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355 BARK!

Discussion in '348/355' started by abarthracer, Jun 9, 2008.

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  1. abarthracer

    abarthracer Formula Junior

    Dec 6, 2003
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    Falmouth, Cape Cod
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    david S.
    After spending the weekend in Montreal for F1 with my 355, I want to have something louder than my TUBI. There was a 430 if front of me that when he stepped on it, it snapped and cracked! The only downside would be longer drives and the drone. I did a search but didn't really find anything pertinant. So any suggestions would be helpful.
    Thanks
     
  2. f355spider

    f355spider F1 World Champ
    Owner Rossa Subscribed

    May 29, 2001
    18,053
    USA
    Capristo, level 2 will give you what you want. Level 3 might crack the windows... ;)
    A friend put a level 2 (from Nick's Forza Ferrari) and it was reasonably loud at mid throttle, but unbelievably loud at wide open throttle!
     
  3. coledoggy

    coledoggy Formula 3

    Apr 8, 2007
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    todd
    just drove 100 miles back in my 355 with the top down. it has a mille miglia exhaust on it, but now it has test pipes, WOW!!! my goodnes that thing is so loud, all the cracking and popping you'd ever want. i must admit, if i'm going to do longer drives, i'm going to need ear plugs. much, much louder than my stradale.
     
  4. Llenroc

    Llenroc F1 Veteran
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    Jun 9, 2004
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    I have the factory challenge exhaust on my 355. Not only is it loud I can get a good "bark", as you call it, on the upshift and even a little blueish flame out the back if I try hard enough.
    I eliminated the drone by inserting header baffles in the exhaust. closest sound to an F1 engine I have heard hahaha
     
  5. James-NZ

    James-NZ F1 Veteran

    Jun 26, 2007
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    Hamilton, NewZealand
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    James
    I have a quicksilver on my 355 and it is damn loud (in a good way ;) ), at our recent track day I was loudest by far (apparently, its hard to tell how loud others are when this thing is singing 3 ft behind my head) There was a 360CS there and a 355 with a challenge exhaust and a 355 with a tubi amongst many 360's with tubi's and a 430 (not sure what exhaust these guys were running)
     
  6. tactical

    tactical Guest

    Jan 23, 2008
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    Have you thought about removing your cats and using straight pipes? They make a world of difference to the sound of a 355 with a after market system. And the Tubi does drone compared to say a Capristo.
     
  7. J. Salmon

    J. Salmon F1 Rookie
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    Aug 27, 2005
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    Agreed. I had a car with Tubi and hyperflows. I now have a Tubi and straight pipes. The open pipes give you all of the burbles and pops that you are looking for. The tubi does have some low drone.

    Keep in mind that it is NEVER going to sound the same in the car as it does when you are behind someone and staring up their pipes. I imagine that (1) the 430 driver never heard the bark and (2) your car sounds much more "alive" to those around you than you may know :)
     

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