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Way to get racing engine whine sound?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Rainman443, Jul 4, 2021.

  1. Jul 5, 2021 at 6:45 AM
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    Doggman

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    Those are the guys who etched their company name into the rocks out in Utah, yeah? Either way, that's a sick Tacoma if you can even call it that anymore. Could probably get to an equivalent vehicle quicker and cheaper starting from scratch.
     
  2. Jul 5, 2021 at 6:48 AM
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  3. Jul 5, 2021 at 7:04 AM
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  5. Jul 5, 2021 at 7:12 AM
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    Simple mod.

    Take 1 feral cat + 4 zip ties. Attach to the radiator fan.

    The whine will increase with engine rpm.
     
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    You should use at least 2 and position them in a way to have better balance.
     
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    If you can get them to not fight.

    You don't want the sound with the engine isn't running.
     
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  8. Jul 5, 2021 at 7:20 AM
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    If I remember right years ago on Pimp My Ride mike hooked up a device to made it sound like a race car.
    I think he works for Galpin In la . its only sound no go but you can make it sound like different race cars.
     
  10. Jul 5, 2021 at 7:29 AM
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    If you can't find a cat. You could try whistles and zip ties. Attach to the radiator fan.

    You would be able to customize the sound to your liking.
     
  11. Jul 5, 2021 at 10:27 AM
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    nah, I'm referring to the sound I posted in my video. Saw the build talk video and he left the tranny stock
     
  12. Jul 5, 2021 at 10:28 AM
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    It can be done. You'll need to tune the exhaust, and that will take a lot of time and money.

    I have a VFR800 that sounds like a v8 stock car, but that took $500. for a staintune pipe.
     
  13. Jul 5, 2021 at 10:34 AM
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    You can make it sound like an Accord with a fart can muffler and a wing on the trunk lid. No V6 will ever sound like a V8. You can make it sound like an awesome V6, but not even an average V8.

    Get a V8 or stay on the porch. Your Taco is what you drive while your big honking Australian V8 is getting more horsepower.

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    And yet here you are.
     
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    What about a harmonica or two?
     
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    It’s not the engine, it’s how you TUNE it.

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    I was gonna say, a whine in a high-end built engine is usually straight-cut gears somewhere. When I was a kid is was always a timing chain replaced with a gearset.

    I would imagine a transmission with straight cut gears, or a transfer box would do the same.

    Straight cut gears make a noise like no other.
     
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    The ol Pete Jackson gear drive! I remember em haha
     
  20. Jul 5, 2021 at 1:22 PM
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    Add Nitrous Oxide and rev out till 8K RPM. It will sound awesome or awful. Good luck with that.
     

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