The current obsession with popping exhausts
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Soldato
I'd rather hear someone dragging their fingernails down a blackboard than an S54 engine to be fair. If I wanted to hear a bag of nails then I'd just put a load of nails in a bag.
Man of Honour
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That doesn't really make sense to be honest. A "bell end" which you are clearly suggesting here is what the shape of the end of a penis looks like, not the end of a bell. The end of a bell usually has a ring, rim or a knob depending in which side you are looking from.
Guess I was right then
Standard Focus ST225 could be made to do it, but I never found it does it unless forced, slightly easier once Mountuned (standard map), but I've always found it to be a conscious decision to do so.
I don't get why it is a popular thing though, I've noticed it more on a lot of 4 pot cars, is this the manufacturer deliberately making them do so as it makes it sound like it has more cylinders (perhaps for Euro5 or 6 regulations?) or is it people changing the exhaust for the same reason?
I don't get why it is a popular thing though, I've noticed it more on a lot of 4 pot cars, is this the manufacturer deliberately making them do so as it makes it sound like it has more cylinders (perhaps for Euro5 or 6 regulations?) or is it people changing the exhaust for the same reason?
Caporegime
Crap. You'd hate mine then. The engine sounds...iffy. but that's because you can only really hear 1 bank of 3 cylinders at a time!
Man of Honour
Found a quick example from a GTR, the arrows indicate the start of the big ignition retard then the upshift happening
Bin diver
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I used to run a Decat straight through exhaust on my old Fiesta ST (Mk6) and that used to make some decent pops and bangs, and i kinda miss it tbh. Maybe im a bit "chavvy".
Man of Honour
Maybe?
The exhaust should only make a racket when provoked (going for a hoon). It should be refined and tasteful at all other times.
The exhaust should only make a racket when provoked (going for a hoon). It should be refined and tasteful at all other times.
Soldato
There's some hateful **** bags driving around my neck of the woods with hugely loud, and probably not roadworthy, VAGmobiles. Sounds like gunfire... and it's lucky for them it's still illegal to shoot idiots
I was reminded about another current pet hate by an old Bora I see regularly on my way home... hardcut ('popcorn' 
) diesel limiters. This mouth breather has to demonstrate he has one of these devices (or maps, I don't know) at every junction and on every gear change. Weirdly he never actually seems to pull any distance on the rest of the traffic just doing the commute slog though :/
) diesel limiters. This mouth breather has to demonstrate he has one of these devices (or maps, I don't know) at every junction and on every gear change. Weirdly he never actually seems to pull any distance on the rest of the traffic just doing the commute slog though :/
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My MK2 Focus ST did it on demand with a little blip of the throttle. I tended not to do it as you always read people on forums etc saying that their cats has collapsed.
My Megane R26 F1 gives the odd burble on lift off but nothing anywhere near as bad/loud.
Whenever I read about people having it ''mapped in" there are equally stories of exhaust valves burning out.
My Megane R26 F1 gives the odd burble on lift off but nothing anywhere near as bad/loud.
Whenever I read about people having it ''mapped in" there are equally stories of exhaust valves burning out.
Caporegime
No maybe about it!
Only problem is if you change stuff on the intake or exhaust it can end up sounding wrong (or too loud) and you have to disconnect it. As they are kinda "tuned" for the stock setup
E.g. I changed just the intake pipe to a solid aluminium one on my GT86 and it completely changed the sound in the cabin. It got about 25% louder and much deeper. Great if you want more noise without waking next door I suppose.
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Yeah true... although I suppose not a concern for manufacturerOnly problem is if you change stuff on the intake or exhaust it can end up sounding wrong (or too loud) and you have to disconnect it. As they are kinda "tuned" for the stock setup
E.g. I changed just the intake pipe to a solid aluminium one on my GT86 and it completely changed the sound in the cabin. It got about 25% louder and much deeper. Great if you want more noise without waking next door I suppose.