Anyone Got A Noise Meter In Farnham Area?

[jboult]

I have a track day at Goodwood coming up and have some concerns about how loud my Caterham is. Does anyone in the Farnham/Guildford area happen to have a dB/noise meter I could use?!

Cheers/John

[Graham.J]

You could see if you can use the BookaTrack one.

www.bookatrack.com/-pp?17

It's £9.00 inc. P&P both ways.

Graham

>> Edited by Graham.J on Wednesday 16th July 17:44

[enginearin]

not in the farnham area or i could help, but i remember seeing that one of the trackday companies will hire you one through the post for a fee (can't remember how much).

Think it was bookatrack ??

I'd hold out for more responses if its not too urgent.

[enginearin]

beat me to it.

[Graham.J]

Not by much though

[Droid42]

When is your trackday? The BAT noisemeters are very much in demand and they usually take ages to come.

I'm in Reading (probably a bit far) and should have my noisemeter back in a week or so. It's the same model as BAT's.

Ian.

[jboult]

Thanks for the replies - I've tried Bookatrack quite a few times, but they never got beyond 'Yes we can hire you one'. Despite repeated questions they would never tell me how or when, and in fact stopped replying at all after a while!

So, if anyone near here does have one - or any idea about the general level a Caterham with a side exit exhaust runs at I'd be more than grateful...

[Graham.J]

Check out the bottom of this page

Gives noise levels.

[pashby]

I was told by the Goodwood people that they would be happy to test the noise level on any car prior to a booked trackday. They offered to test mine so that I would be confident of meeting one of their levels (low or high).

Just turn up and talk to the tester. They are very helpful. Check that they have a "noise tested" trackday before going though.

[jboult]

Just a quick follow up: I gave up trying to source a noise meter (even from Bookatrack) and took the car to Goodwood in the hope it would pass - although I took another much quieter car just in case...

Mine went through at 97 dB, (3/4 maximum revs), with the limit set at 98.

There were a few 'Caterfields' that were initially failed - mainly due to popping during the test which produced large peaks. All in all the Goodwood staff were very helpful and tried their best to get people through.

Postscrpt: Excellent day, but the 4-speed 1600 X-Flow isn't enough car for Goodwood. The circuit is really too fast which means you spend a lot of time in top with your foot flat on the floor. Oh, and now I need a new set of tyres...!

[Justin s]

crazy,but true.My mates Nokia has a sound meter on it,and on a test we recorded 115dc.UUUm,that will not be me on a trackday then.Just remember when you need a new mobile........

[jboult]

I wouldn't put too much faith in the Nokia - my iPAQ has a meter built in that read mine at 72dB...