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I was one of the lucky early recipients of the SpeedArt exhaust group buy, and have been enjoying it for a couple of months now, including two days at Thunderhill.
I like the sound and performance, but didn't really think it was THAT loud, especially in the cabin. Until last week's DE at Laguna Seca, that is.
I saw a meatball flag at about Turn 7, but figured it was for the car ahead of me since the corner worker put it away quickly and of course the bumper wasn't dragging on the Cayman S, no leaky fluids, etc. When the car ahead didn't pit in, I decided I should go in and see what's up. 95 dB is what was up, 3 dB over the limit, which is measured on an uphill between turns 5 and 6.
Once you get a sound violation at Laguna Seca, you are required to make modifications. In my case, the modification was to upshift to 4th and not hammer it up the hill. Sound check came in at 90.5, good to go.
For the rest of the event, I had to explain to the A3 and Miata drivers why I wasn't taking the pass on the straight after Turn 5. I also had to dodge a lot of dryer pipe that others used in mostly futile efforts to direct exhaust noise away from the meters. Sears must have sold out of pipe, cuz there wa a lot of it on the track.
I got a lot of compliments on the sound of the SpeedArt, and the car sure likes to go! :cheers:
I like the sound and performance, but didn't really think it was THAT loud, especially in the cabin. Until last week's DE at Laguna Seca, that is.
I saw a meatball flag at about Turn 7, but figured it was for the car ahead of me since the corner worker put it away quickly and of course the bumper wasn't dragging on the Cayman S, no leaky fluids, etc. When the car ahead didn't pit in, I decided I should go in and see what's up. 95 dB is what was up, 3 dB over the limit, which is measured on an uphill between turns 5 and 6.
Once you get a sound violation at Laguna Seca, you are required to make modifications. In my case, the modification was to upshift to 4th and not hammer it up the hill. Sound check came in at 90.5, good to go.
For the rest of the event, I had to explain to the A3 and Miata drivers why I wasn't taking the pass on the straight after Turn 5. I also had to dodge a lot of dryer pipe that others used in mostly futile efforts to direct exhaust noise away from the meters. Sears must have sold out of pipe, cuz there wa a lot of it on the track.
I got a lot of compliments on the sound of the SpeedArt, and the car sure likes to go! :cheers: