Who else doesn't really like the whine of a supercharger?
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Ive heard quite a few and only experienced it in our Cooper S and on balance i loved it. Its so mechanical a sound, affected by you the driver and i love it for that. I like the sound of straight cut gears, i like the muted sound of our Alfa V6 and all the V6 and I6 ive owned.
For me the supercharger sound just magnifies the experience of driving further.
For me the supercharger sound just magnifies the experience of driving further.
hedges88 said:
They are very nice on a large bellowing V8 where it provides a lovely contrast, but when connected to something like an inline-4 all you can hear is the supercharger and it's a bit too much. I've seen supercharged Civics that just sound like hyped up electric cars on full chat
I don't even like that Cobra Mustang on full chat, sorry. It would actually stop me evening owning it, it's that bad. Just not a pleasant sound (IMHO). My aural pleasures are coming from high revving NA engines (especially bike engines, or V8/V10/V12). Having said that, great engines like the Merlin engine sound nice, but you can't hear that "gearbox whine" noise. Love the noises from "turbo nutter" cars like the QR Quattro rally car car too.
Doodles19 said:
Gilhooligan said:
Well done Sir. I was just about to post this exact clip.I love supercharge whine, I've had two s/c cooper s's with smaller pulleys and bits and pieces and always sounded great inside, I lent my car to a mate once whilst I was out for a few pints, walking home after a few I hear this almighty whine and banging and I was surprised to see my car fly by me, sounded even better from the outside
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