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To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Noise levels
From: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 19:23:35 -0500
List,

   Here's another question from the small, but growing Wankel engine family
on the East Coast.  As I sit here designing my new exhaust system for the
USS Wankel, and considering what to use on the RX7 and REPU, I'm stuck
somewhere between the most efficient (and horribly loud) arrangement and a
somewhat quieted system that will cost me a few HP.  Have there ever been
any problems with noise levels at LSR events, and are there any restrictions
on the horizon? (as there are in my local autocross club)  If you've never
heard an unmuffled Mazda rotary, it may be difficult to comprehend the
painful, deafening scream that I'm referring to.  What I'd like to avoid is
building something that's going to be legislated out of existance before I
can wear it out.  

Chuck "deaf as a post, but considering others" Rothfuss
Pole Cat Hollow, NC   

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