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VW bug engine sound
OK, I've always wondered why it is that a classic VW bug makes that unmistakeable engine sound?
Figured this was a good OT need to know question...
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The classic VW bug sound is a mix of cooling fan noise and the pea-shooter exhaust.
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I'll post a sound file of my bug tomorrow.
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I have been driving around for the last couple of days with my 911 air filter cover off (now held down with plastic ties like a bra). The car sounds the same except when I punch it, then its a little like track day.
 My old bug had a cool sound, the only thing cooler was the horn; beep-beep. 
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it's also the baffling inside the stock muffler...
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The bugs, in particular, have an OE carb that whistles! (get really loud w/o an air-cleaner) Anyway, that whistle really adds to the cacophony of sounds that screams VW Bug.
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The exhaust has a major role in the sound. When you take the pee shooters off the exhaust and run zoom tubes or with out it is a much lower and louder sound. My last bug I sold two years ago had a 1776, with strait cut cam gears for some whine, Merged collecter with dual quiet packs with 40 DCNF's and it was a smooth, pretty sound. Nothing close to stock.
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He rides this b!tchin' red and black Triumph. Nice bike. We've known each other for a while, but we weren't expecting to see each other out riding around. I don't think he was expecting the second gear tire spin either, or the megaphone. Hehe, I love my Bug.
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The classic bug sound is mostly characterized by the "tweeter pipes", as many bug guys call them. The "pea shooter" pipes have baffling in them that causes that "tweet-tweet-tweet" sound. Take 'em off and that sound goes away. Years ago I used to run a stock muffler with just straight pipes (un-baffled). The sound was kinda nice, not too loud, but more ballsy than stock.
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Cool@$$ bike, but you're a big guy. You almost look too big for it. I can see you on a FatBoy though.
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I like the R1150RT (cop bike)...BMW makes good machines but them engine heads sticking out gotta go. |
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"BMW makes good machines but them engine heads sticking out gotta go."
But they are so much fun to drag around the track. 
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