Replicating Abarth exhaust note
 

I find that sound to be quite arrousing.. :bonk:

Anyone no how it is achieved? What parts combination can get a similar exhaust note on the twins?

A turbocharged 1.6L engine?

It is a great sound, but the best you'll do is UEL header boxer rumble. IMHO a boxer motor isn't going to ever sound like an inline motor.

Funny, I had researched the same thing about the 500 Abarth. It's such a nice exhaust note. 1.6 turbo, with minimal exhaust mufflers from the factory. Reminds me of the Neon SRT in stock trim.

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Akrapovic exhaust would probably be the closest note. But they haven't made one for the Twins. Akrapovic does wonders for cars.

Wow I've never heard what that car sounds like. I've heard plenty of people talk about how good the exhausted sounded but never bothered to look it up.

Well I just did, and wow it sounds almost identical to an SRT-4! Wonder if it has the same pops and burbles when you let off the gas like the SRT does

Yeah, I never got the 500 exhaust love. It sounds like exactly what it is, unmuffled 1.6l inline with a little less rasp than you'd expect because of the turbo.

Its easy to get that sound...just remove your cams and install solenoid opperated valves instead ;)

Or SRT-4 swap ;)

I often day dream about pulling my 400hp motor out of my SRT and dropping it in my FRS. Oh the fun I would have lol

Yes, that is exactly how one should go about getting an abarth exhaust note.

Buy an Abarth. It will probably be your cheapest route to go too :P

Sell FRS/BRZ and buy a Porsche?

Funny but I was in the GF's Abarth a few months ago at Diamond Jamboree in Irvine and a Porsche C2 pulled up along side. I kid you not, the exhaust was note for note identical to the Abarth. We got into a little rev competition, it was hilarious his white Porsche vs her white Abarth both barking at the line.

I've seen people take apart the full Abarth exhaust looking for the secret to the sound. One important factor was that inside the muffler jacket was essentially a straight pipe! (as in no muffler at all). Harmonics along the rest of the intake/exhaust track, I have no idea about.

Google srt4 exhuast and abarth... They are extreamly similar infact i'd say srt4 is even deeper and sexier

The SRT4 has no muffler.

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Srt-4 exhaust ftw. Best sounding 4 cyl evar.

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technically the turbo is a muffler. It does have 2 inline resonators as well.

Only decent sound clips I have of mine

http://instagram.com/p/gI5FPXOgP9/

http://instagram.com/p/gI513xugBM/

Heres mine, very quiet.
This is why i wanna do dual carbon Ti's on the Brz.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Ostj9mRko"]srt-4 w/ 3" exhaust - YouTube[/ame]

Sounds good. BTW no such thing as a quiet SRT 4 lol

And no such thing as a turbo/muffler.

Some of the older Lotus cars had a very similar sound.

Well, what he was saying is technically the turbo acts as a muffler and quiets down the exhaust. If you took two identical 4 cylinders, one with a turbo and stright piped and the second n/a straight piped, the non turbo would be EXTREMELY loud, while the turbo'd car would be bearable. Probably almost within db limits depending on length of pipe.

Yes, I understand, I have owned and built several turbo cars. My single turbo Supra had no cats, an HKS downpipe, resonator and muffler (Blitz Nur Spec), and was damn near unbearably loud. It was no where close to decibel limits.

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My WRX with just a downpipe was EXTREMELY loud.

Mine too! It was catted.

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Exactly. They were allowed to sell the car without a true muffler because the turbo combined with the cat and two resonators did the job. Although there were plenty of people that got pulled over for the stock exhaust lol.

I believe that.

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The size of the motor and amount of boost is also a factor, length of exhaust, size of exhaust, number of resonators/mufflers and or cats, and bends in the exhaust as well.

i tried to get my GF to buy an Abarth, sounds amazing. She ended up getting the Fiesta ST which sounds amazing inside the cabin because of the symposer, but not as good outside. Has a 1.6lt turbo as well.

Blitz nur spec might as well be straight pipes.
My single turbo supra with 3" downpipe no cats and Tanabe hyper medallion touring catback is extremely quiet.

Abarth has a 1.4t, not 1.6. And go buy an Abarth. I want to.

I played around with a Abarth yesterday, on my drive home. I had to stop the owner and tell him his car sounds sexy. He looked at me kind of funny when he smiled, then said thank you.
Those cars sound amazing


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I remembered hearing an Abarth couple weeks ago and immediately said to myself, "HOLY SHIT that's loud." I have a decent tolerance to loud exhausts but the one I heard sounded like it literally was straight piped with no cats or any restrictions! My windows were up and I still heard the car. And I thought my car was loud. ^-^

That's true! My wife said that it was so loud that riding in that car killed brain cells haha. It had a great, smooth sound though, but way too loud. I got tons of complements on the way it sounded every time I took it to the track. 22psi on a T04E-60 trim, Stage 5 Turbine wheel (held 22psi to redline), HKS Intake, hard pipes, and HKS SSQV, with that exhaust setup. It sounded incredible!

Sorry for the off-topic post... back to you, folks.