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I must admit, my Cobra is the loudest car I have owned. Noise gets louder as horsepower increases with the cam profile. My 418 stroker in my SPF is loud. Now, by loud I mean you cannot get away with an occasional WOT blast without creating attention, hoping it is not the local police. My neighbor across the street says her window in the back bathroom vibrates when I drive by her house.

When I had the smog referee sniff the exhaust for my Calif exemption, he put a decibel meter 24 inches from the sidepipe at the 2500 rpm idle. It measured 110 db. He said he didn't care, but that maximum allowed by law was 92 db. Needless to say, both myself and my wife wear ear plugs for any drive longer than 20-30 minutes. Your head will be a buzz after hours in the saddle without them on a sidepipe high hp Cobra.

Every Saturday morning our Cobra club gets together for breakfast at 7 am. In order to keep peace with the neighbors, when the car fires up at 5:45 am for my drive to the restaurant, I roll the car back out of the garage and let it coast down our hill for a hundred yards or so, pump the gas pedal, turn on the key and pop the clutch. Seems to keep the neighbors happy.