Pa-fatboy
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I am beginning to take business trips again As part of ramping up from some health limitation I have been coming back from. My son loves it as I let him take my ‘16 GT and he parks his ‘05 Focus ST in my driveway.
My son lives in an apartment complex where there parking lots around the complex. The other day, A gentleman steps in front of him after he backed out of his spot. My son rolled down the windshield and asked if he could help him.
The guy went on to ask if he knew that loud exhaust kills older people. He went on further to threaten to report him to local police about the noise disturbance every morning around 8am and coming home between 7pm - 8pm.
My son told me he kept his cool, smiled and advised him to report the disturbance to whomever he felt like he needed to.
I think we would all like to have friends rather than enemies at home with the niehbors. I googled for ordinances for my county. For exhaust, the volume is measured for several speeds, standing 35 feet from the center line.
The first pass is under 35 mph, the volume should be less than 80 decibels. The second pass must be over 35 mph, the exhaust should be under 84 decibels.
I didn’t do an official pass, but standing directly behind my GT with Magnaflow Competition Exhaust, I was getting 95 - 105 decibels at 2 feet at idle. From 20 feet away and moving with feather light touch on the gas petal, I don’t think it would have a problem passing.
I did take his comment about the noise startling people to heart. At my house, where it lives, the houses are pretty far away. My neighbors have said that are fine. At the initial start, it will idle high which a lot of guys have discussed here already. I have an uncle I love dearly that I have sent off a firework that caused him to passout. My uncle worked as a Ford engineer during the time the first Mustang was being designed. He was, unfortunately one of the Edsel engineers. They did not tend to last line after the Edsel was cancelled. This is the man that started my Mustang passion. At 5 years old, I would get rides in his Mustang...
I searched for anything in the net about load exhaust notes causing health issues. I came up with nothing.
After the gentelmen spoke to my son the first time he continued to use the car for another two weeks. We havn’t heard a peep.
Thoughts?
My son lives in an apartment complex where there parking lots around the complex. The other day, A gentleman steps in front of him after he backed out of his spot. My son rolled down the windshield and asked if he could help him.
The guy went on to ask if he knew that loud exhaust kills older people. He went on further to threaten to report him to local police about the noise disturbance every morning around 8am and coming home between 7pm - 8pm.
My son told me he kept his cool, smiled and advised him to report the disturbance to whomever he felt like he needed to.
I think we would all like to have friends rather than enemies at home with the niehbors. I googled for ordinances for my county. For exhaust, the volume is measured for several speeds, standing 35 feet from the center line.
The first pass is under 35 mph, the volume should be less than 80 decibels. The second pass must be over 35 mph, the exhaust should be under 84 decibels.
I didn’t do an official pass, but standing directly behind my GT with Magnaflow Competition Exhaust, I was getting 95 - 105 decibels at 2 feet at idle. From 20 feet away and moving with feather light touch on the gas petal, I don’t think it would have a problem passing.
I did take his comment about the noise startling people to heart. At my house, where it lives, the houses are pretty far away. My neighbors have said that are fine. At the initial start, it will idle high which a lot of guys have discussed here already. I have an uncle I love dearly that I have sent off a firework that caused him to passout. My uncle worked as a Ford engineer during the time the first Mustang was being designed. He was, unfortunately one of the Edsel engineers. They did not tend to last line after the Edsel was cancelled. This is the man that started my Mustang passion. At 5 years old, I would get rides in his Mustang...
I searched for anything in the net about load exhaust notes causing health issues. I came up with nothing.
After the gentelmen spoke to my son the first time he continued to use the car for another two weeks. We havn’t heard a peep.
Thoughts?
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