Aircooled Sound?

NYBugman1972 · #1 July 1st 2004, 23:33

My 2.5" phatboy (magnaflow) is on the loud side, plus you have the webers sucking in air as well. I would imagine that it's comprable to GHL's 3" turbo-back exhaust for 1.8t's. A set of webers can also be a little loud. In a standard setup, you can hear the fan whistling a bit. Straight cut cam gears will produce a whining, supercharger-esque sound.

There are some exhausts that are set up with two straight-thru mufflers in line with eachother. I'm not sure how much quieter it makes the engine.

Personally, I love the sound of the AC engine. Webers sucking in air, the mechanical sound of the engine itself and the lumpy boxer exhaust note is part of the mystique and personality of these cars.

volksdragon · #2 July 1st 2004, 23:53

i'm in full agreement with you noh2o (correction)

i love hearing my fat boy exhaust. sure sounds better than p shooters

Mysticle31 · #3 July 2nd 2004, 03:09

don't think that was me...

What's a p shooter?

mmm..stright cut gears.. My friend's BMW has a nice wine to it somewhere. I LOVE IT!

**NO_H2O** · #4 July 2nd 2004, 08:05

I love the sound of my Phat Boy and the Dell 45's singing their tune.

NYBugman1972 · #5 July 2nd 2004, 08:49

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Originally Posted by Mysticle31

What's a p shooter?

The stock exhaust pipes on Beetles are pea-shooters. They are of very small diameter and have a tendency to make whistling or tweeting sounds as they age. Personally, I think it's one of the charms of a stock Bug, but it's nothing like a big tuned exhaust.

zen · #6 July 2nd 2004, 08:55

if you go TIV, the BAS system uses double mufflers in series that makes it pretty darn quiet (911ish) until you go WOT. the header alone is thunderous though. you will still hear the carbs, fan, and valvetrain, but that is mostly why we love these cars. there is nothing else that sounds like a aircooled.

vwpride73 · #7 July 3rd 2004, 01:44

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Originally Posted by zen

.....there is nothing else that sounds like a aircooled.

Yep only a true VW person has the VW sixth sense. You can hear it before you see it or know one is coming with your back turned.

boygenius · #8 July 4th 2004, 15:16

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Originally Posted by vwpride73

Yep only a true VW person has the VW sixth sense. You can hear it before you see it or know one is coming with your back turned.

I have that.... I can find a VW in a field behind a barn.

If I could only tune that sense to find buried treasure.

:agree:

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