Steve Wright
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The wife just nipped out in my car to pick my son up, I forgot how good it sounds. I think the noise is muted when Im driving but onlookers must be well impressed.Give it a go.
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Mine suffers alot from road noise as it is, but Yes I did get to hear mine go down the road and felt quite happy about the sound. 
I had the TT cab prior to this and used to love the sound of it happily sucking in the air and small animals :twisted:
garyw
I had the TT cab prior to this and used to love the sound of it happily sucking in the air and small animals :twisted:
garyw
Hi Gary
Removing this insulation over the engine bay wouldn't increase the road noise just the sound of the engine. The road noise comes through the tyres and suspension and requires better bushing and sound deadening over the wheel arch area to prevent it. You're right road noise is an irritant and too much of that drone is annoying. Luxury barges employ lots of clever stuff to cancel out road noise so it feels calmer and a more peaceful environment to be in without the constant reminder that your tyres are in play with the road.
The worst car I had for road noise was my Corvette C5 on concrete motoways, it was horrendous as if the tyre was slapping the road not rolling over it, you really couldn't hear anything else. I changed from run flats tryes and added some sound deadening material up and behind the plastic inner wheel arches and the result was terrific.
It also made the V8 sound even better :wink:
Removing this insulation over the engine bay wouldn't increase the road noise just the sound of the engine. The road noise comes through the tyres and suspension and requires better bushing and sound deadening over the wheel arch area to prevent it. You're right road noise is an irritant and too much of that drone is annoying. Luxury barges employ lots of clever stuff to cancel out road noise so it feels calmer and a more peaceful environment to be in without the constant reminder that your tyres are in play with the road.
The worst car I had for road noise was my Corvette C5 on concrete motoways, it was horrendous as if the tyre was slapping the road not rolling over it, you really couldn't hear anything else. I changed from run flats tryes and added some sound deadening material up and behind the plastic inner wheel arches and the result was terrific.
It also made the V8 sound even better :wink:
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