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Matt · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject:

Well, I'm stickying this thread.

I'll get the Poojot tomorrow. Bet you all are bursting with anticipation!
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject:

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" · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:47 am Post subject:

I am tempted to record the AX (assuming it doesn't kill the mic in the camera!)

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Rodge · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:32 am Post subject:

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 · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:49 am Post subject:

I think most will have seen this:

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Blarno · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject:

That sounds great Blarno, more so as the revs rise.

Matt · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject:

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...
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Martin · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

All FG though!!!
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Blarno · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

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Matt · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject:

Yes, my 306 does sound a bit diesely when starting and that's enough to put me off a real one!
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Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:17 am Post subject:

Martin · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject:

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject:

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.
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Martin · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

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.
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Matt · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

PR · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject:

325ti from the inside:

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Blarno · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

^^^Nice. Reminds me of when I drove my mate's E46 320i back from Heathrow a couple of years back.
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M. · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject:

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. · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject:

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.
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PR · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject:

Can't say I noticed the creaking. The mic on my camera seems to have amplified small sounds enormously, such as the indicator tick.
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M. · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject:

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.
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PR · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject:

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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.

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject:

Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject:

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. · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

Short but sweet!
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PR · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject:

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. · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject:

I too had to wait till I got home as I don't have sound on my machine at work. Worth the wait.
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Big TC · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

Nice. The RS4 sounds great, as well. Result getting Mrs Twelfth to stand at the roadside toting the camera!
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Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:53 am Post subject:

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 · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:19 am Post subject:

scamper · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

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!
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Martin · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject:

The only problem being his exhaust is squashed and point apologetically downwards.....

Nice idea though!
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PR · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

I thought an old bog roll would be ideal for replicating the effect!

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Martin · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

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!

Martin · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

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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