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Old 06-16-2016, 12:26 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by MuseChaser View Post
LOL at all the kazoo posts. Yeah, good point, but I'm not talking about engine exhaust sound; I've had that thing plugged up since I bought the car. Piping engine noise intentionally into the cockpit seemed about as dumb a thing as I'd ever heard, so I nixed it right away.

It's so hard to describe sounds. What I'm talking about seems to be more transmission-related; you hear it when each gear engages and you accelerate. It's not a grinding noise or anything that sounds like something's wrong, just sort of an aggressive "OK, GEARS.. we're MESHED and we've got WORK to do" kind of thing. FR-S tranny sound is to BMW tranny sound as Skilsaw sound is to aquarium pump sound, sort of?
I think I know what you mean - like if you let out the clutch "wrong" (maybe too fast?) it makes a sort of "zzzzt!!" sound?
I wonder if it's the clutch delay valve?
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