Exhaust and babies?

[GregF]

Any parents out there have experience with babies in your car and catback exhausts? Are any quiet enough when not on the throttle to be ok with a sleeping baby, but loud enough to be worth it?

 

[WannabeST]

I am not a father, however, I am an uncle to half a dozen nieces and nephews. There have been a few times in my mustang with corsa extremes that the kids have literally fallen asleep in the front or the back. That exhaust is one of the loudest on the market too. I think the exhaust drone actually might've helped them fall asleep. My girlfriend thinks that's why she can sleep in my cars too. If I was becoming a father I would worry more on making sure the catyltic convert is working properly. I wouldnt want my kids constantly inhaling exhaust fumes at such early stages in brain development.

 

[M-Sport fan]

^^^THIS!

But long term, loud/high db exhaust noise level exposure is not doing their inner ear structures (the cilia 'hair cells' in their cochlea) any good either.

 

[Erick_V]

My dog is kind of a baby, a big 90lb furry baby that hates car rides. She hates my girlfriends Tiguan but will fall asleep in my rear seat deleted car. I have a Catted downpipe, MBRP catback and motor mounts so it’s pretty loud. I’ve never seen her fall asleep in any other car. My girlfriend also hates my exhaust but falls asleep in it too. As said above, long term exposure to higher db wouldn’t be good for little ones. I think the Thermal CBE would be the money spot.

 

[dhminer]

I won’t put my kid in the fiesta with GReddy exhaust and catted downpipe. Too loud. Cobb cat back on stock downpipe I would not have hesitated to put her in.

 

[GregF]

Thanks everyone, good to know. Had my eye on the cobb catback with my stock downpipe.