I have a ricer question, ...no really Options

[celicaGT96]

I was just thinking, what is is that makes a car sound so crappy, like really the fart can mufflers.
I know of alot of cars that are fast as hell, and have all these mods, and they just sound soo ugly.
I mean its pretty common you see, or hear a honda fartin around your neighborhood, but if Im not mistaken our cars dont sound that way, and I have heard with many diff types of mufflers and exhausts.
Is there a certain cause for that sound....even some cars with good brand exhaust systems just dont sound right.
Im in the turboing process for my gt, and Im trying to avoid farts at all cost....lol

This post has been edited by celicaGT96: Jan 31, 2006 - 1:34 AM

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Heres my theory on why an exhaust will sound like it does.

1.) Displacement. Cars with a larger displacement motor will inherently sound deeper due to the size of the engine. Likewise, a car with more cylinders usually has a deeper sound because the exhaust note is of the collective tone of all 6 or 8 cylinders firing, for example. Also, with cylinders usually comes more displacement....deeper tone.

2.) Engine design. An inline 4 cylinder like our cars have won't sound like a EJ20 horizontally opposed 4 cylinder in the WRX. They sound very deep in comparison even with less displacement because of the way the engine is designed. It doesn't have a smooth whine up to redline like the I-4, they sound like a series of pops that really adds to a rumbling deep tone. Hondas are a low displacement motor that really get loud when revved hard....but also the rice sound you often hear is the result of the following factor.....

3.) The exhaust. If you have a larger diameter pipe it'll usually add up to a louder exhaust. A resonator will allow you to manipulate that tone, along with the design of the muffler. If I put a canister style or "fart can" muffler on the same piping I have now as opposed to my GReddy setup, it would certainly be louder because of the path in which the exhaust and engine sound exits the car. Usually when I see a "ricey" sounding car its because there is a huge ugly canister muffler that just kinda emits sound and exhaust in whatever direction instead of a free-flowing and focused route.

Thats pretty much my opinion on why exhausts sound like they do.