What would I need to do to get this sound?

xj220

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I love the way this car sounds and am wondering what mods would be necessary to get the same sound, if it is at all possible. Watch this video to see what I'm talking about: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=968324305532525154&q=slr

I know I'll need a supercharger, obviously but what else?

 

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Here's a shorter video if you're too lazy to watch the first one:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7338281896970663650&q=slr

 

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am I missing something, you need an SLR....

 

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$450,000.00 would do up a nice exhaust

Wow! That got my pulse racing. What a car.
OK so we've got the supercharger whine. That part is easy. Now for that deep throated rumble... Hmmm, I guess that would be the $450,000.00 question.
All I can tell you for sure is, I'm going to play the lotto this week. Holy cow is that thing sweet!

Jeremy cracks me up.

Scott

 

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Ya I dont get it, what kind of car do you want to make sound like this???

 

xj220

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My Stang. Just curious what it would take. It's a double side exhaust car and that's about all I know. This sound isn't limited to the SLR though, check this out: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1025002690700603120&q=top+gear
This too is a side exhaust car.

 

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buy a cobra

 

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The SLR is nice but i'd rather have a Ferrari F430

 

69Rcode_Mach1

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Those funny foreigners. I am not a big mercedes fan but that car is bad ass. That is the sort of sound you will get from an engine with the overhead cams. I agree with buy a cobra, plus then you can mod that cobra and spank the SLR in a straight line.

 

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69Rcode_Mach1 said:

I agree with buy a cobra, plus then you can mod that cobra and spank the SLR in a straight line.

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Right where it counts, especially with a Cobra . IMO, if you cant go faster with the wheel turned, you're not beating anyone. Thats beside the point, though; this isnt about the faster car.

I dont see whats so special about the way the Benz sonds. I saw that show on tv and it sounded good, but not good enough for my pushrod 302 to emulate. An '03 Cobra sounds freaking mean inside and you could buy 10 of them for what that McLaren Benz will set you back.

You know what blows those quad-cam, all aluminum, and supercharged sounds out of the water? A high compression, side-piped, Trans-Am 302.

 

xj220

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I'm not going for pure straight line; I like the protouring style. I figure I'll need at least a supercharger, fuel injection and probably side pipes with an x-pipe. The only thing is that I don't think there'd be enough room up front for the side pipes to exit right behind the front wheels, especially with and x-pipe and mufflers.

 

xj220

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double post

 

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thats car makes me feel like my car is grossly underpowered. not only can that car get up and go in a straight line it can brake and corner. but if i had 500000 usd i bet my stang would beat it.

 

65ShelbyClone

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xj220 said:

The only thing is that I don't think there'd be enough room up front for the side pipes to exit right behind the front wheels, especially with and x-pipe and mufflers.

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Flowtech has turbo mufflers with the inlet and outlet on the same end. They mount where the stockers went and you run a pip forward and in front of the rear wheels. Thats what I'm going to use in the future. With my current setup I wanted side pipes, glasspacks, and an x-pipe. I only had room for two, so I chose to copy the GT350 style non-crossover, at aleast temporarily.

 

69Rcode_Mach1

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Or you could get a really powerful audio system and a CD of a Benz's exhaust note. The only tough part is matching the sound output to your speed.

 

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He he he Top Gear is essential viewing for any UK petrol head (though they never give American cars any credit - except the new Mustang).

Anyway, I think you got several problems with trying to emulate that sound - it's not a classic V8 sound, that we all love. I think there's probably a wacky firing order, and I bet they cross over the exhaust headers so that one side scavenges the other - like one header takes two cylinders from the left, and two from the right.

I'm just guessing.

I'm with the Trans-Am 302...but the SLR does sound awesome.

 

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The blower sounds like an eaton off a 03-04 cobra.

But that is about it . . .
No windsor motor is going to sound like that.
If you want a crazy exhaust note, x-pipe with spintechs. I would love to have that setup.

 

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Just buy a 03 cobra slap a kb 2.4l blower on it and you wont believe the scream those let out! Or you could get a really powerful audio system and a CD of a Benz's exhaust note. The only tough part is matching the sound output to your speed.

 

69Rcode_Mach1

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I was waiting for a 4.6 guy who joined in on that thread to notice that joke.

 

xj220

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Bingo

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2031121.001/mclaren/1.html

That explains it all. Really interesting read anyways as it goes through the whole design ideology. Since most of you are lazy, I'll cut to the chase:

"The SLR exhaust system features four catalytic converters – two on each side – and secondary air injection, which together ensure extremely low exhaust emissions. After the main converter housing, exhaust flows into a muffler located just behind each front wheel. The mufflers (each over five gallons in volume) are designed for low exhaust back pressure and consist of precisely calculated acoustic sections that produce the characteristic SLR engine sound."

Now I gotta find me some SLR mufflers.