I recently fitted one to my cossie and from previous experience with these on other cars I expected a rather deep sound, instead what I mainly hear is the car taking a large breath in which sounds rather odd.

is this normal?

 

yes

 

i took mine off cos they sound crap ....panel filter in box is much nicer

 

mines does sound kinda strage at first too but you soon get used to it..

going back to an air box now anyways

 

I think the intake roar and the whistling of the turbo is useful - it informs you what's going on, with your ears, don't need to be looking at the rev counter so much.

I personally feel that my car is as it's maker intended, rather than suffocated by legislation and conservatism.

 

As above i love the induction roar.

 

Oh and don't even get me started on how much I love chatter

 

Gotta love the chatter.

 

had a blast last night in the car with the airbox back on and its soooo quiet compared to the cone...

depends on what you like i suppose.

 

i like the sound of mine throgh the cone the chatter sounds great over the dump valve but my mate hated the sound of his and put his atandard 1 back on just down to personal preference i think

 

I got my car with a big filter on it and wanted to change for the standard, did so and hated it, i`ve got a dump valve to and was gony take it of but i much rather the seriously loud chatter and the valve at the same time, i felt my turbo was getting choked with the standard box on, as if it was struggling, obviously in my mental mind but the standard is back in the hut with the lawn mower