Coolest thing I never heard

[Grazi07]

I saw an Eclipse GST today, and as it went past, I barely heard anything, it was amazing. Is there any way to increase performance but reduce the noise on the street? I know insulating will reduce noise inside, and keep sound inside, but what about the engine? Or is quiet performance an oxymoron?

[Jackass-Jeff]

Quiet performance is possible... but the use of restrictors and stuff come into play... you can get SLIGHT gains if you want to keep a pretty quiet engine, but if you want a true performance gain, you have to sacriifice the volume. I never complain about hearing my engine at high revs =D (K&N knocks up the volume quite a bit in high ranges on my car =D )

[Turbosolara]

i noticed V6 doesnt sounds as loud as a 4 banger. no matter of engine noise or exhaust tone. Also, for some car in certain RPM the exhaust is quiet. But most likely i think it might be the guy has 5 speed and it was put in nutural gear and slide pass by you. (i often do that)

[Mole]

hehe... my thought of why a 6 is more quiet than a 4 is b/c the 6 would not have to work as hard to maintain the same speed of a 4.


loud is good

[HKSV6SLE]

yea loud is good....hehe hehe hehe

[MalBandito99]

Get a diesel milk truck if you want loud. Gun that thing at a stoplight and see if its loud enough for ya.

[krawzyazn]

take off your cat and run no exhust and its loud