"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
07/26/2016 at 11:57 • Filed to: Life Mysteries
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"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
07/26/2016 at 11:57 • Filed to: Life Mysteries | 2
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How does Fiat make their 4-cylinders sound soooo damn good?!? What’s their legitimate secret? Not some pasta or ravioli in the exhaust or anything like that. Seriously, how do they do it? Why can’t all modern 4-cylinders sound like this??
HOW??!!??
cluelessk
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:03 |
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Sounds too manufactured
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:04 |
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They spent more development money on the sound than the reliability.
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:06 |
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It sounds broken.
Though let's be real it probably is.
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:08 |
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Header length, pipe length vs. diameter, resonators, mufflers, etc. Just gotta get the right combination of things.
Ever hear a WRX with an equal length header vs. the stock exhaust manifold? Sounds like a completely different car.
Milky
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:09 |
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Because it literally has no muffler (on the 500 at least).
cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:10 |
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It’s this simple: Resonator and no muffler. A resonator deepens the sound and when there’s no muffler yo here more of it. Any I4 with this setup will sound similar.
TysMagic
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:16 |
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on the 500 abarth it’s turbo, resonator, dump out the back a couple inches later. No muffler. And I can tell you I’m proud to wake my neighbors with it daily.
PorkchoPlissken
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:16 |
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Most 4 cylinder cars are built for economy and comfort, as are most cars in general, and noise reduction is part of that. With no resonator or muffler, that purpose is voided, at least some of the comfort aspect, that part being the noise level. This is why I remove the resonator on most of my cars. Noooiiise please.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/26/2016 at 12:23 |
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Actually, FIAT’s 1.4L Multiair is pretty well-regarded in terms of reliability AFAIK. It’s moreso their interior quality / entertainment systems that seem to get the most flack, at least here in North America from what I’ve heard.
wafflesnfalafel
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 12:30 |
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just like Hyundai recently learned how to do -
http://autoweek.com/article/car-ne…
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 13:04 |
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No mufflers. And a good design from the factory. See this Fiesta with a muffler delete as an example:
Textured Soy Protein
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 13:31 |
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Well that is quite rorty.
Which just reinforces my opinion that the 124 Abarth is by far the best Miata you can buy.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/26/2016 at 13:59 |
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I’m guessing Fiat undid all the sound engineering to restore some of the dirty old-car sounds that other companies have eliminated.
Lacking an actual muffler is a big part of it, although to be honest the 4-pipe exit is overkill. Let’s be real, it’s a 1.4L turbo four, not a V12.
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Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Milky
07/26/2016 at 14:00 |
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That janky white tape tho, so Fiat.