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Old 9th September 2018, 21:32   #11
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That sounds fabulous to me. Love that irregular tickover of the old American muscle cars. Wonder if you can do it with a V6?


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Fit lumpy cams and you will be as near as a V6 gets.
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Old 15th September 2018, 19:25   #12
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Even American cars/Mustangs don't sound like that as standard.

As mentioned, to get that sound Americans fit "lumpy" cams, which allegedly are a performance enhancement higher up in the rev range, but have that detrimental effect on idle.
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Old 17th September 2018, 15:19   #13
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do folks just "want" without asking why ?

I want the idle characteristics of a "Cammed" Drag Racing Car these Have a terrible sounding Idle due to the fact the Cams are tuned for Full Throttle Pulls - they Sound Great at full tilt tho

I could only imagine how Bad they'd be to drive on the Road

You Could (DON'T DO IT ) just pull the PCV vacuum hose - it will dump a load of fuel to compensate for the vacuum leak - the result will be a similarly terrible sounding Idle - if you are Daft enough to try this at idle DON'T DRIVE the Car - seriously tho - Don't do it, I'm just highlighting the fact that the Unrefined/Somethings Wrong/Damaged Sounding Idle Characteristics of these Race Tuned Cars seems a strange thing to want in a Road Car


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Old 17th September 2018, 20:38   #14
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That sounds fabulous to me. Love that irregular tickover of the old American muscle cars. Wonder if you can do it with a V6?


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Unplug some of the coil packs or the injectors

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Old 18th September 2018, 09:13   #15
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do folks just "want" without asking why ?

I want the idle characteristics of a "Cammed" Drag Racing Car these Have a terrible sounding Idle due to the fact the Cams are tuned for Full Throttle Pulls - they Sound Great at full tilt tho

I could only imagine how Bad they'd be to drive on the Road

You Could (DON'T DO IT ) just pull the PCV vacuum hose - it will dump a load of fuel to compensate for the vacuum leak - the result will be a similarly terrible sounding Idle - if you are Daft enough to try this at idle DON'T DRIVE the Car - seriously tho - Don't do it, I'm just highlighting the fact that the Unrefined/Somethings Wrong/Damaged Sounding Idle Characteristics of these Race Tuned Cars seems a strange thing to want in a Road Car


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Looks like the OP has asked but not returned to see the replies. Wasn’t too easy to find the video either and it’s times like this I wish I’d not wasted my time replying
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I did return and as indicated have no intention of doing anything to the engine!
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