More than likely there's very few of us gearheads who haven't made a circuit around the neighborhood (usually soon after the installation of a fresh engine) with our vehicle's exhaust uncorked.

Fortunately, as long as the ordinance is reasonable, it isn't all that hard to do. The most common maximum noise level agreed upon is 95 to 100 decibels at 100 feet. For a V-8 race car, that isn't ...