Okay, i was just informed by the local police (in the podunk town of Due West, SC, where i attend college) that i had to have a muffler on my truck by Friday of this week or he was going to give me a $180 dollar ticket. i purchased the truck without a muffler, and don't have the money for one. Is there any legal loophole around this ticket?

BigWhite

 

Put it in the garage until he cools off, or you can afford a muffler. he cant ticket what isnt driving.

 

Some state say that a turbo is sufficient.

 

In Texas, no matter how much they try to trick you, the penal code states the turbocharger itself is considered a muffling device. Maybe look into SC's penal code?

 

Unfortunately, you are in podunk town where you now have the attention of a law inforcement officer. Park it and get a muffler because if you don't he will hound you until..........

 

Sounds like he has "diesel envy" .

Seriously, I'd get the ticket, go to court, plead "not guilty" and let the city prosecutor sort it out. But then again I just like to be a pain in their back side when they try to enforce stupid laws.

 

I checked, you gotta have a muffler:

http://www.scstatehouse.net/cgi-bin/...=0&keyval=1082

(scroll down to "SECTION 56-5-5020. Mufflers")

But...I couldn't find a definition for "muffler", so the jury is still out (so to speak) on whether a turbo counts as a muffler in SC.

 

Check the classsifed section at the top of the page.
I believe there's a couple of exhaust systems/mufflers in there that might fix your problem without killing your wallet too bad.

 

thanks to everybody for their advice...i think i might get a muffler and gut the thing until it's just a big ol' resonator....then i can say "yeah there's a muffler on it!"....for right now thats the plan!

BigWhite

 

glasspack. 20 bucks.

 

If it were me i'd just get a stock muffler and completely gut it and just run a pipe through it. That way it looks like u got a muffler on there but actually its just a straight pipe.

 

SO i took the truck to be inspected by the police chief today....he said, "It's hard to quiet them diesels down...I'll talk to the officer that stopped you. Just drive it easy and you'll be fine." SWEET!!!!!