Don't you think so??

I love the engine. 9000 rpm, peaky engine.. but I wish the sound was louder.. I mean, I want to be able to hear it sing to 9000 rpm...

 

How many miles/kilometers do you have on your car? Several of us agreed a while ago that the stock exhaust has gotten louder over time...

Ted

 

I don't have a S2000. I test drove a '01 with 3500 miles, and while the S14 from my e30 m3 can't touch the 9000 redline, it sings far more beautifully.

As for the exhaust, I'm not a big fan of exhaust sounds.. You can slap a loud exhaust on a dodge ram... but it'd still sounds like crap.

 

See if you can find an S2000 with 8000 miles or more to drive or at least listen to.

 

You have not heard mine then I have a custom CAI and an exhaust and at 9k EVERYONE within a mile can hear the scream!

 

But then it's not the engine sound anymore. It's only a loud CAI and loud exhaust.

 

I think mine sounds pretty good at 38700 miles.

 

Get an exhaust that gives you the sound you want.

 

I know what you mean...

 

Well not really. The stock intake muffles the sound of the engine as well as the intake noise. My intake is polished and as such makes less noise than the stock manifold with an intake (less turbulance=less noise, as intake noise is nothing more than air turbulance) I also have cams, higher tension valve springs and higher compression (12.5 :1) so my car does make a little more of an interesting engine noise as welll, even with the stock intake. When i say the engine is louder I mean the ENGINE itself is louder, not to be confused with a Civic with a cone filter. When running next to a couple other S2Ks this past weekend, my car sounded more high strung, and less sewing machine like. I also now have a cool whine as the revs go up (like the Ferrari). But that is a relatively modified engine.
Hope this helps clear things up
Mark