Date:         Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:53:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sound
Comments: To: Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <kupcinski@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <
kupcinski@gmail.com> wrote:

> , I would say that they are distinct, but similar. It's similar to the
> comparison and contrast that can be heard between a clarinet and a
> saxophone.
>
> A WBX engine always sounds less like an angry sewing machine than an AC to
> me. Also, I'd say WBX's seem more smug.
>
> -Jarrett
>
> On Nov 21, 2010, at 9:13 PM, Mark L. Hineline wrote:
>
> > Does a WBX engine sound like an AC engine?
> >
> > Mark
>


  Well then my Jetta Inline vanagon sounds more like a Moog then.  Or maybe
a violin..well a fiddle(we wouldn't wanna be pretentious, it is still a
Volkswagen motor....  It is really kinda high frequency sounding compared to
the boxer motors.

 Now that I have the exhaust properly mounted and a nicely tuned custom
header system, I always think my clutch must be slipping, or
something...because it winds out so quickly, even starting in second gear
like I do with the 5sp manual tranny.   I look at the tach and see 4k
rpms...and it just begs to have some gas...At 6k, it is starting to
go..."Ok, boss, you can shift me any time you want"  and around 3500rpms it
says "Come on, Dude, don't get lazy, downshift if you want me to be
happier"..

  I imaging it's a much different sound than a normal WBX or AC flat
motor...No clatter at all like a Beetle motor, and certainly no
"harley-note" like the subie boxer motors sort of have.

  Don Hanson