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

[doGGy]

ooooook here is what i learned and read on the subject... Long long time ago i was experimenting with all the tipes of mufflers / resonators.. I did 3 my own mufflers (straight trough design) and 3 resonators, all of them where different.

Basicly - the sound depends from whole system, if you have good flowing system and inside the pipes where are no sharp edges, no welding marks left - it will sound clean (no puf puf and no dra dra when you rev it and realise the gas pedal)

Second thing - Resonator / Muffler ( when they are the straight through design), the size / diameter of them will make your sound either risey or a nice deep tone. The Diameter will deside what tone your sound will be the bigger diameter and short lenght will give you higher pitch sound, cuz the big bang will be slowed down but all the small ding ding sounds will be left untouched. The smaller diameter and longer ones will give you a loud but clean deep tone cuz all the small pitching will be damped and deep but loud sound will go out.. The combination of these two parameters will give you desired sound.. When going custom it all depends on the design of these 2...

Why do you think Greddy SP sounds so damn good? take a look at the rear muffler - the size of it is almost the same as Stock one, and the resonator is almost the same too.

In this case - size matter - but matter only if you want to quiet down the sound, but queting the sound - means slowing donw the exhaust gases... so... it is for you to chose.

Best exhaust - straight pipe of 1 meter long and some sort of funnel type tip on the end... Sound will be amazing