corvette that jumped an 8 foot berm.
The driver was an older female lady (I think, it was a 2 driver car) and was shaken but OK.

The only thing we could figure was that she grabbed an upshift (or maybe an accidental downshift) and the rear end jumped. After that it looked to me (and I saw the whole thing) like she panicked and floored the gas pedal. The car very clearly was still under throttle as it climbed the berm.

It was just... Wow. I've seen alot, but I've never seen anything like that. From my angle it looked like that car was at least 4 or 5 feet in the air off the top of the berm. Quite literally like something from a state fair stunt show, except it was a $50000 Corvette instead of an old chevy police car.

There were several safety stewards there, and all of them were looking at the site where the vette left the course and were dumbfounded.

 

man that sucks for both the driver/owner and the rest of the autox lovers in this town... hope we find something good to race in, to replace ford.

 

That doesn't look any where near as bad as I was expecting. Still sucks though, that was a beautiful car.