RE: Exhaust fakery: Tell Me I'm Wrong
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Completely agree. I hate everything that exhausts have become. The sound of the newer Jags, Astons, AMG Mercs etc....they all sound fake.
If an Alfa Romeo Montreal went screaming past, you know it'd sound nearly as good when just pottering around. And that's a V8 with two pea-shooters, pointing downwards.
Not often I read something on PH and think "Nail. Hammer. Head." In this instance, it's bang on!
If an Alfa Romeo Montreal went screaming past, you know it'd sound nearly as good when just pottering around. And that's a V8 with two pea-shooters, pointing downwards.
Not often I read something on PH and think "Nail. Hammer. Head." In this instance, it's bang on!
QBee said:
Intrigued to know how manufactured the Jaguar F-Type exhaust note is - you certainly know when one passes, ditto a C63 Merc.
As a TVR Chimaera owner, I can honestly say all TVRs are totally natural.
Mine is just good old steel pipes and 5 litres of V8 farting into them.
This.As a TVR Chimaera owner, I can honestly say all TVRs are totally natural.
Mine is just good old steel pipes and 5 litres of V8 farting into them.
Wait till the speakers go wrong on a BMW i8. I'll never forget watching the review on topgear and being astounded at how they'd made the car sound like that, only to learn, that they hadn't. Lazy. They should have come along, puffed up their Bavarian chests and gone 'LOOK WHAT WE DID!'
Charlatans!
RemyMartin said:
real4star said:
HDM said:
Surprised no comments about the DTM up-swept style of pipe that was so popular as an aftermarket add on a few years ago?
Like Alfa Romeo did in the early 90's? 
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Made for interesting reading and i agree with most points up until i got to the end section "Exhausts - The Rules". Completely lost for words from there onwards. I'm a car geek but that could be one of the saddest things I've ever read. It's actually hilarious. It must be a riot attending one of your dinner parties.
QBee said:
Intrigued to know how manufactured the Jaguar F-Type exhaust note is - you certainly know when one passes, ditto a C63 Merc.
As a TVR Chimaera owner, I can honestly say all TVRs are totally natural.
Mine is just good old steel pipes and 5 litres of V8 farting into them.
Speaking of farting, I took this advice from the original article: 'If you need to temporarily quieten your exhaust slip-on cans are acceptable'As a TVR Chimaera owner, I can honestly say all TVRs are totally natural.
Mine is just good old steel pipes and 5 litres of V8 farting into them.
Slipped these cans on but the wife is still complaining about the noise.
jasdun said:
Stick this on your cool list: revving your exhaust any place that isn't a track or secluded, empty road is guaranteed to make you look like a pin-dick.
I love cars. I love engines. I love the sounds I hear at Goodwood FoS. But these days car manufacturers seem to be competing with each other to make as much urban pollution as possible, and it's only going to end one way - in EU regulation, and then all PH'ers will be worse off
Why should your car be ten times more noise-polluting than everyone else's? You think that's a nice face to show the world?
Driving a fast car down a city street looks cool. Revving the nuts off it in town is not cool, no matter how it makes you feel.
If how you feel is all you care about, stand by for the EU to take your toys away.
Well... All's well that ends well? I love cars. I love engines. I love the sounds I hear at Goodwood FoS. But these days car manufacturers seem to be competing with each other to make as much urban pollution as possible, and it's only going to end one way - in EU regulation, and then all PH'ers will be worse off
Why should your car be ten times more noise-polluting than everyone else's? You think that's a nice face to show the world?
Driving a fast car down a city street looks cool. Revving the nuts off it in town is not cool, no matter how it makes you feel.
If how you feel is all you care about, stand by for the EU to take your toys away.
That and the Mondeo Vignale really are desperate. The twin fake exhausts on the new Merc C-class are pretty awful too.
Has anyone mentioned the Land Rover Freelander 2? Big ellipsoid pipe sticking straight out the rear on the left. Take a closer look... there's a typical downturned diesel spout thing inside, aiming the exhaust gases (and no doubt lots of particulates) straight at the road.
Has anyone mentioned the Land Rover Freelander 2? Big ellipsoid pipe sticking straight out the rear on the left. Take a closer look... there's a typical downturned diesel spout thing inside, aiming the exhaust gases (and no doubt lots of particulates) straight at the road.
https://goo.gl/images/jnb0sP
I have this on my MGF Trophy160, coupled to a decat and a janspeed 4 branch. So now I am breaking the rules by having a traverse 4cyl that originally had twin tailpipes now only having one, straight cut with no fancy trims. I do however have a void in the rear valence where a tailpipe would be....
I have this on my MGF Trophy160, coupled to a decat and a janspeed 4 branch. So now I am breaking the rules by having a traverse 4cyl that originally had twin tailpipes now only having one, straight cut with no fancy trims. I do however have a void in the rear valence where a tailpipe would be....
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