So you DON'T drive a big V8 or supercar?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Dave

hella ghey

One of them is the Z4:

Duncan Forrester, of BMW, said: “We set out with the Z4 to bring the engine noise back into the cabin. With a car like this, it is essential that the driver can hear the engine, what it is doing, and what is going on under the bonnet.”

BMW boasts of having 100 “acoustic engineers” on its books. Their work means that the BMW 7 Series saloon whispers along in a vacuum, the driver worried about having gone deaf. At traffic lights, only a furtive glance at the rev counter tells you that the engine hasn’t died. By contrast, the Z4 is motor-din heaven. Like a decent audio system, the car’s engine sound management system has been tuned to get the most out of the motor. Noise from the engine is fed into the cabin, with intake system pressure noises from the intake manifold, instead of being killed off with yards of felt matting. It arrives in the cabin via a tube and a flexing diaphragm. The result is a high-octane backing track.

[the chi]

While I appreciate the sound of my engine, I dont know that I'd want it any louder in the cabin than it already is. I like being able to hear myself think,

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

One of them is the Z4:

heh, didnt know that. Ive driven both the regular and m versions and found them to be soulless with one of the nastiest shifters known to sports cars. Clutch feel was bad too iirc

[Avatard]

This should be built into all new car radios, and you should be able to select your engine from a list...if you can't drive what you really want, at least you can listen to it.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Avatard

This should be built into all new car radios, and you should be able to select your engine from a list...if you can't drive what you really want, at least you can listen to it.

It would be like selecting the voice of your GPS.

I don't think it is around anymore, but there used to be a company that catered to the import crowd. They made a device you stuck under the hood of NA cars that generated the sound of a loud wastegate so you could fool people in to thinking you had a turbo. I think the device was called the nightpager.

[smileyman]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

That's not too far off reality. A couple cars have speakers or ducts that send engine noise into the cabin.

Ford Mustang. Even bike manufacturers are tuning the sounds from their airboxs and intakes to make the sounds more exciteing

[Adeptus_Minor]

Playing cards...
Bicycle wheel spokes...

Just sayin'

[Digifox]

Originally Posted by smileyman

Ford Mustang. Even bike manufacturers are tuning the sounds from their airboxs and intakes to make the sounds more exciteing

Airbox?!
what is that....
I like that SUCKING sound an open intake makes.

Just think if that was a mouth

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Avatard

This should be built into all new car radios, and you should be able to select your engine from a list...if you can't drive what you really want, at least you can listen to it.

So long as it includes a honad civic with a fart can and all those stickers

[smileyman]

Airbox. Where the pressurized air accumulates before it either gets sucked into bellmouths of carbuerators or the venturi of fuel injection. Alot of sound tuning above the throttle bodies these days. Heard about it at the BMW 1K and the new Z1K launches.