Noise level. What noise level?

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Noise level. What noise level?

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Doing a trackday at the 'Ring later this month and just received the regulations.

Noise level is set at 132 db - and that's on drive by!

I really think I am going to enjoy this....

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Is that a track day for jet powered vehicles!?!

I hope they have hearing protection - at those levels hearing is damaged with only 30 seconds of continuous exposure! :shock:

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...and as I recall the pain threshold is somewhere between 120-140dB (those lectures were longer ago than I care to admit!)

So is this a case of a German bloke standing by the track and if his ears start bleeding the car is too noisy?

Some of the development (Lotus) Elises were quite painful to drive in for a long distance and the interior noise level was 80-85dB depending on speed and road surface.

Take some good ear protection!!

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Post by 964RS »

most euro tracks are quite high i believe

Spa was 135db if I remember rightly...so they used to just say there was no noise limit!
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Post by Bob_Salmon »

neilmcd wrote:...and as I recall the pain threshold is somewhere between 120-140dB (those lectures were longer ago than I care to admit!)

So is this a case of a German bloke standing by the track and if his ears start bleeding the car is too noisy?

Some of the development (Lotus) Elises were quite painful to drive in for a long distance and the interior noise level was 80-85dB depending on speed and road surface.

Take some good ear protection!!

Neil
For me, it's not a problem - I just switch off my hearing aids!

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