Forget Your Flowmasters... Use Your Radio Instead

[mmdavidw]

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992812

"A car radio that plays the throaty sound of the classic car of your choice in synch with your driving could make any rusting old hatchback sound like a Ferrari, or even a Harley-Davidson, its inventors claim.

But if a quiet and serene drive is not your thing, the Plugges' hope their patent will resupply the "rumble and throaty sound" of what they call the "muscle cars" and hot rods such as early Corvettes and Ferraris. And best of all, the noise is kept inside the car."

More at the link above.

David

 

[ygmn]

I founbd this and thought it deserved to be up on top again.....HEHEHEHE

The cheap exhaust install mod......

 

[wombat]

I saw something on TV a few years ago about a group doing testing with this sort of technology (don't know if it was the same group). The intention was initially to use anti-noise to reduce the noise levels in the car. The problem was, it worked so well that the driver had no feel for what the engine was doing so they replaced the silence with a simulated engine sound that was synchronized with the engine speed.

In this particular case they were driving around in some little four-banger with the sound of a Ferrari inside... very weird.

 

[Tree_Hugger]

Now if I could hook it up to an external PA.....

 

[colonelmotox]

Howdy y'all like that - now a mod for my Hugo so it will sound like either an Avalanche or a Ferrari. V-rooo-mmm.!