How loud is loud?
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it sounds louder than a normal stock car from what i have heard. but it isnt as annoying as the hondas. sounds deep.
The SRT has a nice deep authortive rumble. Not some weedwacker sound that most of the 4bangers with coffee can exhaust sound like. At normal crusing speeds and around town, it's pretty quiet inside. You won't have to screem to talk to the person next to you, and you won't have to crank the radio into bleeding. When you get into the throttle, the noise picks up with a nice, deep growl. The car is never abusive to the ears. When it is loud, it sounds perfect. From the outside (behind), the car sounds loud. People on the street will wonder WTF drove past them.
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I would have expected all you guys to have seen it; but the SRT-4 reveal on Dodge's SRT-4 minisite is orgasmic! Was (I'm guessing) the first time they rolled a production model onto an autoshow floor. Just listen when they start that bad boy up. I swear, it was like...magical. Heh, I listened to it OVER and OVER! Only thing I've ever heard sound better is my step Dad's Super Gas radical small block '69 Camaro. The SRT-4 sounds about as good as it can without you needing hearing protection (in my book). And yeah, the burble is a beautiful thing. Sissy car mag reviewers calling it too loud and bitching about it's "reluctant shifting"...morons.
p.s. Radical compression. I wasn't calling it "radical"...
I would have expected all you guys to have seen it; but the SRT-4 reveal on Dodge's SRT-4 minisite is orgasmic! Was (I'm guessing) the first time they rolled a production model onto an autoshow floor. Just listen when they start that bad boy up. I swear, it was like...magical. Heh, I listened to it OVER and OVER! Only thing I've ever heard sound better is my step Dad's Super Gas radical small block '69 Camaro. The SRT-4 sounds about as good as it can without you needing hearing protection (in my book). And yeah, the burble is a beautiful thing. Sissy car mag reviewers calling it too loud and bitching about it's "reluctant shifting"...morons.
p.s. Radical compression. I wasn't calling it "radical"...
OK, I thought I would bump this up. How loud is the exhaust really? I would like it to sound manly, but not stupid and annoying (yes, I'm 36 and starting to feel slight twinges of old-fart-dome approaching) like the hondas with the coffee can exhaust (got to keep peace in the 'hood, don't ya know 
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It's a bit too loud, when the windows are up it's not too bad inside and is very nice at an idle. But when the throttle is open or you are downshifting it can bring some unwanted attention.hiperco said:OK, I thought I would bump this up. How loud is the exhaust really? I would like it to sound manly, but not stupid and annoying (yes, I'm 36 and starting to feel slight twinges of old-fart-dome approaching) like the hondas with the coffee can exhaust (got to keep peace in the 'hood, don't ya know
Hector at E.D. has a Borla 3 inch turbo back system for those of us who want things a little more subdued . . . .
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I'm considering buying a SRT-4, but I know that Idaho requires all vehicals to have mufflers.
Do you think I:
1) will be ok, don't worry about it
2) should install an aftermarket muffler
3) play dumb, thinking the rule doesn't apply to car's that don't come with one
Do you think I:
1) will be ok, don't worry about it
2) should install an aftermarket muffler
3) play dumb, thinking the rule doesn't apply to car's that don't come with one
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ED sells his own 3" turbo back and a cat-back he doesn't sell Borla. Couple sites do sell the borla exhaust but they will not be getting anymore since borla has a contract with PVO.
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1) The cops will get used to it and will realize its a stock exhaust and let you go. otherwise there is court.
The exhaust is not loud enough for people to complain.
The exhaust is not loud enough for people to complain.
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Bionic, this is the way the car comes from the factory, so if Idaho does not like it, they will have to take that up with Dodge. I have passed many a cops with my factory no muffler exhaust system on my SRT-4(but remember, it still has 2 resonators on it) and have not had any of them look at me in a bad way.
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