Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

pinno

We want to hear it, not see it.

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

We want to hear it, not see it.

My neighbours would hate me Got something on YouTube by someone else if that helps?

rjsterry

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

need a video so we can see & hear.

do it. do it. do it now. do it. do it. do it now.

It's a bit dark just now...

You'll need Mrs 666 to hold the camera. That'll be fun explaining why

Stevo_666

rjsterry wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

need a video so we can see & hear.

do it. do it. do it now. do it. do it. do it now.

It's a bit dark just now...

You'll need Mrs 666 to hold the camera. That'll be fun explaining why

Somehow I don't think I can count on her cooperation...

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

need a video so we can see & hear.

do it. do it. do it now. do it. do it. do it now.

It's a bit dark just now...

You'll need Mrs 666 to hold the camera. That'll be fun explaining why

Somehow I don't think I can count on her cooperation...

Yeah, talking to you would be a start

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

need a video so we can see & hear.

do it. do it. do it now. do it. do it. do it now.

It's a bit dark just now...

You'll need Mrs 666 to hold the camera. That'll be fun explaining why

Somehow I don't think I can count on her cooperation...

Yeah, talking to you would be a start

I haven't spoken to her in years. I don't like to interrupt.

cowsham

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

Optional and setting are the two words that need explaining -- do new cars come with that now?

pinno

Cowsham wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

Optional and setting are the two words that need explaining -- do new cars come with that now?

Yes. Bonkers really. There is a mechanical means whereby flaps are deployed/opened to create a sound.

Vtech was caught with his pants down when I asked how optimum scavenging of the cylinder was achievable when 'tuning' an exhaust system to make a particular note.
What it boils down to is that all the major car manufacturers want to create a unique sound which clearly identifies it as... an AMG Merc, a Ferrari, a McLaren etc.
It's not something that happens at the lower price brackets.

robert88

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

Optional and setting are the two words that need explaining -- do new cars come with that now?

Yes. Bonkers really. There is a mechanical means whereby flaps are deployed/opened to create a sound.

Vtech was caught with his pants down when I asked how optimum scavenging of the cylinder was achievable when 'tuning' an exhaust system to make a particular note.
What it boils down to is that all the major car manufacturers want to create a unique sound which clearly identifies it as... an AMG Merc, a Ferrari, a McLaren etc.
It's not something that happens at the lower price brackets.

Got stuck behind a real McLaren the other day. A black one. It looked like something you'd want squash pretty quick if you found it in the outback.

Anyway this is what a proper car sounds like:
https://youtu.be/As_63QMoCig
Those haybales.. Good idea/Bad idea?

pinno

Robert88 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

Optional and setting are the two words that need explaining -- do new cars come with that now?

Yes. Bonkers really. There is a mechanical means whereby flaps are deployed/opened to create a sound.

Vtech was caught with his pants down when I asked how optimum scavenging of the cylinder was achievable when 'tuning' an exhaust system to make a particular note.
What it boils down to is that all the major car manufacturers want to create a unique sound which clearly identifies it as... an AMG Merc, a Ferrari, a McLaren etc.
It's not something that happens at the lower price brackets.

Got stuck behind a real McLaren the other day. A black one. It looked like something you'd want squash pretty quick if you found it in the outback.

Anyway this is what a proper car sounds like:
https://youtu.be/As_63QMoCig
Those haybales.. Good idea/Bad idea?

I'll raise you (with a bit more sophistication):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDHzK3Xe7Yw

Tashman

I've been through the McLaren engine building line. It's fascinating to see on a small scale like that. They also have a sound room where they can play with the engine pitch too.

ayjaycee

Robert88 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Anyway this is what a proper car sounds like:
https://youtu.be/As_63QMoCig
Those haybales.. Good idea/Bad idea?

I'm guessing they were going for the old knackered lawnmower effect. Try this one instead - it's worth watching all of it but otherwise FF to 4.00.

cowsham

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

Optional and setting are the two words that need explaining -- do new cars come with that now?

Yes. Bonkers really. There is a mechanical means whereby flaps are deployed/opened to create a sound.

Vtech was caught with his pants down when I asked how optimum scavenging of the cylinder was achievable when 'tuning' an exhaust system to make a particular note.
What it boils down to is that all the major car manufacturers want to create a unique sound which clearly identifies it as... an AMG Merc, a Ferrari, a McLaren etc.
It's not something that happens at the lower price brackets.

So you have a button (optional 'not as an option you choose when your buying the car then?' ) in the car which you press which allows you to set the tuning of the exhaust to give you a different note at a certain Rev just for the sound of it ? I don't think it'll have the appeal of my v4 two stroke bike at least it has the speed with accompanying howl. It has power valves on the exhaust ports that make it even faster.

robert88

OK so there toys for the Top Gun enthusiasts, oops I meant Top Gear enthusiasts, but do these upmarket modern motors have Driver Monitoring Systems:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_Monitoring_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_dr ... _detection

Boring I know and probably non-trivial.

pinno

Cowsham wrote:

...optional 'not as an option you choose when your buying the car then?'...

An optional extra; that I do not know.

It will change the sound of the car, whatever the revs.

What we are seeing, is the proliferation of 'street' cars that you can take on track days.
'Sport mode' as opposed to 'comfort mode' (some cars even have 'race mode') can do a number of things such as, stiffen the suspension, de-restrict the exhaust, lower the vehicle, alter steering (it's becoming very common for steering to electronically/electrically assisted), alter traction control and LSD settings, change gear change points with PDK (flappy paddle gear shift)... the list is endless.
Juggling all the above is through the ECU is often referred to as 'calibration'.

Probably more than you wanted but I see that you have a degree of understanding.
...and as a biker, probably eternally laughing at the 4 wheeled brigade.

pinno

Robert88 wrote:

Boring

surrey_commuter

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

...optional 'not as an option you choose when your buying the car then?'...

An optional extra; that I do not know.

It will change the sound of the car, whatever the revs.

What we are seeing, is the proliferation of 'street' cars that you can take on track days.
'Sport mode' as opposed to 'comfort mode' (some cars even have 'race mode') can do a number of things such as, stiffen the suspension, de-restrict the exhaust, lower the vehicle, alter steering (it's becoming very common for steering to electronically/electrically assisted), alter traction control and LSD settings, change gear change points with PDK (flappy paddle gear shift)... the list is endless.
Juggling all the above is through the ECU is often referred to as 'calibration'.

Probably more than you wanted but I see that you have a degree of understanding.
...and as a biker, probably eternally laughing at the 4 wheeled brigade.

LSD setting :shock: can I retro fit?

cowsham

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

...optional 'not as an option you choose when your buying the car then?'...

An optional extra; that I do not know.

It will change the sound of the car, whatever the revs.

What we are seeing, is the proliferation of 'street' cars that you can take on track days.
'Sport mode' as opposed to 'comfort mode' (some cars even have 'race mode') can do a number of things such as, stiffen the suspension, de-restrict the exhaust, lower the vehicle, alter steering (it's becoming very common for steering to electronically/electrically assisted), alter traction control and LSD settings, change gear change points with PDK (flappy paddle gear shift)... the list is endless.
Juggling all the above is through the ECU is often referred to as 'calibration'.

Probably more than you wanted but I see that you have a degree of understanding.
...and as a biker, probably eternally laughing at the 4 wheeled brigade.

Until we hit the one that pulls out.

pinno

Surrey Commuter wrote:

LSD setting :shock: can I retro fit?

Retro fit to what?

Matthewfalle

Cowsham wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

Optional and setting are the two words that need explaining -- do new cars come with that now?

Yes. Bonkers really. There is a mechanical means whereby flaps are deployed/opened to create a sound.

Vtech was caught with his pants down when I asked how optimum scavenging of the cylinder was achievable when 'tuning' an exhaust system to make a particular note.
What it boils down to is that all the major car manufacturers want to create a unique sound which clearly identifies it as... an AMG Merc, a Ferrari, a McLaren etc.
It's not something that happens at the lower price brackets.

So you have a button (optional 'not as an option you choose when your buying the car then?' ) in the car which you press which allows you to set the tuning of the exhaust to give you a different note at a certain Rev just for the sound of it ? I don't think it'll have the appeal of my v4 two stroke bike at least it has the speed with accompanying howl. It has power valves on the exhaust ports that make it even faster.

you have an RD5?

cowsham

Matthewfalle wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

The optional extra loud exhaust setting on my car. slightly immature but makes me grin

Optional and setting are the two words that need explaining -- do new cars come with that now?

Yes. Bonkers really. There is a mechanical means whereby flaps are deployed/opened to create a sound.

Vtech was caught with his pants down when I asked how optimum scavenging of the cylinder was achievable when 'tuning' an exhaust system to make a particular note.
What it boils down to is that all the major car manufacturers want to create a unique sound which clearly identifies it as... an AMG Merc, a Ferrari, a McLaren etc.
It's not something that happens at the lower price brackets.

So you have a button (optional 'not as an option you choose when your buying the car then?' ) in the car which you press which allows you to set the tuning of the exhaust to give you a different note at a certain Rev just for the sound of it ? I don't think it'll have the appeal of my v4 two stroke bike at least it has the speed with accompanying howl. It has power valves on the exhaust ports that make it even faster.

you have an RD5?

What's that?

awavey

Robert88 wrote:

Those haybales.. Good idea/Bad idea?

Chris Hoy says good idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKgpq0nhLHM

veronese68

Cowsham wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

...my v4 two stroke bike...

you have an RD5?

What's that?

RD500, a V4 two stroke. First one I thought of too. RG500 was a square 4 as I recall.

cowsham

Veronese68 wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

...my v4 two stroke bike...

you have an RD5?

What's that?

RD500, a V4 two stroke. First one I thought of too. RG500 was a square 4 as I recall.

Yes RD500LC. Thought old MF was having a laugh cos you get an rd5 mini moto I think.or he may have meant an re5 Suzuki rotary -- wouldn't mind having one of those either.

Tashman

A free multi-tool from the Cycle to work week stand at work

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

An optional extra; that I do not know.

It will change the sound of the car, whatever the revs.

What we are seeing, is the proliferation of 'street' cars that you can take on track days.
'Sport mode' as opposed to 'comfort mode' (some cars even have 'race mode') can do a number of things such as, stiffen the suspension, de-restrict the exhaust, lower the vehicle, alter steering (it's becoming very common for steering to electronically/electrically assisted), alter traction control and LSD settings, change gear change points with PDK (flappy paddle gear shift)... the list is endless.
Juggling all the above is through the ECU is often referred to as 'calibration'.

Probably more than you wanted but I see that you have a degree of understanding.
...and as a biker, probably eternally laughing at the 4 wheeled brigade.

You've read the brochure haven't you...btw the button that changes the exhaust sound between mildly anti-social and 'summoning the God of Thunder' is a standard feature. Although the only lowering of the suspension possible is when I get in the car

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Although the only lowering of the suspension possible is when I get in the car

Yes, that's because you bought the bog standard version.

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Although the only lowering of the suspension possible is when I get in the car

Yes, that's because you bought the bog standard version.

Who needs the option when I can just eat a few more pies?

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Although the only lowering of the suspension possible is when I get in the car

Yes, that's because you bought the bog standard version.

Who needs the option when I can just eat a few more pies?

4 passengers and cruise the estates looking for 'poodles'?

Matthewfalle

Cowsham wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

...my v4 two stroke bike...

you have an RD5?

What's that?

RD500, a V4 two stroke. First one I thought of too. RG500 was a square 4 as I recall.

Yes RD500LC. Thought old MF was having a laugh cos you get an rd5 mini moto I think.or he may have meant an re5 Suzuki rotary -- wouldn't mind having one of those either.

yup - 500LC. Very cool. equal second with the RG5 to my RGV

in one hit, a million times more cool points than any car.