Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3

[D Griff]

Time to unplug that soundaktor style

I mean, I had to do the same in my 86

[D Griff]

I think in the I actually wound up plugging it back in as it was better.

[Desertbreh]

I think in the I actually wound up plugging it back in as it was better.

It WAS better, but I could never bring myself to plug the vibrating puck back in.

[CaleDeRoo]

Well it's still "real" in a sense that it's combustion within the exhaust during decell, but modern efficiency took the natural burbles away long ago. I do kinda miss it in my car. When I went from H-pipe to the x-pipe it almost completely eliminated them.



Edit: wait does "active sound design" mean the engine noise coming from the speakers? If so do the burbles inside match what's happening outside?

Yeah, active sound design is apparently all speaker stuff. I have no idea what startup, downshift, and upshift sounds are. Assuming load sound is trying to mimic induction noise.

If I throw it in sport or sport plus and rev at a standstill, it does burble a little bit which is why I thought it was real when I'd hear it while driving.

As far as H vs X-pipe, it looks like most midpipes for the G80 use an X-pipe. I think I've seen one use an H but I don't remember which one it was. Regardless, I'm planning on the AA equal length. The car definitely needs it.

Your car is still going to make the pops and burbles outside, so it sounds like they might just be amplifying them for you inside. Could be fun to drive with it on and off to see how accurate it is to the tailpipe sounds.

Definitely go equal length. I can't wait for that.

[Gberg2119]

I definitely unplugged my soundaktor on the but I don’t remember if it was when I did my intake for more whoosh noises or my turboback exhaust. It definitely didn’t need it once the exhaust was on.

I’ll try messing with it but if I already think it’s too quiet with all this shit active, odds are I’ll turn it all back on. At least until I get the midpipes.

[Gberg2119]

With just over 1500 miles on the car I took it on it's longest trip to north jersey. About 60-ish miles each way with a mix of highway and backroads where I had the chance to let it loose a bit. On both trips the car returned 23 empeegee which is .



On the backroad bits, the car is just ridiculous. It doesn't stop pulling past 90 and kind of encourages you to drive like an asshole. I can only imagine what the competition is like. It must be . Even was like "I understand why you wanted to buy this car" after hearing the wail of the straight six.



I still want to do the CDV delete but the issue is probably finding a shop that knows how and is willing to do it. Yes it could accelerate clutch wear but so would any CDV delete including the ones I did on my R's. Been driving coming up on 20 years now. I'm not sure it'd be an issue.