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Old 10-18-2021, 09:57 AM   #49
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Norm, that “character” is only defined by NVH. That’s it. Noise and and vibration. Evert hint els3 will likely be FAR superior. And as I’ve said many, many times I get that and have enjoyed that. But at least be up front that you just need a loud, tuned exhaust to make it “better”

Note that most expensive cars don’t have the vibration issues, just the tuned noise.
That last bit is called 'refinement', where some (or a lot) of the inherent 'character' is distilled out. That's not always a good thing.


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