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RDQ Exhaust Noise RecordingsI don't want to hijack Racing's post so I have starte this.Found a clip of someone doing a drive-by in a Legacy. Mine sounds pretty similar but maybe a bit louder. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N5eI_vQuHg |
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| Racing |
My Z1 would sound something similar to this but throatier low-down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FztkS-N1iWQ E500: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBZLsEMth-Y&NR=1 |
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| TimR |
Here's a modded Fiat Coupe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I44Px3MAhk&feature=related Here's my favourite M5 clip. Mine sounds nothing like this 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMfWpP1i4Vk |
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| M. |
Mine:
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| Martin |
Startup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E03mflYABJU&feature=related 0-250km/h http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRdvz-PS6Y&feature=related I've just popped out to record that top speed run  
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| PR |
The forum's other Compact:
Of course with my video you get the added bonus of my shoes crunching on the gravel and the peeling of the bells of Holy Trinity Church in the background! |
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| M. |
It was worth the wait, that does sound good. | ||||
| PR |
It does sound quite naughty, doesn't it?
I just hope my pipes are shiny enough for Martin! |
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| . |
Your tailpipes are cleaner than the other Compact!
Sounds very nice. Now all we require is the the various fast Audis, Porsches, Clios, and assortment of others and we have a forum symphony. |
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| SpecB |
That does have a particularly nice rasp to it. I must get around to actually doing mine but I don't know what to record it with - will probably have to be with the phone as I don't have a DVD camcorder. | ||||
| M. |
I did mine on a digital camera using the movie mode. | ||||
| PR |
Me too. The video was about 50MB, though, and took ages to upload. | ||||
| Martin |
Not quite, but better than the other one! Could do better, B-
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| M. |
It's probably a criminal offence to emit CO2 for aural benefit. We'll have the SAS kill us in our sleep. | ||||
| PR |
Almost certainly. It would be nice to email a link to this thread to George Monbiot, though, wouldn't it? | ||||
| Martin |
I'm slightly concerned about all this Mcdonalds carpark style demonstrations on cold engines..... | ||||
| PR |
Mine was still fairly warm from its exercise on the drive home. Just because you had to pinch someone else's videos from Youtube, Martin! | ||||
| GonnaBreakABuggy |
Pah, everyone knows induction noise is where it's at:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums...?action=view¤t=1360.flv |
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| Martin |
Efficiency is the name of the game. I could have got my video camera, recorded it, downloaded it, uploaded it etc etc. The better option was to do a quick search, copy the url and post away!!! It's called 'stealing with pride' 
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| Matt |
That does sound surprisingly good and somewhat better than the 2.0!
No prizes for guessing which car this one will be... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mcHX3RR0A What I'd give for that engine everyday again (apart from a small fortune in fueling the damn thing!) |
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| D. |
What ever happened to it? | ||||
| Matt |
Scrapped. I bloody hope so, at least. | ||||
| cbeaks1 |
As amazing as the Fusion sounds I decided to try to Golf instead. Its from a compact Panasonic so the sound isn't great:
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| Twelfth Monkey |
I must have a go at this later on. I think I need the kids help for a drive-by, though!
I have to say that I think there are some fine-sounding engines strutting their stuff thus far. |
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| Clunes |
I'll try and get this done on my own car later - I cant seem to find any standard clips on the web either | ||||
| Blarno |
Sound quality is a bit cack, my phone is not the best:
A driveby one will follow tomorrow when I dig out my camera. |
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| SpecB |
Done mine today. I've not heard it outside the car and I am quite pleased with the reults of the Prodrive boxes. It sounds awesome in the car when the variable valve timing switches cam profile.
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| Blarno |
^^^ That sounds fantastic. | ||||
| SpecB |
I was rather pleased with it myself. The Clio sounds good too - I have heard one or two around here making a nice noise when someone is giving it a good caning! | ||||
| Blarno |
Hopefully, the sound quality of my digicam will be better. I'm gonna get the missus to stand by the side of the road whilst I hurtle past. Should hear the induction roar, too.
I've always wondered if a SpecB with turbos sounded like a 911?
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| SpecB |
There have been a few people put twin turbos on the n/a3.0 and they are perfectly reliable I am told although I have never heard one. |
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| Blarno |
Indeed, when I had my Legacy Turbo, I always wanted to drop a turbo'd H6 in it. | ||||
| M. |
The Legacy does sound really good - not what you expect from a practical estate! Blarno, I thought your Clio had two exhausts sticking out the middle? | ||||
| PR |
The Legacy does sound rather fine.
Blarno's Clio is a 172 Cup - the twin central exhausts appeared on the 182. |
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| Twelfth Monkey |
You can hear the valve cut in not long after starting, and then being opened again manually before being revved. Alas, the volume starts to exceed what the camera can cope with. I have to get a drive-by done! |
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| "him" |
Sounds very smooth... see all those 'carbons' on the wall!
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| . |
You need to turn the volume up a touch coz the camera is a bit rubbish at doing sound...
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| "him" |
I like the "chromed" trim...
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| SpecB |
There's always one.  Did you have to clean the soot off the camera?
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| M. |
Mike, you win! That's made me laugh like a drain... I'll get my coat. | ||||
| SpecB |
The RS4 sounds seriously menacing. 
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| M. |
The RS4 sounds different to what I was expecting having heard them woofle past countless times. It sounds really smooth but with a very metallic edge. I think the drive by will be more what I'm used to hearing. | ||||
| SpecB |
There will have been a shedload of echo in the garage. | ||||
| . |
I wonder how RS4 and R8 will sound, similar or different?
Glad you like the chrome trim. Its not just these BMW's that have them you know! |
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| M. |
Although on a BMW, and anything else for that matter, it does stay on. | ||||
| Racing |
Indeed - the way it spat the tinfoil off made me chuckle immediately! |
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| PR |
Ditto, most hilarious! | ||||
| Twelfth Monkey |
A genuine smile-out-loud here too! I believe the RS4 and R8 have different sonic characteristics, though only have second-hand experience of the latter. The exhaust is, I believe, not valved, whereas the RS4's sport mode allows you to shut off 90% of the exhaust sound, or let it all through. The effect is marked, and I reckon all 'performance' engines (whatever that might mean) should do likewise. The woofle is more of a mid-range thing, and gives of its best under full accelerative load between3 and 4k in top, or under a trailing throttle from 4.5k down to three in 2nd or 3rd. But the top end is both smooth and 'hard', although the aural snapshots I've heard of the new M3's V8 unquestionably sound 'harder.' I'm wondering how to persuade Mrs 12th to stand by the roadside whilst I do a full-bore 1st to 2nd to 3rd. She may, righteously, consider me a wee bit sad. But I totally want to... |
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| PR |
The Beast sounds as epic as I had remembered, Simon (helped no doubt by the refresher in the RS4 that Colin borrowed earlier this year.)
I may be tempted to persuade my brother to wield the camera as I do a standing start somewhere over the weekend... |
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| Twelfth Monkey |
Deal! | ||||
| Matt |
Well, I'm stickying this thread.
I'll get the Poojot tomorrow. Bet you all are bursting with anticipation! |
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| GonnaBreakABuggy |
And I'll get the buggy :D
But it only goes to 7krpm at the minute, got a fuelling hiccup that stops play, so there's another 2.5k to play with yet.... |
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| "him" |
I am tempted to record the AX (assuming it doesn't kill the mic in the camera!) 
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| Rodge |
I'll get around to doing mine too, but there have been a few BMW 2.5's here already. I am thinking of trying to fit my old K&N filter so that might make it sound fruitier.
Meanwhile, here's one I took at goodwood a few years ago: 
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| Twelfth Monkey |
I think most will have seen this:
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| Blarno |
Here we have the in-car recording of Blue Beastie. It's amazing how well a digicam fits underneath the passenger headrest! The video is a bit lengthy, basically it's most of my thrash home from my Dad's house. Sound quality isn't too bad, either.
EDIT: It didn't record for as long as I thought. It missed the best, most noisy part out! At least the induction noise is audible. Drive-by next! |
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| Andy C |
That sounds great Blarno, more so as the revs rise. | ||||
| Matt |
Well, here's the best car you'll hear in this thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOOYcNl6SdQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwo7s1S5fGo It so needs an exhaust and I think I'll do some overtime to get Lionel a decent system. I quite fancy twin exits, even though I wasn't always a fan. Think they'd look different on a 306, as most have single ovals or circle exits. |
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| Martin |
Mike - That video clip is genius! It does sound like the car is stuttering when you rev it though, what's that all about?
The Legacy sounds fantastic, not what I expected at all. The prodrive exhaust was a great buy as it is not too loud, but just about right. I think the RS4 needs to be done again out in the open, it sounds too smooth and not exciting enough in that clip. I've heard enough on the road and on youtube to know it can sound a lot better. Matt - I thought yours was the petrol engined 306? It sounds like a bloody diesel when it starts up! Who was driving the Murcielago? They forced that Passat off onto the grass
Blarno - The Clio sounds better than I thought it would, but whats with the soft toy on the dash and something swinging from the mirror. It looks very much like FG to me, certainly doesn't add to the driving pleasure
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| Martin |
I've been scouring youtube so I don't have to charge up my video camera!
This gives you an idea as to what a 130 sounds like from inside, although I don't think it quite does it justice. You need to drop the back windows to get the full effect! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRdvz-PS6Y Obviously not really one for the public highway, but you can't do this in your S3, Focus ST, Astra VXR or Golf GTI..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZAJT1Iiw-Y&feature=related A bit of a long clip, but I like watching the 911 pull away down the straights (although not quite as quickly as you would have thought) but be caught eventually about 4 mins in! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6OnDvSmhmQ&feature=related I might do mine eventually! |
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| Blarno |
Martin. That is Monkey from the PG Tips adverts. As a massive tea drinker, he is my hero! The dangly thing is a Pongo air freshener. It doesn't add to the driving pleasure, apart from masking the smell of my farts... | ||||
| Martin |
All FG though!!! | ||||
| Blarno |
I'd hardly call a stuffed monkey FG. And an air freshener is essential in any of my cars!
Monkey is light. His name is Monkey Cup. (He has stiffer suspension and no ABS) |
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| Martin |
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| . |
Thank you. I enjoy being childish at times. Have to admit my chrome exhaust is shinier than everyones elses! I assume the stutter is coming from the fact that I was revving it from between 3K and 5K rpm quickly, so spooling the turbo and not letting it spool down again before revving again, hence the stutter. Only a guess. Doesn't do it on the move and I don't make a habit of revving it like that anyway so i'm not unduely worried. |
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| Matt |
Yes, my 306 does sound a bit diesely when starting and that's enough to put me off a real one! | ||||
| Twelfth Monkey |
I know. It's practically a Morris Minor, isn't it? I have a drive-by, but it's almost all from in front, and I run into the rev limiter in 2nd because my mind is half on what the footage will be like. It seems to get to 72 (limit in 2nd) quite sharpish. Will try to do a better one, as the road where we did it isn't as quiet as it could be. |
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| Martin |
That's a bit sensitive for you Simon
I was only pointing out that the clip doesn't do the car justice..... |
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| GonnaBreakABuggy |
Doesn't sound too healthy when it starts Matt......
Even mine starts better, and mines only got 1 injector way back in the inlet!
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| Twelfth Monkey |
Bugger. Getting this drive-by one is harder than I thought it would be. I'd like to get a standing start one like the Z1, but can't think of anywhere safe to do it. | ||||
| Martin |
This might save you the effort, bear with it though, it does get better.
And proves my earlier point
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o0QIAad1TCY Startup http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4jB7Vo-T3og&feature=related |
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| Racing |
I've done for the Z1 with the new exhausts but need to get it uploaded tomorrow - like Matt's, it's in the dark (the light in the garage was insufficent for the camera) and sounds quite peculiar. | ||||
| Matt |
Reassuring! Not.
BTW, any idea what that high-pitched wobbly noise is? It's pretty much always there under acceleration.
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| PR |
325ti from the inside:
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| Blarno |
^^^Nice. Reminds me of when I drove my mate's E46 320i back from Heathrow a couple of years back. | ||||
| M. |
Mine from inside (with the rear windows open hence the wind roar) at a slightly more jaunty angle than Piers effort.
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| PR |
That looks like a brilliant road, Michael. And of course the car sounds great!
It's a shame that a small microphone is unable to convey how opening the rear quarterlights really lets you enjoy the rasp from the exhaust. |
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| M. |
It is a brilliant stretch of road. I've no idea what that creaking is. I think it's the camera moving around while clamped in the headrest but it doesn't sound like that in the car. | ||||
| PR |
Can't say I noticed the creaking. The mic on my camera seems to have amplified small sounds enormously, such as the indicator tick. | ||||
| M. |
I'll have another go with the windows shut another time. I did notice the indicators seemed very loud on yours. It's quick weird looking at the video as it seems like I was going much faster than I was. | ||||
| PR |
I thought the same about mine. Mind you, it is probably a good job the speedo is too dark to make out... |
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| . |
Hmmm...wonder if I can capture the Linglongs being totured when going into work tomorrow morning...
Nice hearing the sweet sixes of the Compacts again...not a sound (Nor any of the rest featured on hear) that you can get easily bored with. |
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| GonnaBreakABuggy |
No idea, I was wondering that myself, could be a leak or a split hose in the inlet somewhere. |
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| Twelfth Monkey |
I'm obviously not a natural, born cameraman. I did an in-car bit yesterday afternoon, and trimmed off the excess front and back, leaving a 102 MB file. Photobucket's maximum videofile size? 100 MB...
This is the run-into-the-limiter-in-2nd run, clearly leaving all the interesting noise behind it. Arse. I repositioned Mrs 12th for the one done on Sunday with here nearer to the garage, and proceeded to get the same thing in first. Spielberg I aint... 
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| M. |
Short but sweet! | ||||
| PR |
I'm going to have to wait until I get home to see this properly. My crappy old Mac at work has difficulty dealing with video content in a smooth way, or in any way in fact.
It may also have something to do with the fact that the internet connection here seems to be more 'thin thread' than 'broadband'. |
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| M. |
I too had to wait till I got home as I don't have sound on my machine at work. Worth the wait. | ||||
| Big TC |
Pity this thread wasn't active when I had my Autocross E36 320i with just a down-pipe on the exhaust - it was quite staggeringly LOUD!
I'll definately run a recording of my new Passat Autocross toy, when I've doctored the exhaust suitably. Don't think I'll bother recording the C1 diesel! |
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| Racing |
Z1 in garage when I was putting it away on Friday evening (so a bit dark). New exhaust is a bit quieter than the old given it doesn't have a fist size hole in one rear box!
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| PR |
Nice. The RS4 sounds great, as well. Result getting Mrs Twelfth to stand at the roadside toting the camera! | ||||
| M. |
She's lucky not to have been locked up for 42 days! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7351252.stm If the terror laws don't get her she'll be done for conspiricy to kill the planet. |
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| Twelfth Monkey |
I won't be drawing her attention to that story, I think.
But yes, she was surprisingly game when I suggested it. |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
So might it be a good idea to tell their officers, perhaps? 
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| scamper |
As BMW don't do an after market chrome tail pipe end for the 320d, mike has given me a cheap `top tips' alternative solution! | ||||
| PR |
You could even cut a bit out of the other side of your rear bumper, save an old bog roll tube, squash it down to match the real exhaust and cover it in some more foil to make everyone think you have a 335d! | ||||
| Martin |
The only problem being his exhaust is squashed and point apologetically downwards.....
Nice idea though! |
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| PR |
I thought an old bog roll would be ideal for replicating the effect!
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| Martin |
Cut a section from a drainpipe and paint it with Silver Smoothrite, that should do the trick. Even better if he cuts the end of it the current system first.
Seems like far too much effort though, I prefer Mikes solution! |
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| . |
You could even give Patsy Passat the same treatment so it looks like the superior 170bhp versions with their non turned down chromed exhausts, Martin!
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| Martin |
Don't think I haven't thought about it!
Patsy
I'd rather have the 170hp and the soot free DPF, but I won't resort to 'chavvery' and get it chipped
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