You all need to come to Kansas where you are out in the middle of nowhere and sound doesn't bother others. Now I'm not advocating running open headers, I'm simply saying that while the
Capristo is loud at WOT you can drive it around town without ever opening the valves in stock form. You can also tune the programming to open the valves later (higher rpms) to further reduce the amount of time the valves are open. A car that is obnoxiously loud is one thing, but the
Capristo is not that, and tracks that have noise restrictions are due to the surrounding communities that don't want to hear them. When NASCAR comes to town you can hear those cars for miles and miles away, but no one seems to be complaining about that noise because of all the $$$$ it brings to town.
I should also add that there are many cars at the tracks I frequent that are louder than my
Capristo setup and from idle all the way on up, whereas the
Capristo is quiet in slower corners and places I don't have the throttle pegged. One "good" thing about an exhaust that you can at least hear is that it can help you judge your rpms without even looking at the tach and taking your eyes off the road as well as throttle position, etc.
So no I don't advocate open headers and 200 decibels, but I do think that the
Capristo "should" be allowed to run. I don't know anyone who has measured it at 50 feet with valves open and valves closed but at Croctoberfest we can do that since someone is bringing a sound meter for the exhaust shoot out.
