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rumatt 10-18-2018 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by wdc330i (Post 539747)
You decided to go the purist route, rather than Franksensupercar. Although, it's not too late the change your mind...:)
For now. But we didn't do all that much to the engine. If it goes I might be willing to get creative.

The engine is strong but does burn a lot of oil. But who knows, maybe it'll last another 100k miles.

Nick M3 10-18-2018 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by John V (Post 539755)
I've yet to hear an S54 that sounded good. I'm sure there's a way to do it, I just haven't heard one.

If you can make one sound like the Euro I6, I'd be all over putting an S54 in something. Not an E36 ti though... because ick.
Learn to love the rasp?

Edit: Really, the answer is a quiet exhaust and a CF airbox. Drown out the exhaust noise with one of the best induction noises of all time, IMO.

John V 10-18-2018 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rumatt (Post 539756)
For now. But we didn't do all that much to the engine. If it goes I might be willing to get creative.

The engine is strong but does burn a lot of oil. But who knows, maybe it'll last another 100k miles.
We may want to consider modifying the CCV system to reduce the vacuum applied to the system. It could help the low oil ring tension issue and reduce the oil consumption.

John V 10-18-2018 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick M3 (Post 539757)
Learn to love the rasp?

Edit: Really, the answer is a quiet exhaust and a CF airbox. Drown out the exhaust noise with one of the best induction noises of all time, IMO.
That may be the right answer. I just can't stand the exhaust sound of that engine. It ruins the car.

Nick M3 10-18-2018 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by John V (Post 539759)
That may be the right answer. I just can't stand the exhaust sound of that engine. It ruins the car.
I really like the stock chainsaw cutting a barrel of marbles exhaust note, but it's not for everyone. (It also sounds a lot better with Euro headers.)

A lot of the aftermarket exhausts add some really weird notes.

The best sounding S54 I ever heard was, perhaps unsurprisingly, Chuck Stickley's absolutely balls out C-Modified engine. It sounded like it was tearing a hole in the space-time continuum coming and going.

(One friend who happened to come by the track to say hi said she thought it sounded really evil.)

John V 10-18-2018 10:26 AM
The stock sound is pretty much the worst exhaust sound ever, as far as I'm concerned. :lol:

Nick M3 10-18-2018 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by John V (Post 539761)
The stock sound is pretty much the worst exhaust sound ever, as far as I'm concerned. :lol:
https://youtu.be/i7qvu1I4muQ

equ 10-18-2018 10:39 AM
I liked it better with the Dinan than stock, but ideally for trips less than an hour. The number of negative comments coming out of JV (on multiple threads) is astonishing... Lighten up, Francis!

robg 10-18-2018 10:56 AM
Dodge Charger scat pack. Too big, likely unreliable, gas guzzler, drab interior. Can’t get it out of my head though. As if to torture me there’s one parked on the street near my work every day.


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John V 10-18-2018 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick M3 (Post 539762)
Okay, but that's not how they sound stock.

https://youtu.be/zjCTRznA3WY

:ack:


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