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Old 05-24-2005 | 06:01 PM
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Am I the only one...

who absolutely loves that high-pitched "scream" the engine has all through first gear? :o
Old 05-24-2005 | 06:05 PM
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Old 05-24-2005 | 06:25 PM
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Just one of the main reasons this is my 7th Rotary!
Old 05-24-2005 | 06:40 PM
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Old 05-24-2005 | 07:03 PM
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I thought it was supposed to go "hmmmmmmm"...

Mine screams more in 4th.
Old 05-24-2005 | 07:58 PM
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Really? I can't notice it so well beyond second. Seems to become progressively deeper through the gears.
Old 05-24-2005 | 10:22 PM
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My engine has finally passed the break in period and i am loving it! Sounds like a jet engine. I also got my first beep the other day...awesome!!!
Old 05-24-2005 | 10:27 PM
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Lol, jet engine just about sums it up.

Just curious... But for those of you who have tried aftermarket intakes, is this sound amplified at all? Or maybe that neat trilling sound it makes just above 1k rpms?
Old 05-24-2005 | 10:30 PM
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Old 05-24-2005 | 10:32 PM
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vectorwolf... if you snap on a K&N Typhoon Intake...then "amplified" is a light way of putting it. That thing adds a death scream to the car making it sound like its being raped and slaugthered every time you accelerate hard.
Old 05-24-2005 | 11:08 PM
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I'm with Jerky.....

The K&N honks like a sodomized goose!

I took it for a test run thru my little community, on to the highway and back - I decided to take a different route back thru town, in case someone had called the COPS on the way out!

That thing is awful - it bellows at 3000, honks at 5000, and will vibrate the Homelink enough to make it unusable at 7000!

...and it's not a 'throaty roar', it's more like, well, the goose-abuse seems closest!

S :o
Old 05-24-2005 | 11:56 PM
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I do believe that "honks like a sodomized goose" gets my vote as the quote of the week.

Other posts have quoted 90 decibels for the volume of some of the intakes. It would drown out The Renesis Symphony (number 13B).
Old 05-25-2005 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by StealthTL
The K&N honks like a sodomized goose! ...and it's not a 'throaty roar', it's more like, well, the goose-abuse seems closest!

S :o
The exact reason why mine was removed. Too loud, the Mrs. hated it and it drowned out the sweet sound of 1.3L @8000 rpm.
Old 05-25-2005 | 10:34 AM
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Jeebus... I was hoping for something along the lines of just a few more dB. lol.

And Nemesis, can you send me a sound clip or two? :D
Old 05-26-2005 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by vectorwolf
Lol, jet engine just about sums it up.

Just curious... But for those of you who have tried aftermarket intakes, is this sound amplified at all? Or maybe that neat trilling sound it makes just above 1k rpms?
I do beleive that Racing Beat has one, if not, of the best CAI on the market. And it won't make your 8 sound like a violated goose at WOT.
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