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Originally Posted by Sheriff37
How are you liking the S-Type? I've been debating on buying it because I've been left wanting more with the LGX exhaust sound, it's just not deep enough for me (I know I'm driving a V6, but I can't help but want to experience exhaust tones similar to those of a V8). How does it sound at idle or when you really get on the throttle?
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Absolutely love it. Growing up having a car make the most noise was the in thing... as I've gone through a few cars, I've started to adopt the mindset of "the car shouldn't be louder than its capable".
not to say, I prefer quiet cars... not in the least. any car I drive is required to be heard.
but the s-type is a good choice for me. the atak is good too, but once I've heard it, I discerned that in person, the sound difference was minimal between the two. so the S-type is good.
at idle and start up, its a decent bit louder and more pronounced than stock.
I don't really do revving in park or neutral. just sounds weak on most cars to me. I mean if you wanna add exhaust just to go to a parking lot and listen to it at idle....by all means go ahead. but most people want exhaust for a car that's being driven, or someone is making it move. some people do the idle vids and that's all we ever hear or see of their exhaust, but anyone knows that when the engine has a load on it, a more solid and full sound comes out. same as if you walk around normally and grunt... its gonna be more quiet than a grunt while having 300-400lbs on a barbell across your back.
also at speed, an engine gives you ALL the sound. meaning the good and the bad. a lot of the raspy high pitched stuff you
don't hear at idle and low rpm revs. that's why about 80% of youtube vids are misleading. people hear the idle (which almost all cars sound deeper at idle with an aftermarket or hacked up exhaust) and think the entire band is gonna be like idle just louder. not so.
i can vouch all the way thru the band, accelerating, the sound is awesome to me. At AutoX I've had my car driven twice, and hearing it outside the car is the same. awesome. its not so loud to where people are looking at you like, "ok is something else gonna happen or is that it?" ( we all know the "sounds like 5000 rpm and only doing 15-25 mph" some sport compacts end up doing) and its def louder than stock by a great deal. but not loud to the point that it command attention the performance of a v6 cant live up to. I have had a few ask, if I have engine work done, cause the exhaust LOOKS stock. but its just the axlebacks. all cats, valves, etc are still there.
driving on highways....ZERO drone. just did a 10 hour down, and 8.5 hour back trip to NC a couple of weeks ago. no complaints from me or the wife.
but even she encouraged me to pass a few trucks and cars, cause the exhaust "sounds badass".
only reason id honestly ever change it, is if I was trading the car in and to go back to stock. no plans for that at all though.
I'm gonna be realistic with ya though.... if you want exhaust tones of v8, get one. the same way the flat plan crank GT350 is a v8, and sounds a hell of a lot different than the coyote 5.0 in the GT. you are NOT gonna get a DOHC v6 to sound anywhere near a OHV v8. anyone who says theirs does that....run. cause the sh*t would def be above shoe level at that point.
a non car guy may say it sounds like a v8 and be surprised its a v6, but anyone whos into cars can and will tell the difference.
the DOHC v6 cars with an exhaust change, be it MagnaFlow, borla, corsa, flowmaster, etc.... will gain some bass, but the design of the engine will always dictate a more exotic sound than the more raw thump sound of a v8. just being honest.