I have just received one of these:-
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-SoundRacer-Sound-Racer-V8-Car-Gadget-Fathers-Day-/290572613722?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43a77a385a
and its awesome.
Its a device you plug into the cigar lighter and then tune the radio to the frequency displayed on the device.
It then detects the revs rising and falling and you hear a V8 Selby soundtrack as you accelerate.Watch the videos at the bottom of the link.
Its only a bit of fun but the sound does become addictive!
Well worth buying.
(Shop around other than ebay because i paid £19.99 delivered from Amazon)
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I referred to that device the other day.
All you need is a damn great speaker transmitting the sound externally.
;>)
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Fantastic ! Everyone should have one of those !
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Poor Shonky.
I did wonder if it would adjust for a diesel but Altea man answered that.
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I am so going to set one up in my father in law's 1.4 Fiesta without telling him !
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>I have just received one of these:-
Well, I suppose it's got to be better than nothing but it won't give you that rumble in the guts that you get from the real thing.
Me? I just get the Chevy (on Texas spec. exhausts) out of the garage :-)
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>> Well, I suppose it's got to be better than nothing but it won't give you
>> that rumble in the guts that you get from the real thing.
I'm going to experiment with my old active sub in the boot, that might give the rumble effect, not as good as cauli broccoli and runner beans mind..;)
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I wish I knew of a way to rig one up in Rattle's Panda without him knowing...
:-)
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I had that very thought myself.
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Ha its brill, great fun running it through the normal car speakers, then i put my old active sub back in the boot and plugged, and hoof yeehaa its a hoot, can really feel that V8 throbbing through the shell.
No its not quite as good as my old Mach1 Mustang with side pipes but at least i can have the V8 soundtrack and brakes as well which wasn't the case before.
Like a puppy with two tails here, can't wait to drive to work Tuesday morn.
:-)
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Sort of reminds me of the in-car synthesizers y'all could get in the 80's, I tuned a car with one fitted, took it out for a road test after I'd worked my magik on it, flew around the roundabout by Westminster Br. and set the synthesizer to sound like old bill.
Ab-so-lute-ly brilliant, and very, very effective in clearing mimsers out of ones way ... totally illegal mind ;)
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Watching Top Gear tonight it seems that Renault fits a version of this as standard to its current Hot Hatch thing.
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SoundRacer V8 - bathtub tom
