When the exhaust on my Z developed a hole in the bottom of the muffler, I
waited awhile to have it fixed b/c I liked the sound it made on hard
acceleration. It wasn't real loud as in no exhaust, but just had an
unusual note to it. Anyway, it seems that whenever I passed a car while at
just above idle (around 1,500 rpm, if I remember correctly) I would set the
alarm off. Had nothing to do with noise b/c it wasn't that loud. Just the
particular tone or pitch my engine produced at 1,500 rpm.
Strange.
Michael
'78 Midget
'87 300ZX
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-----Original Message-----
From: conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com [mailto:conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 6:22 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Just curious... Bugeyes vs Car Alarms
A while back I recall two or three people made comments about driving
around in their Bugeyes and setting off car alarms everywhere.
Years ago I remember it being said that old Fords with generators
would cause static on your radio when they drove by.
Is this related??
Anybody know just what it is about the early Spridgets that caused
the alarms to go off? Generator? Ignition? Other?? Defective parts or
just the nature of the design? Loud exhaust causing enough noise/vibration
to rattle the alarms' motion sensors?
Just seems like there might be a use for this kinda knowledge SOMEwhere...
:-) Ed in NC :-)
I remember someone on a ham radio list talking about sitting at a
stoplight next to a GM product. Everytime he keyed his microphone the
GM car's engine would stall. (A little shielding problem around somebody's
computer! ;-)) Didn't do it to -all- GM cars, just this particular one.
e in nc
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