She’s got a competition clutch with the four on the floor. And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar. If anybody knows sound it’s the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson. And he celebrated a certain sound – that of the ornery growl made by a flathead mill – in the cruise night classic Little Deuce Coupe.
Exhaust notes come in all shapes and sizes, from the whisper quiet exhalations of the Prius hybrid to the bone shaking wail of an F1 car at full chat. But how important is your car’s gastriloquism? Cars make a lot of sounds, and sometimes having one drown out all others can hinder your ability to detect potential problems. Some cars give you a choice of noise- with cut-outs allowing both stealth mode and wake the neighbors.
The primary functions of the exhaust system are maintaining proper back pressure to ensure efficient gas flow, turning percussive internal combustion into a non-deafening tone, and guiding potentially deadly gasses to the driver behind you rather than in your cabin. For some folks, you can add sound like a fat swarm of fat angry bees to that list. That, however is not a universal demand.
What’s your take on your exhaust sound? Well, not your personal exhaust, that opinion’s practically a given – if you’re a dude you take great pride in sustained multi-octave personal exhaust, while everyone knows girls don’t fart. But what about your car, is its exhaust note important to you, and if so do you swing to the fart can end, or do you prefer your car to be SBD?
Exhaust notes come in all shapes and sizes, from the whisper quiet exhalations of the Prius hybrid to the bone shaking wail of an F1 car at full chat. But how important is your car’s gastriloquism? Cars make a lot of sounds, and sometimes having one drown out all others can hinder your ability to detect potential problems. Some cars give you a choice of noise- with cut-outs allowing both stealth mode and wake the neighbors.
The primary functions of the exhaust system are maintaining proper back pressure to ensure efficient gas flow, turning percussive internal combustion into a non-deafening tone, and guiding potentially deadly gasses to the driver behind you rather than in your cabin. For some folks, you can add sound like a fat swarm of fat angry bees to that list. That, however is not a universal demand.
What’s your take on your exhaust sound? Well, not your personal exhaust, that opinion’s practically a given – if you’re a dude you take great pride in sustained multi-octave personal exhaust, while everyone knows girls don’t fart. But what about your car, is its exhaust note important to you, and if so do you swing to the fart can end, or do you prefer your car to be SBD?
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