Lettuce Build Thread, Fast Cars and Fast Women: Stage 2 and Beyond

[blbroo]

In case any of you guys were wondering what a mid-12 second B8 A4 sounded like with stock exhaust, I found a short clip of someone running an identical setup to mine driving somewhere down in Mexico.

http://webmshare.com/play/0g8Vd

Can you tell that stranger that his vid isn't working?

[lettuce]

Can you tell that stranger that his vid isn't working?

Works for me in all my browsers. It's a webm if that makes a difference.

[19birel]

Can you tell that stranger that his vid isn't working?

Try a different browser, it wouldn't work for me in Safari,but i was able to see it in Chrome no problem.

@Lettuce Has a nice subtle growl to it, I like

[blbroo]

Try a different browser, it wouldn't work for me in Safari,but i was able to see it in Chrome no problem.

@Lettuce Has a nice subtle growl to it, I like

Wouldn't work on my iphone, but listened to it at work.

Sounds similar to mine, but I hear more turbo sounds.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_...M3WHZsZGs/view (the point that it goes quieter is what it sounds like at 85 in 6th)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_...FObnVWS0k/view

[lettuce]

Wouldn't work on my iphone, but listened to it at work.

Sounds similar to mine, but I hear more turbo sounds.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_...M3WHZsZGs/view (the point that it goes quieter is what it sounds like at 85 in 6th)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_...FObnVWS0k/view

Yeah that was taken with his windows up. Apparently the turbo spool is only really audible when the windows are down. At least that's what he tells me.

Your car does sound just like that one that's like mine. Very nice. I do notice though at the '85 in 6th' part, there's a bit of a constant whine. Is that from the turbo or your manual transmission? I have nothing like that in mine.

He was able to share some new vids as well. Just some stupid clips driving home from work, nothing special.

Turbo spool sound with windows down:
http://webmshare.com/play/BqmW4

AWD traction loss as turbo spools up in first gear from a roll:
http://webmshare.com/play/8LO0Z

Exhaust note with the windows down:
http://webmshare.com/play/n8oKL

[blbroo]

Yeah that was taken with his windows up. Apparently the turbo spool is only really audible when the windows are down. At least that's what he tells me.

Your car does sound just like that one that's like mine. Very nice. I do notice though at the '85 in 6th' part, there's a bit of a constant whine. Is that from the turbo or your manual transmission? I have nothing like that in mine.

He was able to share some new vids as well. Just some stupid clips driving home from work, nothing special.



Turbo spool sound with windows down:
http://webmshare.com/play/BqmW4

AWD traction loss as turbo spools up in first gear from a roll:
http://webmshare.com/play/8LO0Z

Exhaust note with the windows down:
http://webmshare.com/play/n8oKL

My windows were up. That whine is probably transmitted from the shifter. I had my hand on the shifter with the phone in it.


Do you have an AFE filter and silicone turbo inlet pipe? That will add more turbo noise above what this mexican driver has.
His car jumps up in speed quick in that second video. I can slap my rear out if I punch it hard on a sharp turn, but can't get the tires to chirp in a straight line.

[lettuce]

My windows were up. That whine is probably transmitted from the shifter. I had my hand on the shifter with the phone in it.


Do you have an AFE filter and silicone turbo inlet pipe? That will add more turbo noise above what this mexican driver has.
His car jumps up in speed quick in that second video. I can slap my rear out if I punch it hard on a sharp turn, but can't get the tires to chirp in a straight line.

Yeah I have all those intake things. Did you do a sound box delete? I didn't.

But yeah first gear is like a time warp in that thing. From the moment the turbo hits in first gear at around 3k till it's time to shift your brain just kind of shuts off and you go off instinct. Then when it's over you're like "how did i get here.. what year is it". It feels like 3k-redline was instantaneous and yet at the same time it feels like you just spent the last week and a half glued to the driver's seat holding on for dear life. Sort of like how the passage of time feels when you wake up in the morning in relation to when you went to bed, or like how Gandalf the Grey fought that Balrog and then fell into that chasm and went into space where he floated around for eons talking to other alien wizards and then came back to Middle Earth like a day later as Gandalf the White.

[blbroo]

Yeah I have all those intake things. Did you do a sound box delete? I didn't.

But yeah first gear is like a time warp in that thing. From the moment the turbo hits in first gear at around 3k till it's time to shift your brain just kind of shuts off and you go off instinct. Then when it's over you're like "how did i get here.. what year is it". It feels like 3k-redline was instantaneous and yet at the same time it feels like you just spent the last week and a half glued to the driver's seat holding on for dear life. Sort of like how the passage of time feels when you wake up in the morning in relation to when you went to bed, or like how Gandalf the Grey fought that Balrog and then fell into that chasm and went into space where he floated around for eons talking to other alien wizards and then came back to Middle Earth like a day later as Gandalf the White.

WOW!

Yeah, I ripped that sound box out and capped the hole.