Quote Originally Posted by Bemo View Post
Who said, the change from dBA to dBC is made due to the risk of hearing damage? ... But in general I think the switch to the dBC scale makes sense.
Every vehicle noise standard I have found (except FSAE) is noted in dBA and not dBC, as hearing damage is usually the concern.

In any case, the new 100 dBC idle is completely out of the blue from the RC, with no justification (and I think the RC *needs* to address this).