Croft Circuit 'Experimental' track day
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If anyone's interested, Croft are running an 'experimental' track day - it seems they're testing the noise limits with some new sound equipment they've got.
They reckon there'll be a maximum of fifteen road-silenced cars on track at a time.
http://www.croftcircuit.co.uk/iteminfo.php?id=83&a...
They reckon there'll be a maximum of fifteen road-silenced cars on track at a time.
http://www.croftcircuit.co.uk/iteminfo.php?id=83&a...
PetrolTed said:
website said:
maximum static noise limit 88dbA (all cars will be tested)
Will it be a day full of Fiestas and a Honda Jazz?
Seems a bit pricey too at £100 + £25 for an additional driver, for what is essentially an 'experiment' with only 1.5 hours guaranteed track time.
"when the injunction was served on the circuit earlier in the year, it meant that we had to stop running our car track days, as we needed to get the noise level for these days into a “Quiet” category. Without up to date noise monitoring equipment this was not possible to do."
^ Which is weird because I attended a track day at Croft last month, limited to 105db.
kaese said:
"when the injunction was served on the circuit earlier in the year, it meant that we had to stop running our car track days, as we needed to get the noise level for these days into a “Quiet” category. Without up to date noise monitoring equipment this was not possible to do."
^ Which is weird because I attended a track day at Croft last month, limited to 105db.
Aye they are only allowed so many "noisy" days because of the wicked witch of the west (the ex wife)^ Which is weird because I attended a track day at Croft last month, limited to 105db.
They can have as many "quiet" days as they like, which is the whole point in the experimental day, to see if they can keep the noise down that much so they can host normal days.
£100 is a little bit pricey... but saying that, it was 125 for RSOC Regional day, where i got 6 sessions of 15 min
PetrolTed said:
website said:
maximum static noise limit 88dbA (all cars will be tested)
Will it be a day full of Fiestas and a Honda Jazz?FWIW I now drive an elise which tests at 99db static. The extra noise from the exhaust does nothing apart from add maybe 1bhp, rule me out from quite a few track days and force me to wear ear plugs on any long journey. I really can't see why people get so precious about having some kind of right to have a noisy car. Who gives a s
t? It's just a PITA.Anyway, that debate's been done before and I'll probably just get flamed by a load of TVR and Viper owners now so I'll shut up.
Birdthom said:
PetrolTed said:
website said:
maximum static noise limit 88dbA (all cars will be tested)
Will it be a day full of Fiestas and a Honda Jazz?FWIW I now drive an elise which tests at 99db static. The extra noise from the exhaust does nothing apart from add maybe 1bhp, rule me out from quite a few track days and force me to wear ear plugs on any long journey. I really can't see why people get so precious about having some kind of right to have a noisy car. Who gives a s
t? It's just a PITA.Anyway, that debate's been done before and I'll probably just get flamed by a load of TVR and Viper owners now so I'll shut up.
[quote=Birdthom
FWIW I now drive an elise which tests at 99db static. The extra noise from the exhaust does nothing apart from add maybe 1bhp, rule me out from quite a few track days and force me to wear ear plugs on any long journey. I really can't see why people get so precious about having some kind of right to have a noisy car. Who gives a st? It's just a PITA.
Anyway, that debate's been done before and I'll probably just get flamed by a load of TVR and Viper owners now so I'll shut up.
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Well said
FWIW I now drive an elise which tests at 99db static. The extra noise from the exhaust does nothing apart from add maybe 1bhp, rule me out from quite a few track days and force me to wear ear plugs on any long journey. I really can't see why people get so precious about having some kind of right to have a noisy car. Who gives a s
t? It's just a PITA.Anyway, that debate's been done before and I'll probably just get flamed by a load of TVR and Viper owners now so I'll shut up.
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Well said
Munter said:
Should we have a Wiki where people can post up their car, exhaust and db levels measured on trackdays?the problem is there are so many variables from the quality of the testing equipment, the location of the test, the wind, other noises in the vicinity, exhaust system, intake system, the competence of the tester etc etc that its never going to be conclusive...
pablo said:
the problem is there are so many variables from the quality of the testing equipment, the location of the test, the wind, other noises in the vicinity, exhaust system, intake system, the competence of the tester etc etc that its never going to be conclusive...
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