That one did not sound very good.. Sounds more like exhaust system is taken away.. like old times ppl wanna be cool in their volvo 140 who sounds worse than a bulldozer..
So all these companies who make sports/race exhaust systems have been wasting their time and money making things that give cars extra horsepower?
Fair enough on the road isn't too good but I was talking of track cars really (yes yes I didn't state that in my post). Race cars generally aren't quiet are they?
Both my cars are over 100db, I wouldn't call it "stupidly loud" but the police do, the 740 is 106db I just love the sound of a v8
The cortina on the other hand is a straight through system 124db, although being an old car it never gets negative comments (at least not to me) about the noise, legal limit here is 90db, which is pretty ridiculous imo
Over 100db would usually fail most trackday noise limits. And those are set higher to allow for people with modified cars. Anything over 100db is un necessary on a road car, and is only there to bolster the drivers ego (ie they want other people to look and notice them from the volume).
If you want your car to be louder, try routing the exhaust into the cabin. You might solve three problems in one go
There is no track day restrictions here as far as noise goes.
I was 17 when I finished my Cortina I wanted it to be loud because I love the sound of a screaming modified engine
Beemer on the other hand, was far too quiet for a V8, I think now it is just the right amount of grunt, not over the top, cruises along with a nice v8 burble and sounds like a weapon above 5000rpm
I would have gone louder but it does not have the performance to back up the db
a majority of my previous cars have had standard exhausts systems yeah it's under the radar and all that but it's just to boring, you need to hear a car before you see it.
The vast majority of the population, particularly those who are out of short trousers, would probably disagree.
I know whenever I hear and see a distinctly average car with a louder than necessary exhaust, I just get the feeling that the driver is trying too hard to get noticed. A bit like walking down the street and shouting at the top of your voice "Hey check me out, Im AWESOME, LOOK!!" and expecting it to impress people
Dont get me wrong, two of my first cars had non standard exhausts, but they were more about the quality of the sound than the quantity. The two are very different things.
Hey, im not bagging your choice of car, I happen to have a soft spot for the ridiculous opulance and affordability of the old IL's, even if they do handle like an oil tanker (and use roughly the same amount of fuel each day) but just dont expect the thinking population of the world to enojy having their ear drums assualted by a noise that anyone with a couple of $k, and a holesaw, could create themselves
Anyway, Im way OT now, so..., how about them Impreza sounds eh, not enough threads about those these days...
. It kinda reminds me of the S1 FXO sound though
