# Are Turbo Cars Quieter? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495 "2009-06-18T15:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stiky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stiky/32/5692_2.png) [@Stiky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stiky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/21 "2009-06-19T08:49:13Z")
> [@The end of an era...bye bye Cobra.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-end-of-an-era-bye-bye-cobra/22619/46): > > Maybe because I’m old, but all four bangers with any sort of exhaust are too loud for me. Especially turbo ones. Due to the restriction of the turbo, they drone like the zerg when they’re out of boost. Ditto. Inline 6’s and V6’s sound beautiful, I love the rumble of an I6. ---
**Author:** ![RED\_LINE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/red_line/32/5656_2.png) [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/22 "2009-06-19T08:59:19Z")
> [@Fs big evo3 ported and clipped with 38mm flapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-big-evo3-ported-and-clipped-with-38mm-flapper/22342/8): > > I still think KA’s are one of the best sounding 4 cylinder engines. They got a pretty deep tone than many other 4’s out there, sometimes they sound like Subaru engines!! lol ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/23 "2009-06-19T09:42:30Z")
^ Hey so do SRs… When they’re running on 3 cylinders… 😛 I find SRs actually have a fairly deep tone as well, for a 4 banger, that was through a tubular header and a 3" turbo back, no cat. I had 2 pretty big resonators though, so that played a role. ---
**Author:** ![GTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GTS)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/24 "2009-06-19T13:43:04Z")
> [@FS: 1993 ALTIMA 1000/BO](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1993-altima-1000-bo/21998/14): > > Maybe that explains why SRT-4s sound like crappy…no offence but I can’t stand the sound of them. There so many pops and its so raspy. Mark, you’re so wrong. Rasp is awesome and popping…love the sound of efficient scavenging (or retardedly rich tune). Don’t even get me started on 1st-2nd low-rpm-blow-off-valve purge. ---
**Author:** ![Specialedition](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/specialedition/32/5714_2.png) [@Specialedition](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Specialedition)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/25 "2009-06-19T15:01:52Z")
srt4 sounds like ass. My opinion inline 6 and v8’s make the best sounds ---
**Author:** ![touge8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@touge8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/touge8)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/26 "2009-06-20T00:01:34Z")
tigerbum ---
**Author:** ![AhmadG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ahmadg/32/5577_2.png) [@AhmadG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AhmadG)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/27 "2009-06-20T10:41:35Z")
As said above, V8’s win hands down for sound. I don’t know why they have this perfect throaty resonance…never looked it up. A friend was talking about multiples of 4 cylinders not including I4’s having some sort of mathematical resonance. That would include V8’s, and even V12’s according to his logic. I’ll look it up when I get my car running again. lol ---
**Author:** ![ronnie416](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ronnie416/32/5480_2.png) [@ronnie416](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ronnie416)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/28 "2009-06-20T10:55:08Z")
Any RB series motor makes me jizz in my pants. ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/29 "2009-06-20T11:06:12Z")
RB for import BBC with a lumpy as fuck cam for domestic I’m only talking idle here! LoL ---
**Author:** ![assass1n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@assass1n](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/assass1n)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/30 "2009-06-20T14:36:55Z")
> [@AhmadG"](#): > > As said above, V8’s win hands down for sound. I don’t know why they have this perfect throaty resonance…never looked it up. A friend was talking about multiples of 4 cylinders not including I4’s having some sort of mathematical resonance. That would include V8’s, and even V12’s according to his logic. > > I’ll look it up when I get my car running again. lol i agree!! v8’s sound like heaven. hehehe. heres two vids of mine. bone stock except for a resonator delete. still have both stock cats and both stock mufflers. [Y]1Q7iZqT4LZ4[/Y] [Y]40JtLuvXU5o[/Y] ---
**Author:** ![TorontoGT-R33](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torontogt-r33/32/5500_2.png) [@TorontoGT-R33](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TorontoGT-R33)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/31 "2009-06-20T16:21:56Z")
I don’t know if anyone remembers when I had a KA but the exhaust on my KA was loud as hell !!! But it sounded awesome, it was a good loud! KA24E with HOTSHOT performance header, “3” straight pipe to the back no cat, no resinator with a dual port MAGNAFLOW muffler, it sounded soooooooooo sweet! But way to loud at over 120km’s, I could barely hear the person next to me speak…sometimes that was a good thing depending on who was siting next to me LOL.! The exhaust on my SR is silent and I don’t even have a cat just a resinator, it only makes a lot of noise at high RPM’s now I just hear the sweet sound of my GT2871 spooling!!! Sooooooooooo sweet!!! ---
**Author:** ![Stiky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stiky/32/5692_2.png) [@Stiky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stiky)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/32 "2009-06-20T16:54:00Z")
Honestly man… I love turbo cars, perfect example is RR32GTRR’s gts-t, he had it running at the meet and I couldn’t even hear it, 3" front to back exhaust, when hes driving all you hear is the turbo spool. Turbo cars at idle are 100% quieter but under boost, a turbo car screams. ---
**Author:** ![touge8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@touge8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/touge8)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/33 "2009-06-20T18:18:11Z")
turbo tangy tang ---
**Author:** ![Oakville](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oakville/32/5762_2.png) [@Oakville](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oakville)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/34 "2009-06-20T18:52:49Z")
> [@Army asks 75 dead soldiers to rejoin active duty](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/army-asks-75-dead-soldiers-to-rejoin-active-duty/22641/4): > > SRT-4s have cats, they don’t have mufflers > > but they do also have resonators to help quiet them down > > even if behind a turbo, straight pipes (no cat, no resonator) will still be a lot louder then an OEM neon srt-4 my neighbor has a stock SRT-4. hes a cop and hes coming and going at all hours of the night. whenever he passes my house its like a facking jet flying through my room, it wakes me up. and still, bone stock. ---
**Author:** ![Squealy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Squealy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Squealy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/35 "2009-06-24T10:21:55Z")
^^ I would be willing to bet that it’s not completely stock though. I had an SRT4 before i bought my Rx7. They’re pretty quiet when they’re stock, but there were very very few of them that were completely stock. Even just an upgrade to the stage 1 mopar computer will result in a lot more snaps and pops, even with stock exhaust. It has to do with fueling on decel, i believe, and it’s intentional just for the sound. Get rid of the stock airbox, and the intake gets stupid loud too. Mine had a cutout downpipe… .open that up at the lights, and things get ugly pretty quickly 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ciaran](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ciaran/32/5612_2.png) [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/36 "2009-06-27T13:01:23Z")
ok so i know know that sr’s are MUCH quieter then ka’s. had an apexi n1 dual on my ka, and to be honest it was uncomfortably loud even at idle. i JUST threw the same exhaust on my sr and its whisper quiet. so i just got the resonator taken off making it into a straight pipe with 2 tips, and its STILL quiet while cruising. but once you start to hit boost it just screams. im so happy! woo! ---
**Author:** ![codyne](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/codyne/32/5629_2.png) [@codyne](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/codyne)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495/37 "2009-06-28T15:21:13Z")
nice man, i meant to ask you how it came out, thats kick ass, ill give you a call soon anyways i wanna hear it [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-turbo-cars-quieter/125495.md?page=1)