Anyone near Southampton with accurate decibel meter?

[notax]

Hi, I am having an exhaust custom made for my competition car this week and need to ensure the car comes in under 100db. I was going to buy a cheap meter on Ebay but they all seem to only offer accuracy of plus or minus 1.5db. Does anyone have an accurate one I could borrow? Thanks

[Spydaman]

You could get an app for your phone. Don't know how accurate it is though.

[notax]

Thanks, I have used one before. As we are trying to design a short exhaust on a very loud car with a very strict 100db limit, I really need something more accurate though. It will be a real sod to pay for a rally, turn up and then fail noise. I've had issues before and it's not a good experience!

[Stuart J]

Ive found Goodwood will do a free noise test if you chat to them and they have a track day on and you are happy to hang around and fit in with those who have paid to be there , especially if you are thinking of booking a track day if you get my drift

[M5MarkM]

Hey Notax did you get this sorted? If not I have one you can use

[notax]

M5MarkM said:

Hey Notax did you get this sorted? If not I have one you can use

Thanks, I have bought a DB meter now. Thy all state that they are accurate to plus/minus 1.5DB but I thought it was worth getting. The new car is almost finished so I may get to test it this weekend

[T40ORA]

notax said:

M5MarkM said:

Hey Notax did you get this sorted? If not I have one you can use

Thanks, I have bought a DB meter now. Thy all state that they are accurate to plus/minus 1.5DB but I thought it was worth getting. The new car is almost finished so I may get to test it this weekend

Let me know how you get on. I bought a Maplin one, but not sure how accurate that is either. It would be good to try them back to back in comparison.

Looks like I still need to lose 13dB...

[notax]

Hi Lee, it has taken a bit longer to get the car ready to test than planned! By coincidence I reminded my mechanic about it today. Very happy to meet up at my unit in Whiteparish to compare cars and meters! Please drop me and email and we'll try and arrange a good time.

[T40ORA]

That sounds like a plan.