Check my Mercedes E400 Exhaust Note At Idle
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2016 Mercedes E400 4MAITIC
Check my Mercedes E400 Exhaust Note At Idle
Hey yall, finally found out i could add videos to this site, so I wanted to share the idle of my beautiful machine. For anyone who wanted to know what it sounds like if you did it to your car, here's how. The 3 resonators are removed, and the 2 mufflers were also removed. If you wanted to do this to your car, here's a sound example for you to go by 
(and yes, i know i know, the s is there b/c the car is tuned and is faster now so don't kill me lol)
(and yes, i know i know, the s is there b/c the car is tuned and is faster now so don't kill me lol)
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@shockandawe was this ever resolved? Mine does this too but only on one side
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I still think if an owner wants his car to sound louder while they are driving, they should remove as much sound proofing from the car as possible, AND redirect the exhaust pipes into the cabin.
If they want OTHER people to appreciate how LOUD their car is, well, they are obnoxious and antisocial, and should be banned from driving on public roads. Buy a Harley Davidson motorcycle with straight pipes, and drive it as much as you can tolerate, which hopefully isn't much.
basically, if you want a loud car, you chose the wrong brand, Mercedes Benz went to great lengths to make their cars as quiet as possible. I think the E63S has a 'race' mode that opens bypass valves in the exhaust
If they want OTHER people to appreciate how LOUD their car is, well, they are obnoxious and antisocial, and should be banned from driving on public roads. Buy a Harley Davidson motorcycle with straight pipes, and drive it as much as you can tolerate, which hopefully isn't much.
basically, if you want a loud car, you chose the wrong brand, Mercedes Benz went to great lengths to make their cars as quiet as possible. I think the E63S has a 'race' mode that opens bypass valves in the exhaust
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Cannot agree more to your statement @Left Coast Geek
Moreover, resonators and mufflers in the exhaust system are there for their purpose and it’s not because of the noice reduction
Moreover, resonators and mufflers in the exhaust system are there for their purpose and it’s not because of the noice reduction
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Resonators are to control exhaust tone, and mufflers are for noise reduction. What else would they be there for?
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While changing the exhaust most likely requires a tune, it isn't true that the exhaust designers specifically added in an amount of backpressure to make the ECU tuner guys' jobs easier.
The muffler is there only to reduce sound, and everything else is adapted to deal with the negative ramifications of it being there.
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Hey yall, finally found out i could add videos to this site, so I wanted to share the idle of my beautiful machine. For anyone who wanted to know what it sounds like if you did it to your car, here's how. The 3 resonators are removed, and the 2 mufflers were also removed. If you wanted to do this to your car, here's a sound example for you to go by
(and yes, i know i know, the s is there b/c the car is tuned and is faster now so don't kill me lol)
(and yes, i know i know, the s is there b/c the car is tuned and is faster now so don't kill me lol)
I really don't like the S though. I prefer a clean deck.
