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In CA and NV, they test exhaust noise with a $28 Radio Shack sound level meter# 33-2050. The procedure is spelled out in the DOT Handbook: use 'C' scale, 'Fast' response, set 50 ft from the edge of a road (or track) pointing directly across the road @ 90 degrees so the meter does NOT shoot up the tailpipes as the vehicle goes by. Besides the CA Police, Laguna Seca, Sears/Infinion raceway, Thunderhill race track, most autocross organizations and likely other States all use the same meter, conditions and test methods. Any deviations will give radically different readings because sound level is not linear, its logarithmic on these meters.