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[hustybusty]

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[iMurray]

Bummed my mini was off the road! Especially considering in a Southampton lad and I saw a mini convoy about

[hustybusty]

Friends an exhaust manufacture actualy taken his calibrated db meter and proved their tester was wrong!

I see they also say on there website that measurement is taken .5m away and when I saw him do the car in front he was practically resting it inside the tip. Anyway fantastic day, saw sone great cars

[mini93]

Friends an exhaust manufacture actualy taken his calibrated db meter and proved their tester was wrong!

I see they also say on there website that measurement is taken .5m away and when I saw him do the car in front he was practically resting it inside the tip. Anyway fantastic day, saw sone great cars

yes.
1/2 meter 45 degs from vertical and horizontal. The whole thing needs looking at. They are doing it in close proximity to buildings and other vehicles causing missreadings also

Edited by mini93, 29 September 2012 - 09:36 PM.

[charliebudd]

Who had a go out in one of the mighty mini passenger rides ?? What did you think ? a lot of money was raised thanks to every one who had a go.

[cradley-heathen]

Who had a go out in one of the mighty mini passenger rides ?? What did you think ? a lot of money was raised thanks to every one who had a go.

i went in with Bob Bennet in his super mighty as i didnt have my own car ready this year. best £20 i have spent for a long time, was a brilliant experience!

i was surprised how trusting i was in someone elses driving, i thought it would be quite un-nerving but it really wasnt. the other thing i was surprised by was the way it pulled, for what is essentially a pretty basic engine build it packed some punch, 92 bhp ish? the way it pulled in 4th was impressive!

[summs116]

the sound test is a joke all year at 7 differant tracks mines been 97-98.guess what combe 104db.they just what you 2 buy the exhaust thing from merlin.lucky i had one already and guess what 97.7db after

[Mrpeanut]

It was a cracking day. Lovely drive up and back, some lovely minis and good action on the track. Cracking auto jumble too - bought a decent 266 cam for a tenner :)

[Broomer]

Did anyone happen to get any pictures of this little moment i had at 10.30 at quarry?

Edited by Broomer, 30 September 2012 - 08:36 AM.

[mini93]

Similar thing happened to me at the esses a couple of years back (after the car in front got black flagged for heaving out smoke) bit counter steer and yamm it in 1st and away i went. much to the bemusment of the passenger

[craig 1010cc]

I was watching up at Quarry when you did that, very impressive catch :)

[craig 1010cc]

re the noise testing, its been 100Db for many years. They are very sensitive about the noise levels, they have had a lot of attempts by the locals to get the circuit basically shut down (by trying to inforce even lower noise levels making racing impossible), 1 recent attempt nearly succeeded too

anyway, was a cracking day (even if I could only attend for the morning, and not in a Mini )

[Broomer]

I was watching up at Quarry when you did that, very impressive catch :)

I'm not entirely sure what i thought i was doing still accelerating in 4th over the brow entering quarry! lesson learnt.

[mini93]

re the noise testing, its been 100Db for many years. They are very sensitive about the noise levels, they have had a lot of attempts by the locals to get the circuit basically shut down (by trying to inforce even lower noise levels making racing impossible), 1 recent attempt nearly succeeded too

anyway, was a cracking day (even if I could only attend for the morning, and not in a Mini )

regardless... 100db should be a certain level.
My car in its old state of tune had tested at 85-90 db's twin box maniflow at many rallys across the country. never failed their noise tests which are also very strict.
Come to combe and suddenly its 100db's. test it on my mates tester suddenly its back down to 90
If they wanted entrants to be down at 95 or so db's then they should advertise it at such!!

Edited by mini93, 30 September 2012 - 09:01 AM.

[cradley-heathen]

I was watching up at Quarry when you did that, very impressive catch :)

I'm not entirely sure what i thought i was doing still accelerating in 4th over the brow entering quarry! lesson learnt.

i have always managed to press on at full chat well beyond the brow at quarry which i was always pleased with, untill i went in that super-mighty and i realised how much later it is possible to brake! lol