how loud is your vtr???

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 488
    #1
    i know its a random and seeminglt chavvy question but i'm about to drop a 2k1 vtr engine in my rallye and i'm worried about how its going to sound. my rallye sounds just like a rally car with pop bangs and the works. however my mates car has the same engine i'm fitting and the exhaust should in theory be about the same. although they are slightly diferent but still both magnex pugsports. his car is really really quiet in comparison and sounds prety shit. are vtrs quite quiet normally or must his exhaust have more silencing? help
  2. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Apr 2006 Ashford Posts: 25611 LY R26
    #2
    the Rallye engine and VTR engine are identical i thought?
    perhaps he has extra silencers?
  3. East Midlands Joined: Jun 2006 Derby Posts: 8305 Skoda Fabia VRS
    #3
    magnex ehxausts are generally quiet anyway, but depends on how many silencers you have, and wether its been decatted or not! i have a straight through powerflow on mine and sounds beautiful, and pops like a mofo when down gearing!
  4. Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 488
    #4
    rallye engine and early vtr are similar but with different heads cam etc.

    we both have the same amount of silencers and both are decatted. magnex pugsports were failing noise tests for been too loud which is why production wa smoved to scorpian. ah well, will just have to wait and see i suppose
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2007 Yorkshire Posts: 5415 Saxo
    #5
    Well i have a piper full system and get pops off the limiter, on standard manifold with cat in it!
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: May 2007 Wirral Posts: 606 mk5 Ibiza Cupra Bocanegra
    #6
    The magnex pug sports are far from quite. They used to fail some noise regs hence why there now made by scorpion. Which are also loud at certain rev's I got rid of mine for that very reason.

    Cant help on engine noise i'm afraide. VTR engine's dont make as much power as rallye engine's but I cant imagine there being much difference in noise?

    What induction setup do the two cars have? Are both cars exhausts seeled properly and are in good condition?
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2006 Dartford Kent Posts: 5251 Pug 1007 HDi Sport (daily) / Abarth 500
    #7
    With no exhaust all inline 4cyclinder engine wouls sound pretty much the same.

    Its only really the exhaust systems thats changes a engines note.

    A V8 sounds like a V8, a Flat4 sounds like Flat4 - You might be worth having a custom exhaust built as you swapping engines as some of the pipework maynot line up correctly near the front.
  8. Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 488
    #8
    both exhausts are fine no damage, both cars are as quick but his gains slightly at the bottom end of the top end scale if that makes sense but mine may be a bit quicker top end.

    he has an open metal induction kit and i'm running a bmc. knowing my luck it'll sound like shit lol
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi
    #9
    this loud " "
  10. Established Member Joined: May 2007 My House in Burton on trent near derby Posts: 1025 Saxo 1.1 96 Saxo VTR 2000
    #10
    mine is quite loud and pops and bangs like rally car i have a 2000 plate vtr with magnex system with no middle box or cat
  11. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Feb 2007 Burton Posts: 3661 Alfa Romeo GT
    #11
    Very loud, 4-2-1 manifold, straight through pipe, no silecencers and it sort of rumbles in lower revs and gets raspy just past 2250rpm.
  12. Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 488
    #12
    hmmmmmm. all seems odd. may just lob my exhaust on me mates car once mines on axle stands lol