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Jun 16, 2013 17:52:45 GMT
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Got my Townace back from its MOT yesterday with the advisory "Exhaust noisy":-) This is likely due to the 5" tailpipe lol. But now I'm curious what noisy means:-) Downloaded a free noise meter on my phone and went for a drive:-) peaked at 90db on a slip road but mostly hovered around 87db. So just for fun- how loud is yours? Simple rules- measured from front, windows closed, stereo off:-)    |
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LAndy
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Jun 16, 2013 18:29:00 GMT
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Previous retros: 92 AX GTi 92 Scirocco Scala 94 80 sport 87 Golf Cab GTi Current retro: 1965 Clark Cortez YouTube Website Instagram |
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Jun 16, 2013 18:33:22 GMT
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My old volvo 340 failed an MOT for the exhaust being too noisy.
Then again it was a 1.7 with a straight through 2.5 inch system, with a cherry bomb. No cats, no boxes, no nothing
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longman
Club Retro Rides Member
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How noisy?longman
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Jun 16, 2013 18:35:03 GMT
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103db at 4500 rpm .. Measured every trackday..   |
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Paul
98 500 SL
86 911 Carrera/sold
23 Octavia Phev
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Jun 16, 2013 18:46:27 GMT
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Never really considered this before:-) Is it louder inside or outside the car?
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
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How noisy?Brian Damaged
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Jun 16, 2013 19:05:37 GMT
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 I don't own it any more, but when I did it registered 112db on a noise meter. Two cylinders, 602cc, peashooter-sized pipework but virtually nothing in the way of actual silencing. |
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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My Old range Rover had straight through pipes,
No silencers nothing
Sounded like a WW2 Bomber taking off, purposely drove through high streets
just to hear it resonate between the buildings !
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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How noisy?Deleted
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Jun 17, 2013 17:26:02 GMT
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just downloaded the app i'll find out what the escort is at the weekend LOL my mot guy says its loud every year
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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How noisy?mk14dr
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Jun 17, 2013 20:32:51 GMT
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EscRot was loud way back at RRG08, sounded ace though so I may have to replicate that exhaust (which was essentially bits of 2"+ pipe cobbled together)  |
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Jun 17, 2013 21:03:50 GMT
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dear lord please don't!!
90 db is pretty loud, especially for a diseasel! no idea what mine is, will try that app if I can find it for Android, currently I have a wheel bearing I can hear over the exhaust!
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Jun 17, 2013 21:32:48 GMT
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dear lord please don't!! 90 db is pretty loud, especially for a diseasel! no idea what mine is, will try that app if I can find it for Android, currently I have a wheel bearing I can hear over the exhaust! Lol, my Volvo is like that at the moment:-) The townace is a petrol manual, but 90dB seems quite loud:-) The app is called Sound Meter and it's free for android:-) |
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smurf
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Jun 18, 2013 13:49:41 GMT
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V8 bedford cf i got from here
Nothing but straight though pipes
Asked the mot tester if he'd get a bit miffed by the noise........he said " its meant to sound that nice"
Win
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Laser cutting and cnc punching (up to 3mm stainless and ali, up to 6mm mild steel)
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How noisy?Deleted
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Jun 18, 2013 15:01:15 GMT
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currently run an american side pipe minimal baffles and quietened it down a tad and put a bit of back pressure in the equation by a simple ninety degree pipe bend in the outlet end of system
having said that passed mot ok no problems
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