Tuning the Carrera gets the Cops called

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by lateapex911

The issue is getting the car, which is nosed into the shop, backed up the 8' wide, 100' long, uphill drive to the street, bordered by 60' of house on one side, and a fence the entire length on the other. Then, once it's out on the street, it needs to be backed out enough to turn 90 degrees to nose into the trailer.

What you need is a muffler you can temporarily install on the end of your pipe.

Have a muffler shop make up a very quiet muffler with a length of pipe on one end... with the end of that pipe expanded so you can slide and tap it right onto the end of your tailpipe, then cinch it up with a muffler clamp.

Also have the muffler shop put a bend in the pipe so the muffler points straight up so you don't have space issues... if your tailpipe is at the rear, that will also keep it from dragging/hitting the pavement when you pull it up onto the trailer.

It would look stupid, but it would totally free up your situation, and you could easily remove it once you get the car trailered.

If this doesn't make sense, I'll draw you a picture.

[sammyg2]

Having a load exhaust is irresponsible, getting upset at someone else because someone complains is too.
They shouldn't be mowing a lawn at 9 pm but two wrongs ..........

[lateapex911]

Originally Posted by berettafan

oh i see, that IS different. not a 'pleasant' sound at all.

True, true..... sigh.

But, I'll take it at 7AM for 45 seconds over the guy with the Harley revving it for 5 minutes before it can stumble it's 1+ liter motor making a whopping 60 hp off ....

(Sorry, but I'm not a fan of the flatulent crude-we shoulda designed a real crankshaft 50 years ago but were too cheap and now we're in "fashion" open Harley sound.)

But that's the point, isn't it? One mans music is another's headache!?

(kinda like how your farts aren't so bad, but everyone elses STINK!)

[cgarr]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Having a load exhaust is irresponsible, getting upset at someone else because someone complains is too.
They shouldn't be mowing a lawn at 9 pm but two wrongs ..........

And there is nothing they can legally do about it, but they still called the Cops, and they said the same thing, nothing they can do except respond, just like there is nothing I can do about them mowing their lawn at 9pm except call the Cops and have them respond I guess: Get it?

[lateapex911]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

What you need is a muffler you can temporarily install on the end of your pipe..

Thanks, it's on the list. But it's rather difficult, as Mazdas are extremely exhaust sensitive, and the length of the shortest possible system has resulted in a 5" tailpipe that can drag the pavement loading on my extended to 12 foot ramps...with the trailer dipped down at the back.

hey, it's tough to keep up with the truck trailer and car maintenance, much less the "development" required to run up front, and the "fancy projects" like that get deferred. Maybe this winter, although i have some space/time reserved in my one car shop for some quality time with the old 911.

(and just for the record, I don't blame my neighbors for disliking the sound at all, but when I make the effort to only do it during proper hours, and they don't call in other neighbors with equally loud sounds at worse hours, AND they aren't such quiet church mouses themselves, I get annoyed.)

And they are rude, or inconsiderate. Like, playing baseball in their 50' x50' backyard, and the ball lands in my drive, next to my M3. Now it COULD dent the M3, but I say nothing. They call over and ask for the ball back, I say "sure" and toss it, and do they say "Thankyou"? Of course not! My friend was visiting and was wide eyed.

[lateapex911]

Originally Posted by cgarr

And there is nothing they can legally do about it, but they still called the Cops, and they said the same thing, nothing they can do except respond, just like there is nothing I can do about them mowing their lawn at 9pm except call the Cops and have them respond I guess: Get it?

Actually, there ARE things that can be done. If I start up my car at 11 PM, and rev it etc, I fully expect a cop to hand me a disturbing the peace ticket. Or some ticket related to noise ordinances.

Mowing a lawn takes time, and a cop could easily respond in time. Perhaps a warning the first time, and a ticket the second.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by speeder

I'm kind of surprised at the attitude of many of the respondents to this thread, namely people condoning making a lot of noise to intentionally annoy their neighbors. Jokes about inviting friends over with loud bikes and cars to "get back" at the mean old lady who called the cops; besides the obvious immaturity of this, what about all of the other neighbors who didn't call the cops?

They all get a collateral dose of sht Harley sound just for being there?

I've been a gearhead all my life; work on my own cars, rebuilt several engines, etc., etc... Unless you live in some really rural area and have a lot of space around you, it's not fair to subject neighbors to auto repair sounds or loud pipes at any time, IMO. It's completely reasonable for people to expect not to be subjected to that kind of noise coming into their houses or for their neighbor's driveway to look like Tijuana with broken cars and tools laying around. That's just common courtesy.

It interesting to me that I live in a large, old apartment building in a big city surrounded by other big apartment bldgs. and I rarely hear loud partying sounds or barking dogs. Cars and bikes w/ really loud pipes are rare enough that I really notice them when I'm home. We are not allowed to work on cars in the parking garage, and I'm glad. It would look like the slums of Baghdad if we were. It's bad enough when people do it on the street. It just looks bad.

I'd love to have the dream house w/ huge garage/shop, but it would be insulated from neighbors somehow. Hidden, insulated, etc... The next best thing would be a separate shop in a remote location from the house. That is actually ideal. You will never find neighbors who want to hear a race car or bike run w/ open headers, even for 5 minutes. It's ear-splitting.

For lateapex, wouldn't a tiny electric winch solve your problem of loading your race car in street? How much could that cost, or rather how much could your race 911 weigh? Just seems like a logical solution.

well put

[dtw]

I would just like to say that, in honor of this thread, I fired up my 3.0 tonight and ran it for about 20 minutes, at oh, about 3,500 rpm. While it was running, I then fired up my 2.7, and repeatedly revved the ***** out of it to spike the oil pressure and check on some leaks I just fixed. If my 2.4 was actually in the car, I'd have fired that up too.

Did I mention the 3.0 has a wide-open exhaust? The sounds were glorious. The neighbors were running for the hills.

[RWebb]

well, in NC, they are usually running for the hills because the caches of crew-served weapons are hidden up there instead of at home with the small arms...

[notfarnow]

Originally Posted by berettafan

notfarnow my neighbors have their house for sale here in Maryland; if you are thinking about moving i'll make sure you get the 'in' price. Would LOVE to have somebody like you as a neighbor!

Thanks! But I have a great spot, my first house was my dream house and my last house. If I ever move, it'll be by tragedy.

Originally Posted by berettafan

i guess since popular forms of entertainment these days don't make noise that neighbors can here (texting, video games, overextending your credit, shopping on the internet, feeding a porn addiction) we have become a bunch of wimps who think the sounds of life should be a few taps on a keyboard or cellphone.

said it before and i'll say it again, if i here somebody fire up an unmuffled race car getting ready to load it up on a trailer i'm grabbing a six pack (gotta share!) and running towards the noise like a woman at a shoe sale!

Agreed! This spring, I heard a very familiar and unmistakable sound around the corner while walking the dogs. A new Porsche arrival to the neighborhood, a '91 964. I took the dogs home and was in his driveway 15 minutes later.

However, I should come clean and admit that I had ongoing problems with the neighbors behind me, and have called the cops on them for noise. They are mouth-breathing lagoon dweller throwbacks in the middle of a nice neighborhood, tearing cars apart with swing sets over the cars to hoist engines at 2 am on weeknights. Flood lamps pointed toward our house, air compressors kicking in, all of it behind our house where the bedrooms are. I spoke with them about it a few times, trying to be cordial and neighborly. No dice, they are just inconsiderate, ignorant pr##ks. So after a few attempts, when they were making noise late into the night, I'd walk over and tell them the compressor and lights are off or I'd call the cops. If they didn't shut 'er down, I'd call the cops. After a while I'd stop warning them. After a year or so, they caught on. Just like training dogs, really.

I worked outside on gravel driveways enough to be sympathetic, but holy smokes, a guy's gotta have some peace.

Other highlights with them included paving their driveway at midnight on a wednesday, and a few weeks later chainsawing down two of my trees to "open up the view". Great, I can see and hear them SO much better. I shouldn't complain too much though, they've been quiet for the last year or so. Bet their power got cut off.

[berettafan]

[Tim Hancock]

Neighbors.... What are those?

[RWebb]

"They are mouth-breathing lagoon dweller throwbacks..."

Dang Ferrari owners...


- you can surely sue for cutting down your trees - might get a nice fat award too

[76911]

Well a new neighbor came over last night around 6:30 to see if I could quiet down why they eat, all my other 6 neighbors know that I'm quiet after dark but this one had to learn about this neighborhood,(we have one dragster,2 late models and my 2 porsche's) sh the picture explains it all this morning he came down to the shop and apologized

[vanwyk4257]

Nice work Denny!

[nynor]

Originally Posted by 76911

Well a new neighbor came over last night around 6:30 to see if I could quiet down why they eat, all my other 6 neighbors know that I'm quiet after dark but this one had to learn about this neighborhood,(we have one dragster,2 late models and my 2 porsche's) sh the picture explains it all this morning he came down to the shop and apologized

oh, my.

[coolngroovy]

I had an early start one morning, but the neighbours needed to have a loud party outside my bedroom window.

Twice i went over & asked if they would turn it down, all nicely of course!
The second time, i was informed my a highly intoxicated punter that somehow this was my fault.
I just shook my head & tried the best i could to sleep. Very unsucessfully!

Next morning, when i was going to work at 5am, i took my TL series bins [speakers] & placed them strategically in both the window openings, plugged them into 100watts of Yamaha glory, set the volume to 1/2, threw 'Surfin with the alien' in the cd, then hit repeat.
Then i trundled off to work!

Strangely, i never had another noise issue with the neighbours!
That was years ago. My current neighbour & I have an understanding: He doesn't fire up his mower before 9am, & i dont shove it places it shouldn't be! Simple!
That was an agreement we came to at 6am one fine sunday morning!

[dtw]

Originally Posted by coolngroovy

I had an early start one morning, but the neighbours needed to have a loud party outside my bedroom window.

Twice i went over & asked if they would turn it down, all nicely of course!
The second time, i was informed my a highly intoxicated punter that somehow this was my fault.
I just shook my head & tried the best i could to sleep. Very unsucessfully!

Next morning, when i was going to work at 5am, i took my TL series bins [speakers] & placed them strategically in both the window openings, plugged them into 100watts of Yamaha glory, set the volume to 1/2, threw 'Surfin with the alien' in the cd, then hit repeat.
Then i trundled off to work!

Strangely, i never had another noise issue with the neighbours!
That was years ago. My current neighbour & I have an understanding: He doesn't fire up his mower before 9am, & i dont shove it places it shouldn't be! Simple!
That was an agreement we came to at 6am one fine sunday morning!

Did this myself. Blasted The KLF's White Room for an afternoon/evening and never heard a speaker again. For those not familiar, the album cover should give a clue:

[RWebb]

another fun trick is to cut their power - most houses have an outside box

[thrown_hammer]

Everytime someone calls the cops on me I go online and register them as sex offenders.