Sounds like a turbo?
04-30-2010, 04:41 AM
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Sounds like a turbo?
I've had my 8 almost a year. 04 MT lightning yellow 88,000 miles. I love the way the engine sounds. Its the only 8 I've ever rode in/drove before. A friend was riding with my and I gunned it. He swears up and down it sounds like it has a turbo. Do all 8's sound that way?
04-30-2010, 04:48 AM
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yeah when i first got mine i was amazed at the sound, nothing I have ever heard before.
That sound is the sound of the rotors rotating. almost like a jet engine. its beautiful isn't it?!?
That sound is the sound of the rotors rotating. almost like a jet engine. its beautiful isn't it?!?
04-30-2010, 08:57 AM
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I...don't think it sounds like a turbo, unless you were hearing your intake. Unless you mean the sound of an engine under turbo boost, and not the turbo spool, but then that'd just sound like... an engine o_o
Regardless, I do love the scream of the Renesis as we rise in RPMs.
Regardless, I do love the scream of the Renesis as we rise in RPMs.
04-30-2010, 11:20 AM
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It should sound more like a supercharger since a the wankel engine has been used as a supercharger for piston engines 
It's hard to mistake the rotary engine for a turbo because with a turbo you usually hear a lot of SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING noise of the air being rapidly moved.
It's hard to mistake the rotary engine for a turbo because with a turbo you usually hear a lot of SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING noise of the air being rapidly moved.
04-30-2010, 11:24 AM
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if your exhaust has very little muffling, you can also hear the turbo from that side. Obviously this is much more pronounced without any exhaust.
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04-30-2010, 11:25 AM
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It should sound more like a supercharger since a the wankel engine has been used as a supercharger for piston engines
It's hard to mistake the rotary engine for a turbo because with a turbo you usually hear a lot of SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING noise of the air being rapidly moved.
It's hard to mistake the rotary engine for a turbo because with a turbo you usually hear a lot of SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING noise of the air being rapidly moved.
OT: The engine definitely has a unique sound to it. I agree that with the tranny noise in some a SuperCharger is more like it.
04-30-2010, 11:26 AM
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It should sound more like a supercharger since a the wankel engine has been used as a supercharger for piston engines
It's hard to mistake the rotary engine for a turbo because with a turbo you usually hear a lot of SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING noise of the air being rapidly moved.
It's hard to mistake the rotary engine for a turbo because with a turbo you usually hear a lot of SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING noise of the air being rapidly moved.
04-30-2010, 11:59 AM
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i think it's just a mistake made by those who don't know quite how to put their finger on the sound. i've had a lot of people say it sounded like it had a turbo (especially after my AEM CAI). i don't personally think it does but as everyone said, it has a unique sound and when people who aren't really car people try to label it, that's the closest they come.
04-30-2010, 12:00 PM
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with a low mount turbo, there really isn't a lot of sound.
people need to worry about other senses besides sound when dealing with vehicles. I for one prefer the sense of touch - as I feel the G forces build
or maybe the sense of sight, as people cower in fear as they think my rx8 is about to explode from all the flames being thrown around*
* Not kidding. Used to get people knocking on my window yelling that my car is on fire and I need to get out and roll on the ground or something. Yeah, good old interceptor-x. Proper fueling with the AP resolved that crap before the police/fire trucks were called.
people need to worry about other senses besides sound when dealing with vehicles. I for one prefer the sense of touch - as I feel the G forces build
or maybe the sense of sight, as people cower in fear as they think my rx8 is about to explode from all the flames being thrown around*
* Not kidding. Used to get people knocking on my window yelling that my car is on fire and I need to get out and roll on the ground or something. Yeah, good old interceptor-x. Proper fueling with the AP resolved that crap before the police/fire trucks were called.
04-30-2010, 04:49 PM
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I can definitely here a suction sound when I rev the engine. Prolly just the intake? I really don't know how to describe the sound. If i'm lightly accelerating the engine produces a sound I love. If I accelerate hard that sound quickly sounds like a nest of pissed of hornets. 
But there is also a high pitched whine/whistling/spinning up sound? I'm trying to figure out what that sound is.
But there is also a high pitched whine/whistling/spinning up sound? I'm trying to figure out what that sound is.
04-30-2010, 06:08 PM
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I've had my 8 almost a year. 04 MT lightning yellow 88,000 miles. I love the way the engine sounds. Its the only 8 I've ever rode in/drove before. A friend was riding with my and I gunned it. He swears up and down it sounds like it has a turbo. Do all 8's sound that way?
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