stage 2 novelty starting to wear off....
Discussion
Noise from stage 2 on 111R is great... but i spend a lot of time in fairly residential areas and getting a bit sick of the attention in draws, obv not always positive.
wondering if getting a larini is the answer? listened to a few sounds clips posted here and seems to sound more 'tuneful'.
Question is - is it going to be at the same time significantly quieter to make the change worthwhile, yet still produce a noise to make you grin?
Realise there's been a fair few exhaust threads posted, but any thoughts appreciated.
wondering if getting a larini is the answer? listened to a few sounds clips posted here and seems to sound more 'tuneful'.
Question is - is it going to be at the same time significantly quieter to make the change worthwhile, yet still produce a noise to make you grin?
Realise there's been a fair few exhaust threads posted, but any thoughts appreciated.
I rather enjoy the antisocial racket it can make on demand in the suburbs. Something very satisying about first gear to 8000 rpm in between speed humps while horrified residents look on aghast and dismayed, realising their lobbying of the council to have them put in was all in vain....
aelord said:
I rather enjoy the antisocial racket it can make on demand in the suburbs. Something very satisying about first gear to 8000 rpm in between speed humps while horrified residents look on aghast and dismayed, realising their lobbying of the council to have them put in was all in vain....
Except that normally it is the councils doing it without consulting the residents...
aelord said:
I rather enjoy the antisocial racket it can make on demand in the suburbs. Something very satisying about first gear to 8000 rpm in between speed humps while horrified residents look on aghast and dismayed, realising their lobbying of the council to have them put in was all in vain....
ha ha brilliant!!
jago said:
Yep - an induction kit would definitely be added if switched to something quieter... but having slept on it, think i should just get better at ignoring the odd bit of abuse. i mean it's only a lotus, a small, lightweight british car. not like it's a lambo or ferrari or something.
Thats the problem lol, lambos & ferraris have beautiful sounding engines. To many, Elise 4-pots perhaps less so. (I'm trying to be tactful!)
LOL - ive got no qualms in admitting it 
...its a 4 pot Jap or Rover engine...no matter what exhaust you stick on it (thats remotely road legal anyway) its going to sound the same as any other 4 pot 1.8 with a loud exhaust ....even with a Honda lump in, all I get is a screaming 4 pot ...and the whine of a supercharger 
...its a 4 pot Jap or Rover engine...no matter what exhaust you stick on it (thats remotely road legal anyway) its going to sound the same as any other 4 pot 1.8 with a loud exhaust ....even with a Honda lump in, all I get is a screaming 4 pot ...and the whine of a supercharger bogie said:
LOL - ive got no qualms in admitting it
Ah but Mark you are a pragmatist, others are more sensitive and perhaps haven't reflected on the differences
God I want a lambo.
hey bogie, how loud is that SC on the Honda , I mean the whining noise/sound...I like a dark deep engine note and the induction sound(like the old dubble webers and open filter) and I like to hear some exhaust note...but I don't know about a loud whining?
I mean, a while ago there was I believe a bemani on a track(video) and you coud hear that SC a bit to much for my liking, but that could have to do a bit because the video was placed near the engine bay window?
What are your findings on your Honda SC car...
thanks
GTRene
I mean, a while ago there was I believe a bemani on a track(video) and you coud hear that SC a bit to much for my liking, but that could have to do a bit because the video was placed near the engine bay window?
What are your findings on your Honda SC car...
thanks
GTRene
DanH said:
LOL - ive got no qualms in admitting it
Ah but Mark you are a pragmatist, others are more sensitive and perhaps haven't reflected on the differences
God I want a lambo.
Pah, I heard a Gallardo at full chat yesterday and wasn't impressed at all TBH. Sounded very tinny and raspy. I do admit though the Fezza V8's are superb.
As far as screaming 4-pots go, you can't beat a Sport 160 I'm afraid. Gotta be the nicest sounding of the Elise engine's. As biased as I am I just think it's a great sounding car.
S Works said:
LOL - ive got no qualms in admitting it
Ah but Mark you are a pragmatist, others are more sensitive and perhaps haven't reflected on the differences
God I want a lambo.
Pah, I heard a Gallardo at full chat yesterday and wasn't impressed at all TBH. Sounded very tinny and raspy. I do admit though the Fezza V8's are superb.
As far as screaming 4-pots go, you can't beat a Sport 160 I'm afraid. Gotta be the nicest sounding of the Elise engine's. As biased as I am I just think it's a great sounding car.
Depends what exhaust is on the gallardo, but I prefer the sound of the v12 anyway. Sounds like the gates of hell have opened when one is started up.
I can't get excited about 4 pots, although they do give me ear ache
bogie said:
Rene - the SC whine is quite loud on my car ...it sounds like something from Star Wars
So its just as loud as that Bemani Exige on a video-clip I posted a while back? hm... you drive a lot in your SC car...pure or with earplugs on long trips, and is that almost the same in the 240 cup cars? or do those have a different sound? because hearing that bemani I was wondering could I live with that...gues I could but would I miss pure engine sounds(induction and exhaust) I think I would...so maybe in that view also have to hear and feal a turbo Elise someday...
I can't remember the Elise 215 sc from turbotechnix that good anymore sadly...but I think it was not that loud?
thanks
GTRene
bogie said:
the TT conversions only had a little bit of a whistle...but this is a different type of supercharger...its not *that* loud...but does add a high pitched whine to the noise of the car - this is only on full throttle though...on part throttle cruising my car is as quiet as a std car
Good to hear that...indeed that TT car I had a testdrive in had a compressor type charger, and is much different then yours I guess, but surely different then the Lotus SC...
Have you also driven the audi conversion with the turbo? guess its a bit more tricky in corners when getting the most out of it? but not much to worry for me, don't have to do competitions on the streets, but I have not hear much about that, seems that honda still is the most popular conversion.
GTRene
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