[s-cars] Too many notes

[Thompson]

Keith, your right. My old 1987 944 8v'er with my "Carrera Cup" style air
filter and even stock exhaust sounded down right brutish. Very tough and
bullish for a 4 banger. The Porsche 944/951/968 engine runs and sounds like
a jewel. Nicest 4cyl sound to my ears. I could only imagine your 968 Club
Sport with the 11.0:1 ratio 3.0 litre and sport pipe would be glorious. That
has vario-cam timing correct? At least I know first hand how your 968CS
steering wheel feels - I've got one mounted to my 1984 ur-quattro! Nice.

Thompson Smith
http://members.rennlist.com/rennwagen

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:28:20 +0100
From: "Keith Maddock" <Keith.Maddock at trw.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>, <carreragt at rennlist.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Too many notes

I'll beg to differ, you can get good sound out of a few 4-bangers...

My (ex) S2000 sounded pretty sweet at 9000 rpm especially with the airbox c=
over removed.
 (An engine peak that even Pizzo would love)

I test-drove a 968CS M030 with a full "sport auspuf inkl. sport kat" and it=
 was quite quite nice.  (motor had 7k on it and exhaust was so brand-spanki=
n-new your girlfriend could use the muffler to put her make-up on , bloody =
nice car other than the fact it was Black with no AC... Doh!  )

I'm now trying to figure out how to get close to the same music out of my 9=
68.. :)

I'll definately agree that most 4-bangers sound less-than-good, especially =
all those civic's with 5" grapefruit shooter exhausts.

I wonder if it's the relatively high compression ratio of the 968 and S2000=
  (both 11.0 : 1)  that give them a sound advantage??

Cheers,
Keith "radio, who needs a radio?" Maddock
93 S4 mit Stromung
95 968CS hopefully not stock exhaust for too much longer...


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Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
+49 (0)261/ 895 2474     -    -    keith.maddock at trw.com

>>> "Thompson Smith" <carreragt at rennlist.com> 05:45:56 08.11.2002 >>>
All this talk of wailing engines got me thinking back. How can there be a
"best"? There isn't, only personal favorites. My favorite engine notes that
I've heard, driven or witnessed, that make me all nutso are...

(snip)

Bottom line is it must have at least 5 cylinders to sound good.
Thompson
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