One of life's little questions...
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One of life'* little questions...
Why do rice burners use the mufflers that they do? At first i dismissed it because they are "straight through design" and offer best flow. and then i got the exaust done on the tempo <high flow cat converter and glasspack because the rear screen of the cat was now in the muffler>. glass pack is the least amound of restriction right? i have to get the car wound up before i can hear the exaust over everything else <namely bad motor mounts>. okay, so maybe those honda'* and stuff are really loud, and the stock muffler is just that good. but then, the other day, a buddy of mine was out of town, and actually saw a riced out tempo just like mine <you know, the works: wing, decals, fart can, etc> and said that it was horribly loud, even stupidly loud <he described my open exaust, which was loose at the manifold to downpipe bolts, as kinda loud>. then it hit me, these friggan things make the car louder. so, anybody car to explain, why anybody would want to put an "amplifier" on the exaust?
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Originally Posted by Twister97
It sounds cool. Either Flowmaster on a truck, or a ricer muffler on a neon, to each his own taste
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Originally Posted by Twister97
It sounds cool.
I think they sound like overstressed lawnmowers, myself. But, like you said, to each his own
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The louder a car is and the rougher the ride, the faster it seems when driving.
Kind of a psychological thing for those who want their un-modded 4 cylinder to be tough.
Kind of a psychological thing for those who want their un-modded 4 cylinder to be tough.
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Originally Posted by MOS95B
I prefer road noise to exhaust. Let the wind or the tires whining tell me how fast I'm going.
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I always run with one window at least cracked open (yep. I'm a smoker). So the "road noise" is my guide.
I drove a friends truck one time with straight pipes, and hated it! My personal preference is and always will be a quiet exhaust. Besides, why warn 'em your're coming? It'* more fun to look in the mirror and watch them gaze in amazement at your rapidly dwindling tail lights...
I drove a friends truck one time with straight pipes, and hated it! My personal preference is and always will be a quiet exhaust. Besides, why warn 'em your're coming? It'* more fun to look in the mirror and watch them gaze in amazement at your rapidly dwindling tail lights...
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eh, I kinda enjoy the sound of a Honda motor operating in the upper realms of high-lift VTEC. Until then, well, it'* pretty farty. after hitting the cam profile-changing threshhold it'* a snarly sumbitch.