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Anyone know the legal noise limit for road cars?


Roger Green

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Roger

AFAIK there is no "legal" limit for roadcars - but I think they have to be fitted with an exhaust "similar" to the original.

 

Try a search, for a post a little while back titled "LOUD CARS"

 

Steve

 

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There is a limit that has to be passed for Type Approval, and it's quite low. Chris Rees' book mentions is in the context of Caterham getting Type Approval for the 7 in the early nineties. The test is performed by driving the car past a sound meter at a certain speed (at full throttle IIRC), the exact figures escape me but it was *something* like 74db and the 7 registered *something* like 72db rolling past with the engine switched off!

 

Mike

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