I Found Out How To Make My Turbo Whistle Louder! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Squiggle Dog · #1 05-28-2011, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by oldsinner111

Most of these Benz forums are made up of Aryan worshippers of cars.
They think its unholy to custom a Benz.They don't understand it will rust and decay like all cars one day.
But remember they are alot of customizer and engine builders that can make these cars even better.I'm with you.

It's quite interesting because I tend to be a purist overall but sometimes I like to customize here and there. In fact, most people who know me say I am too much of a purist. But then I find that in the rare instance that I change something from stock (even going to Euro lights) I get slammed all over these forums. It's a bit odd.

tbomachines · #2 05-28-2011, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Squiggle Dog

It's quite interesting because I tend to be a purist overall but sometimes I like to customize here and there. In fact, most people who know me say I am too much of a purist. But then I find that in the rare instance that I change something from stock (even going to Euro lights) I get slammed all over these forums. It's a bit odd.

I found it quite entertaining to see some folks grasping at the most insignificant excuses as to why they wouldn't like it. The "thats the way it was designed and its for a reason" argument holds water for me, but the members implying they're going to be woken up in the middle of the night by a slight turbo whine is just hilarious! Dem turbodiesels, they got dat WHOOO WHOOOO!

I like the noise too, I remember I had it a bit before I swapped the engine over to my other SD but I found that the intake U-duct wasn't installed right. Now that its on there i can't hear it one bit, installed a boost gauge to make sure its still kicking in right. I'd imagine that intake modification would result in more audible whistle than the exhaust though.

mach0415 · #3 05-28-2011, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Squiggle Dog

It's quite interesting because I tend to be a purist overall but sometimes I like to customize here and there. In fact, most people who know me say I am too much of a purist. But then I find that in the rare instance that I change something from stock (even going to Euro lights) I get slammed all over these forums. It's a bit odd.

Ditto! I call these cars "mild customs." I am all about taking a car - any car - and doing things to the appearance or inner workings that are subtle, so that the discriminating person looks at it or sees it and realizes that there is something no-so-obviously, yet tastefully, different about it. If Mercedes had not done this very thing with the W126 SD by extending the rear door and roof line slightly, and making it an SDL, I would have. Its the subtle changes that can really set a car off in looks, sound, or mild performance and make others fall curiously in love with it.

Squiggle Dog · #4 05-28-2011, 11:09 PM

When I do modify my vehicles I like them to look factory. For example, there weren't any 300SDs made with manual windows, manual heat, or manual sunroofs, Euro lights, etc., but other models came with these options and someone who wasn't an expert on the model would never know I had customized it.

#5 05-29-2011, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Squiggle Dog

When I do modify my vehicles I like them to look factory. For example, there weren't any 300SDs made with manual windows, manual heat, or manual sunroofs, Euro lights, etc., but other models came with these options and someone who wasn't an expert on the model would never know I had customized it.

That works, I have euro lights on the 240D and they look correct. Personally, I wouldn't downgrade to manual features because the original automatic stuff is pretty cheap and easy to maintain; but to each his own.