Out running the cops is a common occurrence for you? I would never try and outrun a v6 supercharged... like there are under those crown vics. They aren't just crown victorias with fancy paint.
my buddy's dad is a cop and when i was in high school he'd take us around in the police minivan and it was supercharged... It would do burnouts that would read on the speedo at like 120km/hr... and this was a grand caravan... the cruisers are the same deal.
Catlin, i'm making a straight 3' exhaust this weekend. Once you get the exhaust exiting outwards rather than under the hand brake lever it's much quieter. I took my gf to a lake today that was about 100km of driving total and it's annoyingly loud inside the car. Even the turbo whine gets annoying if it's constant. A free flowing exhaust on our diesel's is actually "performance". some fella's have spent a decent amount of coin on a big straight exhaust. (I'd say a straight exhaust adds at least 10hp and 30ft/lbs.)
but what really bugs me is torque-y pulls in 4th that make a deafening BWWAAAAAAAAAWWW inside the car. I try to avoid that as much as possible.
Having that constant ringing in your ears would be so terrible. what a cruel form of torture I feel so sorry for you. My friend's ears rang for a month after getting in an accident from the air bags going off. He said it was the worst, most annoying affliction he'd ever suffered.
Dude, i wouldn't just brush it off, "oh looks like im gonna go partially deaf then. Haha it'll be awesome." Hearing is under rated.
In high school i made lots of potato guns, one of which shoots wine bottles and it's LOUD (louder than any gun i've shot).... i stopped shooting it without ear plugs after being 99% deafened for about 45 minutes from it once when the exit of the barrel was at the same height as my head.
