<VV> How to Quiet Down My Spyder

[Roger Gault]

I'll never forget one of my British Sports Car snob buddies getting into my
'65 convert to go to lunch one day and saying, "WOW!  It's really quiet!
That's great!"

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamias Metis" <korvayrouille66 at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: <VV> How to Quiet Down My Spyder


> Porsches are usually a bit louder than Volkswagens.  Some Porsche nuts
like the muscle car nuts like to alter their exhaust note so that it growls
more.  I'm sure someone that is an expert  on  such things will reply  but
I don't find that Corvairs are loud.  Perhaps your car has the louder turbo
mufflers,  I think both Underground and Clarks carry the best of these in
terms of the least harsh sound (minimizing or muffling).   Certainly Lon  at
Underground or Clarks will tell you exactly which are best.  My guess is its
something that simple.  If its too loud, you're too old was what we'd say
when I played in rock bands decades ago,  maybe its hearing loss but Vairs'
unit construction  is fairly rattle/squeek free as compared some old cars.
You aren't going to get Lexus' quietness short of recovering everything in
plush corrinthian leather  and wearing Bose headphones.  I'm no expert but
I'd say check the muffler.   Obviously, you are too young to have ever
ridden in a
>  Beetle.  Those aren't quiet but not  obnoxiously loud.  Corvairs are
typically much quieter.   Certain wheel and tires can be noisier but I doubt
thats your problem.  I would  NOT  coat the transaxle with  any sound
deadining material as you do not want to cause the temperature in the trans
to  rise .  Aftermarket,  non Corvair vendor supplied muffler(s)  and non
stock mounting might be the cause.   The GM engineering staff spent time on
stuff like the mufflers and noise when in hindsight they would have been
better served concentrating on more serious issues  like cooling, oil
leakeage and carburetion, etc...   but in  reality the  buying public then
wouldn't have likely accepted  anything  unless it was close to the Falcon,
Rambler, and Valiant, and Chevy II in interior sound levels .   Most Vairs
are quieter than those.     Consider the sounds of a properly running Vair
music to your ears,  I'm sure it's certainly better sounding than the ear
shattering off key, barely
>  in tune stuff we tortured  our   ear drums and audience with back in the
day    and  I say that we were  exponentially better than  90% of some of
todays' acts.              Tamias  Metis
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