..just drove mine round the block..now how noisy inside should it be and what noise should it be....it sounds like the diffs are fucked not whining just noisey would you really hear it that loud in a stripped out proper rally car?

 

Phil,

Sound deadening, carpet and even seats stop road noise and mechanical noise. It will be load with no interior mate. You will hear everything. I doubt your diff's are fucked, you just not used to hearing them.

I have left the centre console off mine and its just the gear stick and the noise from the gearbox is a lot more than i was expecting, so a full stripped out car is going to be loud

 

I suppose you're gonna hear everything when you're all psyched listening for gunshots

 

i can see this post going south sharpish

 

It's probably noisy because theres nothing to deaden the sound of the diff, road etc

On a seperate note, what gearbox is in it Phil?

 

depends on how much your exhaust is blowing

seriously though, they are loud!!

 

mine isn't that bad, apart from the fuel pump under my arse


though is was very bad with a solid engine mount


diff shouldn't be whining though surely it's fooked?

 

Hasnt it got an uprated diff? Surely thats going to be louder than a standard one?

 

you wait till your on a gravel stage witht hat shit blasing the bottom of the floor pan

 

do you honestly think Phil is going to be taking on a rally day you dont get many gravel stages at tescos

 

did you not drive it before you bought it then, surely you'd have heard it on the test drive..?

 

He told me he could of been around the whole car park in 46 seconds flat if some old women hadn't walked infront of him with a trolley full of bread.

 

he couldnt hear it over the bass from his gansta rap

 

Sounds like the bog standard sort of thing you hear in any stripped out track/race/rally car, you need to get used to it first, then when you hear something different you will know something is fucked.

 

Phil ive just fitted a R&D box to my cos and its bad enough with carpets and sound deadning so yip its going to be loud

 

As chip said !

Mines stipped out completely !

 

...yes i drove it 170 miles like it is now....but was told its normal by the seller and as i was looking at it for the parts alone i didnt really care!...I am just asking how loud should the transmission/diffs be in a rally car.

 

every clunk and crunch, every piece of gravel, and every vibration of the engine, and even the shit noisey release bearing should be heard and felt!

bound to, everythign is as good as solid mounted to the chassis, right?

its proper,, and not ment for comfort. lol



EDIT: even in road cars with expensive boxes and diffs, they are noisy,
so in that it should be crazy.

 

./..spiky there are no whines..its hard to explain the noise its just very mechanical!...clutch in or out rolling its loud...exhaust is about the same level.

..yes its grp a engine mounts i guess that dont help.

..i am not bothered i love it..i just making sure its ok

 

my escos is stripped out phil,and it sounds like everthing is fooked lol.

 

you got plated diffs in it? as they noisy, not whiney, clunky, and to anyone who didnt know, theyd seem like they broke...

 

I've been in a genuine Hyundai Accent WRC on the road and that was LOUD beyond belief. so loud in fact we had to shout to each other just to talk and this was driving through town at 30mph. on idle all that you could hear was the drop gears in the X-trac gearbox rattling around like fuck. couldn't really hear exhaust noise etc. just transmission noises. sounded cool as fuck though

 

ROFL dont know if i prefer my f car or amg over the saff

 

has phill made a big mistake and shown he has 2 users???

 

No, HuggyBear just wants you to think that

 

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chill phil, dont give banter if you cant take up the back passage yourself

 

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ROFL, i aint admitted anything, sounds like you dont like others getting your attension

 

you even type like Phil... he's obsessed

 

Double bluff, or triple bluff, hmmmm

 

They are very noisy, i know both the 205's i navigate in knock and bang (yes, even more than a normal 205) and when the 'box isn;t whining, it sounds like the Diff is trying to escape.

 

When mine went big power, box & solid mounted diff it was too noisy for me even with full trim etc. I doubled the sound deadening & put pads on all panels to get it back to normal. If I wanted to subject myself to that sort of noise I would put my head in a bucket & get someone to bash it with a hammer, I simply dont understand why people wish to drive in all that din.
You dont need all that noise to have a fast car.

 

Brother had a fiesta si, and took rear seat base out so mates would stop asking for lifts
The racket in the car was too much for me!
Just goes to show, little trim removal in a stock car.
All these parts make mechanical sounds, sound proofing is under estimated.

 

As above, what diffs you got Phil?

Wasn't it gravel setup? Maybe it's got plated diffs that are set for loose surface.. if that's the case then they'll be especially noisey on grippy tarmac and real noisey at slow speed turning.

 

My series 2 is completley stripped and its a nightmare to drive on any surface
noisy fuel pump, gearbox noisy, stones flinging off the bottom. Luckily ive kept the head unit so i jus turn the tunes up