im hearin alot about noise can someone give me an explenation on the way to dampen the noise
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im hearin alot about noise can someone give me an explenation on the way to dampen the noise
Great isn't it! Really puts a smile on your face. The clatter of a 35 year old air cool aluminium engine with slightly loose valves and straight cut cam gears. The sucking of the dual carbs. The vibration of the "plastic" body. The rush of wind thru the side curtains or over the low top. No need for a radio at all. Now that's what driving a sports car was like in 1957.
Quiet you want? --- try Miata (Opps MX5) or BMW Z3/4 or New VW Bug.
Do search on poor man's Dyna-mat and Subbie engine.
Quiet you want? --- try Miata (Opps MX5) or BMW Z3/4 or New VW Bug.
Do search on poor man's Dyna-mat and Subbie engine.
Agree with Wolf 100%; that's why I got this thing and it's just great that way....
Yeah, Baby! It's my Mojo ... 'Course, right now it's just the squeak of rubber being pushed over slick shop floor concrete ... Two weeks ...
The radio in my speedster hasn't worked in about a year & I'm in no hurry to fix it!
Wolf, yes the Subaru engine is quiet, mechanically speaking, but if you took a ride in mine you would discover that there are other sounds that add to the experience. Different, yes, but definitely not quiet. On the drive to California last year, I found ear plugs helpful, but by the second or third day, either I became desensitized, more deaf or the engine just settled down and became quieter than when I first took off from home.
Hoss
ps. I do have "poor man's dynamat" installed on the engine cover.
Hoss
ps. I do have "poor man's dynamat" installed on the engine cover.
Hey Will!
The drive, more so than the destination, IS the adventure in owning a Speedy!
You wouldn't want to dampen the noise of passing cars honking their horns in admiration, or passers-by that holler "Nice car!" with a big thumbs up, or adoring females clammering to give you their phone numbers, or 18-wheelers' airhorn salute, and at the very least, the beautiful mechanical sounds emanating from your 4-cylinder happily touring at 70-75 mph on a beckoning highway, or ...
The drive, more so than the destination, IS the adventure in owning a Speedy!
You wouldn't want to dampen the noise of passing cars honking their horns in admiration, or passers-by that holler "Nice car!" with a big thumbs up, or adoring females clammering to give you their phone numbers, or 18-wheelers' airhorn salute, and at the very least, the beautiful mechanical sounds emanating from your 4-cylinder happily touring at 70-75 mph on a beckoning highway, or ...
ok guys,,,,,got the point
What? WHAT ? ! ? I can't hear anything above this noise . . . ! ! !