glorious mechanical sounds

[Ben_G]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Thread of the day, noise isn't a bad thing, although wind noise and tire roar is a drag.

Well, I never really mind wind noise, unless it's from a badly aligned door/window.... and the Bridgstone RE760 i have are quieter than the stock michelins!!

[Braces]

How about the golf cart sound of electric cars. Nice future, eh?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Braces

How about the golf cart sound of electric cars. Nice future, eh?

Gotta love the irony that some governments are talking about requiring sound generators on them so people can hear them better.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by Ben_G

Well, I never really mind wind noise, unless it's from a badly aligned door/window.... and the Bridgstone RE760 i have are quieter than the stock michelins!!

Grew up in more insulated economy cars, wind and tire noise in this car is louder than I would like but I would not take the additional weight of insulation so on balance I'm happy.

I'll take loud fast and sticky over quiet any day. Oh and that goes for tires too.

[DuMa]

drove my friend's S2K with 145k miles with stock exhaust and KW3 coils, so much more harsher and louder. vibrations and noises were so much more prevalent.

I mean my car is only 12k miles but still feels brand new.

I would enjoy the feedback but not everday

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Thread of the day, noise isn't a bad thing, although wind noise and tire roar is a drag.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Ben_G

so while I had my center console apart the other day, I decided to go for a drive. Probably not the safest thing to do since you could see the drive shaft, exhaust and ground through the hole trans tunnel, but it was glorious!!

When we first put my TR6 back together and had the cam broken in, we decided to take it out for a run around the neighborhood with the transmission tunnel still removed and the exhaust coming right out of the header. We bolted in the driver's seat and put a plastic milk crate on the passenger side for my dad to sit on. Top down, of course. The neighbors did not appreciate that we were doing this at 11 PM.

It cracks me up when I see people on here whine about clutch spring rattles and rear deck ticks.

[Bristecom]

Originally Posted by humfrz

My neighbor has some sort of Toyota that whines in reverse ..... I reckon it has a reverse gear that is straight cut.....


humfrz

Reverse doesn't count.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Bristecom

I agree. Do newer manual transmission cars no longer have gear whine? I love that sound...

My uncle has a Jaguar E-type that he lets me drive sometimes and that thing truly sounds glorious! It feels so mechanical. It's a workout!

Originally Posted by humfrz

My neighbor has some sort of Toyota that whines in reverse ..... I reckon it has a reverse gear that is straight cut.....


humfrz

Originally Posted by Bristecom

Reverse doesn't count.

Then the answer is no. Syncros did away with most of the whine.

[Bristecom]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Then the answer is no. Syncros did away with most of the whine.

But... my Eclipse has the whine and it has syncros. I was just wondering if the whine is still there but just masked with modern insulation. Unless it is something with newer types of syncros or the tolerances (although I haven't heard anything that changed in newer transmissions other than more syncros in the lower gears).

[humfrz]

I thought this was interesting:

http://automotivethinker.com/transmi...rs-vs-helical/


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Bristecom

But... my Eclipse has the whine and it has syncros.

How many miles? My Eclipse had the whine but that was after a quarter million miles. Bearings were cooked.

[Kiwi Greg]

The Jerico race gear box I had in my circuit car was glorious coupled with the big Flowmaster exhaust sound from my V8 series one RX7.


It was priceless watching Guys heads spin when I fired it up to get if off the Trailer, not the noise they were expecting :-)

[Wheelsoffracing]

You guys should find an MG TC & give it a whirl. RHD preferred.