Highest d/b limit in Europe?

Highest d/b limit in Europe?

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rb26

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784 posts

186 months

Saturday 14th March 2015
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Just out of interest, does anyone know which tracks across Europe (UK included) have the highest d/b limits?

shim

2,050 posts

208 months

Saturday 14th March 2015
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so days are no limits ie Donington Tuesday with RMA

GreigM

6,728 posts

249 months

Saturday 14th March 2015
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Nurburgring. You'd need to be driving a vulcan bomber to trip their limit.

Dakkon

7,826 posts

253 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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GreigM said:
Nurburgring. You'd need to be driving a vulcan bomber to trip their limit.
Agreed, I think the limit at the 'Ring is around 145bd, it is certainly very high, Spa also has a high nose limit, although I don't know the exact figure.

McSam

6,753 posts

175 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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GreigM said:
Nurburgring. You'd need to be driving a vulcan bomber to trip their limit.
Probably trip a few other things as well, if you tried flying one of those over biggrin

ringweekends

616 posts

253 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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132db at the Ring.

You're welcome.

spadriver

1,488 posts

171 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Got 'told off' last year for 140 they mentioned then that it was coming down to 130 this year.Wonder if its true?

scubadude

2,618 posts

197 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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GreigM said:
Nurburgring. You'd need to be driving a vulcan bomber to trip their limit.
Laptime?... or it didn't happen :-)

GreigM

6,728 posts

249 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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scubadude said:
Laptime?... or it didn't happen :-)
Didn't get a lap in, the vulcan got black flagged!

doogalman

704 posts

245 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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I have been at Spa when they have 138db limit.

fergus

6,430 posts

275 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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spadriver said:
Got 'told off' last year for 140 they mentioned then that it was coming down to 130 this year.Wonder if its true?
What were you driving?!

spadriver

1,488 posts

171 months

Wednesday 18th March 2015
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Honda S2000 mugen engine. (Not mine btw)

world2dave

26 posts

198 months

Saturday 11th April 2015
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Le Mans Bugatti seemed to be unrestricted when I was there a few years ago.

juansolo

3,012 posts

278 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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Dakkon said:
GreigM said:
Nurburgring. You'd need to be driving a vulcan bomber to trip their limit.
Agreed, I think the limit at the 'Ring is around 145bd, it is certainly very high, Spa also has a high nose limit, although I don't know the exact figure.
The only thing I've ever seen removed from Spa for noise was a Lola T70. It sounded like an angry god gargling. IMO they should have removed everyone else from the track and made us to listen to it. There should be an awesomeness clause in the sound rules, if you're running a 7 litre V8 LeMans car, you can pass. Johnny big-bore on a 4 pot, you're going home.

e46m3c

874 posts

155 months

Monday 13th April 2015
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juansolo said:
The only thing I've ever seen removed from Spa for noise was a Lola T70. It sounded like an angry god gargling. IMO they should have removed everyone else from the track and made us to listen to it. There should be an awesomeness clause in the sound rules, if you're running a 7 litre V8 LeMans car, you can pass. Johnny big-bore on a 4 pot, you're going home.
haha. great post.

Antj

1,047 posts

200 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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a Eurofighter typhoon at takeoff is 125db's just for some comparison

graeme4130

3,828 posts

181 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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140db is mentally loud
For comparison, the prodigy concert I went to once was measured at 130db on the concert display and the old V10 F1 cars were approaching 140db (I think the current Turbo ones are around 120 - admittedly, a rather poor sounding 120 too)
for a track car to get anywhere even approaching those levels is nuts

In the real world, my Rs4 is around 96db on drive by and a friends Gallardo Superleggara, which is a loud car, is around 108
I suspect the 458 Speciale and the 430 Scuderias are a bit louder again, but I'm sure someone will come along soon and give a number for them

silverthorn2151

6,298 posts

179 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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world2dave said:
Le Mans Bugatti seemed to be unrestricted when I was there a few years ago.
Didn't see any testing at all when we were there and there was a 360cs that was louder than a loud thing. Great circuit too.