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I was at Sandown yesterday and one of the noisiest cars there was a Nissan 350Z that not only was noisy, but it didn't even sound good.
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There is your answer right there, you just stay away from those dam noisy cars and leave them for the rest of us to enjoy that big noise at every gear change. |
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In the words of a friend when offered a set of free ear plugs at Indy a few years ago, "If my ears don't bleed, I want my money back!"
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Neighbours etc may complain but if all the cars are under the required level (which they are) then the complaint ain't going anywhere. There is a very big difference between measured sound level and the pitch the human ear picks up - unless you actually had a calibrated noise meter, at the correct distance, in the correct environment etc there is no way that your estimate of 135Db is even going to be close to the mark. |
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I believe that in the end, the future of our sport will depend on public opinion, and a cost/benefit analysis performed by the democratically elected government. It won't really matter how much fun we get from the game, or the skills base it generates. It will come down to who's 'offside'. I suggest we need to think about what a cost/benefit applied to our racing, would show. Obviously when the good people around Albert Park kicked up about the Aus GP, the state government found the benefits outweighed the costs. However what I'm saying is we should never get to that situation. If it's possible to run V8 supercars without the backfire, that would be good!
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Kevin, is that you? Are you sure you don't mean a cost/benefit analysis by way of detailed programmatic specificity - in due season?
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I understand that on last night's TV news there was an item about noise at Sandown, and the fact that the local kids cannot drive there due to noise complaints from neighbours, What was that about?
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I was at Sandown yesterday, and the loud banging noises that I could hear were from the other side of the Highway.
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Hey acotrel, if you're hting the noise from V8s, may I suggest you steer very clear of a top-fueler at full noise...
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All it is going to take is someone with a grudge (maybe not even that) to go to a meeting with a calibrated noise metere, independent witnesses, and record the noise at points OTHER than the official noise meter and then lodge a complaint. Alan may not have worded his original post the best way, but the point he is making that the transitory loud noises will sooner or later start to generate interest from the EPA. So why not fix it before it gets to that stage? It isn't rocket science after all. (I think you will find, if anyone cares to investigate a bit further, that a number of years ago a certain governing body of motor sport whose offices are near to Caulfield Race Track, were given a proposal by a company involved in electronics within the sport that could help automatically record and tie in all vehicles and their noise readings at the tracks noise meter. Guess what - they refused the 'offer' - even though it wouldn't have cost them or the tracks any money. Why did they refuse it? Well, make your own assumptions, but don't forget that the current system still relies on a human being who can miss, not see or even forget to record the details of an infringement when it suits them errrr I mean when they have a lapse errr when they want to errrr..... Which bank?) |
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The only problem was - they never registered on the noise meters - therefore our beloved CAMS refused to do anything about them. |
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I detest annoying, whiny sounds which is why I don't listen to talk back radio......
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The EasterNats contract at Sandown has been cancelled with one of the excuses being noise & smoke although my ear to the ground suggests a lot more to it.
There was a protest at a Bunnings store on Friday night with the usual goings on you expect from the EasterNats crowd and a follow up interview on Saturday with locals standing on what looked like Corrigan Rd probably less than 100m from the back straight of the track. You could "just" hear the cars in the back ground competing in the VSCRC round there over the weekend. |
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I haven't exactly read this post for post, but there is a bit of a thing up here in QLD with the reopening of Lakeside. Basically the big stipulation about it is that is has to be quiet. Gone is the PA (replaced with FM radio, everyone is going to take a little while to get used to it), and there is strict noise metering around the track with a 95db limit. People have fitted mufflers (and in a fair few cases, having some more back pressure has given a HP boost!), and go racing- the racing is still fantastic, fast, seriously quiet, and we have a brilliant circuit back open.
I was talking to Tony Quinn who was competing there recently, and he was right in his assessment that it is a good thing for the sport. If the cars are kept quiet, we'll be able to keep circuits operating in urban areas such as Sandown. It's a bit of common sense really... |
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You've also got to look at what's being sucked into the engine as well as being blown out. Induction noise can be a problem on race cars as well and is fixed by a thicker air cleaner filter.
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track commentary noise pollution...
Ahhh come on guys...it isn't the gearshift switches that cause the noise pollution, its the brain-fart inspired PA commentary!
Listening to any of those goons in Townsville for any period longer than 3 minutes caused all manner of ear drum problems - luckily the gear shift pops and bangs sorted it out briefly and you wished for ten cars to pass at once so you didn't have to be subjected to the self indulgent verbal diahorrea. Funny that a racing site has a racing thread that is complaining about racing noises. Agreed the gear flick kill switch is grossly unnecessary, agreed that the eco friendly ethanol is being consumed in quantities that would service a third world country for decades, and we have lost our beloved V8 flameouts because of a V8 Supercar sponsorship deal, but hey don't come to a site like this and complain about it...it is a sure fire way to get attacked. Also, has anyone thought of the fact that events like the Townsville 400 and Hamilton 400 are never 400km in total length...work it out...cos they aint. But what the hec....anyway I digress....woeful |
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Logically speaking, this is the most illogical thread I have come across.
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