After a few more miles in the car, learning the intake.
I opened up the sound generator by removing the foam and leaving the 'S bend' pipe in the engine bay. I did this previously with the stock and BDS system and hated it, it was far too boomy for me, not a pleasant noise at all..
But on the Carraero system it's perfect.
Sound:
The sucky swirly whooshy sound when on light throttle is really quite entertaining and louder now the foam is removed, this must be quite noticable from outside. Unsure why this dissapears on mid/full thottle.?
Mid-range, not much change.
It really shouts above 5.5k.
No drone or boom during any condition, lovely.
I've been chatting to a mate who's rigged a pipe from his sound generator to the underside of the plenum and mentions is further amplifies things. More noise is available if I feel I need it.
Feel:
Mid-range I initially thought it was lacking a little from previous but I think this is not the case. I get a slight bump on pedal press, the power comes in, then drops for a split second before continuing, this is why it feels like a small drop in power but once that 'bump' has passed the power deilvery is smooth and strong like before. This will be rectified with the remap.
Top end is harder for me to reliably review, I'm not there often on my loacl drives, it feels sharp and pulls very well.
A welcome upgrade. It's refined, shouts when you want it to, looks great and once I get myself a map sorted it should be something very special.
I opened up the sound generator by removing the foam and leaving the 'S bend' pipe in the engine bay. I did this previously with the stock and BDS system and hated it, it was far too boomy for me, not a pleasant noise at all..
But on the Carraero system it's perfect.
Sound:
The sucky swirly whooshy sound when on light throttle is really quite entertaining and louder now the foam is removed, this must be quite noticable from outside. Unsure why this dissapears on mid/full thottle.?
Mid-range, not much change.
It really shouts above 5.5k.
No drone or boom during any condition, lovely.
I've been chatting to a mate who's rigged a pipe from his sound generator to the underside of the plenum and mentions is further amplifies things. More noise is available if I feel I need it.
Feel:
Mid-range I initially thought it was lacking a little from previous but I think this is not the case. I get a slight bump on pedal press, the power comes in, then drops for a split second before continuing, this is why it feels like a small drop in power but once that 'bump' has passed the power deilvery is smooth and strong like before. This will be rectified with the remap.
Top end is harder for me to reliably review, I'm not there often on my loacl drives, it feels sharp and pulls very well.
A welcome upgrade. It's refined, shouts when you want it to, looks great and once I get myself a map sorted it should be something very special.
Greenhithe, Kent
