C5 Tires Noise Comparison - The Quest For Quiet

Defining The Noise Differences Of Many Select C5 TiresThe Test Course And Methodology
A 28-mile round-trip course was used, starting at Tire Craft in Point Pleasant and proceeding to the Garden State Parkway (north Exit 91 in Brick, New Jersey), the roadway used for the actual tests. Using the same mile-marker posts for each test run, cabin noise levels were recorded at 35, 45, 55, 65 and 70 mph. These readings were recorded with the cruise control set for the various speeds, and level sections of the Parkway (no inclines) were used with no adjacent vehicles pacing or passing when the readings were taken. The course direction changed from north to south two miles past Exit 98, where the service area plaza was used to turn around for the return leg of the course. Again readings were taken at the five speed levels using identical mile markers on level stretches of highway as previously described. At the conclusion of the test pass, the Parkway was exited at Exit 91 south, and we returned to Tire Craft so the next set of tires could be mounted prior to starting the next test pass.


Photo Gallery: Comparing the Noise Different Tire Brands Make on a Corvette C5 - Corvette Fever Magazine

Photo Gallery: Comparing the Noise Different Tire Brands Make on a Corvette C5 - Corvette Fever Magazine


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