Are there any quiet FI systems out there
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Staging Lane
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From: New Orleans, LA
Are there any quiet FI systems out there Looking for a true sleeper system. I pulled up to a guy the other day and his car was whistling like crazy...I think I would get a headache with that as my daily driver.
Are there any mods I can do to make the current setups quieter. I don't mind exhaust noise, its the noise under the hood.
Thanks!
Are there any mods I can do to make the current setups quieter. I don't mind exhaust noise, its the noise under the hood.
Thanks!
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Turbo setups are very quite. On the Incon kit you can't see the turbo(s) and you can here them in the engine bay. I can here them spinning on the side of the car, but only because I know what to listen for.
Gary
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Gary said it . . . not sure about single setups, but the Incon is so quiet that people have walked up to my car idling at the track and didn't even know it was running! I think I have the quietest car in my club . . . sans cats and muffler!
The Vortech kits tend to be pretty quiet. You usually can't hear those until your right next to the car. People that don't know what they are looking for probably won't even notice.
Tom
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Turbos are quite till you hit boost 
. But at idle theres no way to tell unless you look under the hood.
As for blowers an ATI I heard awhile back was so quite when it drove by me standing in a parking lot I swore it didn't have a blower till I looked under the hood. Or maybe I just wasn't paying that much attention
. But at idle theres no way to tell unless you look under the hood.As for blowers an ATI I heard awhile back was so quite when it drove by me standing in a parking lot I swore it didn't have a blower till I looked under the hood. Or maybe I just wasn't paying that much attention
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My boss' Incon SS is louder than my Vortech. In 1.5 years of driving with the Vortech, I have had 1 person ask me if the car was blown from the sound.
Edit: Maybe I should stop posting in threads I find in search
Edit: Maybe I should stop posting in threads I find in search
Last edited by 280Z28; Jul 28, 2006 at 09:58 AM.
Originally Posted by Blkknight
Turbos are quite till you hit boost . But at idle theres no way to tell unless you look under the hood.
As for blowers an ATI I heard awhile back was so quite when it drove by me standing in a parking lot I swore it didn't have a blower till I looked under the hood. Or maybe I just wasn't paying that much attention
. But at idle theres no way to tell unless you look under the hood.As for blowers an ATI I heard awhile back was so quite when it drove by me standing in a parking lot I swore it didn't have a blower till I looked under the hood. Or maybe I just wasn't paying that much attention
Originally Posted by Justin98TransAm
my Vortech V9-GTrimSQ is pretty quiet.. only time you can really hear it is at idle, and it sounds like alternator noise through a radio.
Last edited by TWS; Jul 28, 2006 at 10:53 AM.
Originally Posted by BIGBOS
I know that the D-1SC and higher for head units are pretty loud.......
yep. My D-1SC (pewter car) is not stealthy either. When I pull into a car meet, heads turn and bystanders say to each other ("he must have a blower", or "dayum!"
etc.) 
Originally Posted by Boostaholic
At cruise you can hear my turbos, even at idle if you listen close. You would really have to know what your listening for at a stop light though, if I tap the throttle its pretty obvious.
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It may just be me but I can usually hear the fuel pump before I figure out if the car is blown or turbo'ed. Loud fuel pump is a dead giveaway. That and other electric pumps. Then I just think - "what's that noise...oh low mount turbo."
Originally Posted by TWS
hmmm... mine is loud as hell and I have a V9G "SQ". There is no doubt (to car guys anyway) that I am packing an FI system of some kind when I pull up next to them at a light.
