Loudest turbos?
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So I've heard some imports with turbos that the whine is just so loud its sick, I like my cars to be quite loud (Drive around with cutouts open all the time, etc)
My question is, what is the loudest whining turbo out there? I know most of the kits advertise how quiet they are, which is a turn off for me.
My question is, what is the loudest whining turbo out there? I know most of the kits advertise how quiet they are, which is a turn off for me.
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I only have a 3in pipe that is about 4ft long coming out of the turbo. The car is pretty quiet. If I take it off and have no pipe, you hear the turbo all the time, although the exhaust note doesnt sound as good.
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Originally Posted by mongse
A belt-driven charger like an ATI or Vortech would get you noticed more.
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Jose, How does a T76 GTS sound in comparison to say a T60, T66? While it doesn't look to have a anti-surge housing, I've heard from others that it spools fairly loud as compared to some smaller T series turbos.
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Originally Posted by F8L Z71
But then you have to listen to that racket while sitting at a stop light or while idling when all you wanna hear is your tunes.
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Edit: Oh, and I'm also venting dual surge valves to the atmosphere. My friends tell me its loud on the outside, but inside the car, it's quiet.
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The bigger the inducer the more sound will inherently be produced, since your compressing larger volumes of air. Stand beside a T101-106 car on the dyno, you will get all you want to hear....lol. Sounds like a Pratt&Whitney is stuffed under the hood....
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Originally Posted by term
I want mine to whine like crazy under heavy workload and at idle, of course louder under load but you should be able to hear the whine from a good distance at idle
Only thing you're going to hear at idle is a blower. My car, even if I open up the downpipe, is dead silent at idle.