Loudness of exhaust
05-12-2005, 06:10 PM
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that would be an interesting project for someone to do. i wonder if any magazines have already done this? my brother has shown me a best motoring where they compare catback systems(on a s2000), but it was in japanese.
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05-12-2005, 06:33 PM
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QUOTE: why not sticky a thread with decibel readings of the different types of exhaust so ppl stop asking tht question?
That might help some, but knowing how many decibels an exhaust puts out is hard to put in perspective, and won't stop all the questions. 92 decibels may be loud to one person, and might not be considered loud to someone else. I read an article that covered db readings for alot of mufflers in a ford mag. After reading the article, I still felt like asking someone else what a couple of the mufflers would sound like. Alot of times I think the person asking the question really wants to know how loud the exhaust seems from somebody else's perspective, and not just how many db's it puts out.
That might help some, but knowing how many decibels an exhaust puts out is hard to put in perspective, and won't stop all the questions. 92 decibels may be loud to one person, and might not be considered loud to someone else. I read an article that covered db readings for alot of mufflers in a ford mag. After reading the article, I still felt like asking someone else what a couple of the mufflers would sound like. Alot of times I think the person asking the question really wants to know how loud the exhaust seems from somebody else's perspective, and not just how many db's it puts out.
05-12-2005, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Redneck Z
Alot of times I think the person asking the question really wants to know how loud the exhaust seems from somebody else's perspective, and not just how many db's it puts out.
05-12-2005, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by snake charmer
decibles are only a measure of how loud a given thing is, there is no way to truly measure what somebody thinks an exhuast sounds like to the next indivual.
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Originally Posted by snake charmer
decibles are only a measure of how loud a given thing is, there is no way to truly measure what somebody thinks an exhuast sounds like to the next indivual.