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Old 11-22-2012, 12:45 PM
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Default Decibel Readings on my Side Pipes

I usually put my car away around now and then pull her out in the spring. Since I picked up a new Windows Surface to play with, one of the free apps that you can download for it is a decibel meter. So, I thought for the last Cobra task of the year I'd check my side pipe loudness. Now these are "quiet type" pipes from ERA and sound very nice (clicking the link below lets you hear them). They don't hurt my ears like some FE Cobra's do. At idle, about a foot away from the pipes, the reading never went above 95. Here's a pic:


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